Well, Art, what Mick said was that itr was foing to take an intervention to stop this... I agreed... It will...

Answer me this one... Who can call off the occupation of Gaza??? Hint... It ain't the Palestinians... So that leaves us with one other party: the Iaraelis... Unless, of course, you nave another party in mind that can call this thing off???

If so, who???

So, yeah... It is up to Israel to either press on or not... No other party... Mick said it would take intervention... I agreed...

Hey, I don't have an axe to grind here other than observing that it is Israel that holds the cards without intervention...

Yes, when I read the Washington Post today about the Israeli army keeping ambulances from getting to wounded civilians and the Unternation Red Cross portesting the actions I see a very bad PR situation for Israel... The kind that turns hearts and minds...

Like I said... I am not on one side or another... Just an observer who is really pissed off that the US disengaged under Bush from trying to move this very difficult situation toward somthing that resembles peace...

Because I don't walk the the Israeli story line I find being called a polorized or partisan person is personally insulting and a very desperate arguing point...

Reminds me of "You are with us or against us..."

B~