I don't think that Guest C was trying to make comparisons with the US. Merely stating a history of the area.   I must say, her facts re: Mufti, Jordan/Egypt, and most of the other points are quite correct.   It is, no doubt, a sad situation.

There is plenty of fault to go around---but surely no fault can be put on Israel for the occurrences after the declaration of statehood following the UN vote and also after ther 1967 war---please read Michael Oren's book. The Syrian and Egyptian double cross of each other and the lies Nasser foisted on his own people at that time.

Yes, Israel has surely made mistakes in years after that. But on a scale it would probably still not be a balance. Who was it--Gen. Sherman who said---War is Hell.   Sadly there is war all over the world and man's inhumanity to man just seems to get worse over the years---and not just in the Middle East.


Bill Hahn