Comments for ‘Quartet’ Corners PLO, Hamas into Critical Options at http://www.pacificfreepress.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.pacificfreepress.com Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:45:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/898-quartet-corners-plo-hamas-into-critical-options.html#comment-1170 Unfortunately your first paragraph indicates why the Mid-East finds itself in the state it is in. The problem for the Arab world is your inability to accept responsibility for your actions. It is always Israelis or America's fault that the Palestinians are where they are. But sad as it is they are problems of your own creation. Let's start with the "Occupation" - Myth the Israelis took over the West Bank and Gaza in 1967. Truth - The Arab world decided to attack by surprise and without provocation mostly because the thought of Jews breathing the same air as you is upsetting and reason enough to go to war. When you where beaten back you claimed takeover - some else is responsible for the consequences of your actions. Myth "We held democratic elections and now you don't like who we elected so you cut us off" – Truth - We give aid not free handouts to every Tom, Dick and Harry. We are not in the habit of monetarily supporting those how advocate the destruction of others! Again others responsible for the consequences of your actions. The real problem in the Arab world is a lack of understanding about democracy (little d not big D). Democracy (despite what GWB say's) is a set of choices and consequences and the ability to live with them. I didn’t vote for GWB and I don’t like him but enough of my fellow citizens did and I have to live with it or leave. Unlike many famous people that left this country most of us don’t and won’t because even though we as Sir Winston Churchill said “Have the worst form of government in the world” it really is “except of all the rest”. In other words I would rather be here in America then almost any other place in the world and I suspect you and your compatriots would to. SAD - a guest Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:22:27 +0100