I enjoy this site as a source of information and cross-pollination. I don't have an inclination to blast any person or accuse anyone of putting on a mask of one-sided hate. I have a book entitled 'Arab-Israeli Wars' which states in the preface that what makes this problem so intractable is that it isn't a case of right versus wrong but a case of right versus right.

If you want a collateral view of an attitude rather as disturbing as anything already vented, I was at a folk dance about ten years ago as the Balkans were exploding. I was talking to a nice young thing about a movie from Yugoslavia i'd seen where some American university kids with cameras somehow got someone influential in Tito's government to call for a national display of village costumes and dances, the great variety of which were then filmed (This took place in the 50's or 60's and my memory is that it is short and black-and-white, but a must-see for Balkan dance enthusiasts). Then I said it was sad to think of people who had come together for this multi-ethnic display now fighting each other.

"Yes," said the winsome young thing, "and getting holes in all their nice costumes!"