[Ancesthntr]

The temple was originally built by and a sacred site of the Jews; not Muslims. They took it over and claimed Mohammad ascended into the heavens there. Just be cause they say so, doesn't mean it trumps the original sacredness established by the Jews.

Oh, and btw, the Moslem claim about Mohammed ascending to Heaven from the "Westernmost Mosque" cannot refer to anything in Jerusalem: the Moslems didn't reach Jerusalem until 20 years after the death of that murderous child molester.

This is nothing more than yet another attempt by the Moslems to grab something that isn't theirs.

Filo, as a US citizen familiar with its history, I'd suggest that the US has absolutely no right to ask Israel to give territory to others in the interest of satisfying the demands of those others until such time as we give most of the Southwest back to Mexico. Until then, we should probably STFU.

[Filo]

Filo, as a US citizen familiar with its history, I'd suggest that the US has absolutely no right to ask Israel to give territory to others in the interest of satisfying the demands of those others until such time as we give most of the Southwest back to Mexico. Until then, we should probably STFU.

No argument there. I agree that the US should butt out.

Of course I also realize that the US has basically been buying restraint from Israel for decades so we do sort-of have a pony in the show.

But I'm not advocating this to weaken Israel and I do recognize the duplicity and untrustworthiness of Islam that others have pointed out.

I just think that the Vatican might provide a good model for the administration of the Holy Land and that by removing that burr we might be able to finally shut the Muslims up.

Yeah, I know, it's a pipe dream. . .

/sigh