Ok, DougR. Let me rephrase...

DougR, or anyone else, if you have any more questions or comments that you want to address to me, I'd appreciate it if you would put them in a PM instead of posting it here.

As I have said before, I condemn any attacks on innocent people on both sides of the conflict. But I will also say again, that I believe that if the government of Israel will correct what I believe to be a disasterous policy with regard to not only the Palestinians, but the whole region, the suicide bombings and killing of innocent civilians will stop.

Jews and Palestinians were living in peace in the region until the Palestinians started getting kicked out of their homes and villages in the early part of the 1900s, and a policy of brutal repression was begun against them by the founders of the state of Israel. The brutal repression has not stopped to this day. The situation in the middle east is not surprising when viewed in this light.

It's time for the Palestinians to be allowed to live like human beings. Just like we do. I don't think this is too much to ask.

And once again, it would relieve me greatly if I could now remove myself from this conversation with a clear conscience that I have contributed everything I have to offer on this thread.