[fporretto]

The most impressive thing about Hanson is how tightly he sticks to the facts. His writing is clean and clear, but above all it's fact-centered. You can agree or disagree with his evaluations, but you can never cite him as having strayed from the facts or gotten them wrong. He's a master of exposition.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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[SJackson]

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[Catspaw]

Arabs are far safer walking in Israel than are Jews on the West Bank.

That they are--unless they're not warned in advance of a homicide bomber.

[Tolik]

I just love his writing, its so rich:

Because Europe is militarily weak but culturally influential it has put much of its clout and capital into the United Nations, the World Court, and a host of international collective organizations that it sees as precursors to a new utopian world order. But mostly because of the collapse of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, it no longer sees any need to work with American interests. Consequently, its own identity and sense of purpose are tied to supporting asinine U.N. resolutions, to paying attention to the world's lawyers and activists, and to hectoring the United States — no matter how absurd the cause and how really creepy becomes the company Europeans keep. And, of course, anti-Semitism is always lurking in the background as well — the age-old resentment of the clannish Jews, the envy of their talent and material success, and the bitter religious memories that surround the birth of Christianity.

[mercy]

BUMP

[knighthawk]

This is an excellent article. The author points out things very well.

The history of the region should bring moral clarity as well. Wars #1-3 were fought not over Palestine — but for the elimination of the Jewish state itself. For two decades Arab countries hated Israel not because the West Bank peoples suffered under Jordanian control, but only because there were any Jews at all in the new state of Israel.

Is a very good observation.

[knighthawk]

In contrast, when Palestinian murderers butcher innocent civilians in a university, 10,000 turn out in the street to cheer, and a variety of groups claim credit — all either ignored or tacitly condoned by the Palestinian authority. Imagine the world's reaction if Jews had deliberately blown up dozens of young Palestinian students as they ate in their school cafeteria, prompting a mass demonstration of Israeli glee in streets of Tel-Aviv.

Middle East list

If people want on or off this list, please let me know.

[dennisw]

It is popular for the Palestinians to claim that the American-supplied Apaches and F-16s of the Israelis are terrorist weapons, because when the IDF hunts down suicide-murderers collateral damage and unintended death often occurs.

So give the Pallies a whole bunch of F-16s and Apaches and let them take on Israel. Palestinians will be defeated in 24 hours. Those morons couldn't properly pilot them even if given 6 months training

[Stultis]

Middle East crisis offers the world an ethical litmus test for our generation [...] So far the Europeans have flunked the test with flying colors

Victor, Victor! So harsh and judgmental! Aren't you asking alot of the Europeans, expecting them to so readily distinguish between land for peace and land for murder? Remember, they are not as "simplistic" as we Americans. They need more time to ponder the subtle difference between these concepts.

[Madame Dufarge]

But mostly because of the collapse of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, it no longer sees any need to work with American interests.

Until they paint themselves into a corner again.

Corrupt and cowardly Euro-snots.

[Valin]

Arabs are far safer walking in Israel than are Jews on the West Bank.

< retorical question>
Gee I wonder why that is? Could it be that one side just wants to live in peace and the other just wants to kill Jews?
< /retorical question>