[buffyt]

...and I saw a little bit of a debate on TV last night where there was a military man, a conservative young man, some liberals, some conservatives.... all debating whether US should have attacked Iraq or not. One of the liberals, of course, blamed all the problems in the Middle East on Poverty! They aren't poor over there, they just have dictatorships, regimes, and royal families who keep all the money for themselves, rob the country blind, steal, pilfer, enrich themselves, all while the people in the countries are starving. Somehow they manage to deflect all the blame on the US and UK.

[American in Israel]

They aren't poor over there, they just have dictatorships, regimes, and royal families who keep all the money for themselves, rob the country blind, steal, pilfer, enrich themselves, all while the people in the countries are starving. Somehow they manage to deflect all the blame on the US and UK.

Before Oslo the Average Arab under Israel had a

$10,000 a year annual income. After Oslo it dropped to $2,000 when Arafat was put in power over them. Now around 8 years later it is $850. Yep, that is a years income! Your words are right on the mark, accept in this case they deflect the blame onto Israel.