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Thread #52072   Message #797241
Posted By: Troll
05-Oct-02 - 01:46 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bush, Iraq, and War: PART EIGHT
Subject: RE: BS: Bush, Iraq, and War: PART EIGHT
Thanks Nicole. The problem is that Gentiles seem to think that Jews think that they are better than them.
Not so. They are not better but different. Being called the "Chosen People" does NOT denote superiority. God made a pact with the Jews that as long as they followed His laws, He would not allow them to perish as a people.
As far as racism is concerned, non-Muslims may not enter Saudi Arabia except under the most stringent conditions and must conform to Muslim dress and food (no booze) restrictions while there. There are virtually no Jews in Syria, Iraq, or Iran. They were driven out and their property confiscated. Racism abounds in ALL countries to a greater or lesser degree.
The problem in Israel and the Occupied Territories is not one of religion or race, but of geo-politics and PR.
Outside of China, who knows or cares about the plight of the people of Inner Mongolia where the Government is methodically moving Han chinese into the area. They now outnumber the ethnic Mongolians and their language and cultural identity is in danger of being lost.
In Afghanistan, the Pushtuns and the Tadjiks are at odds about who gets how much power.
And I could go on. On one thing you are correct though; things won't get better for either side until the issue of a Palestinian homeland is taken care of.

troll