U.S. policy of blaming the victim leaves Palestinians no hope

http://www.sptimes.com ^ | 8-10-03 | BILL MAXWELL

[OXENinFLA]

Have at it folks.

What a steaming pile.

[BubbaBasher]

You forgot the "Barf Alert"!

[MEG33]

They took their victimology to an extreme today.. a bus bombing.I'm sure that will improve the Palestinian self esteem./sarcasm

[veronica]

This is not the day for this character's column. Bill Maxwell is a nut. I could google up lots on him and his anti-semitic drivel.

[KC_for_Freedom]

Arafat, like Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, is a creation of Mideast politics and the violence of religious obsession.

Don't you mean Islam obsession? Or are the Jews at it again?

[SouthernFreebird]

Think I'll go read the thread on the many new Israeli dead and leave this stinking one. Palis suck

[thoughtomator]

The irony is so think you need a diamond saw to cut it. Israel has been the victim of Arab violence for nearly a century already, but it's all the Jews' fault somehow. *boggle*

[Right Wing Professor]

Those poor victim Palestinians just killed or maimed a number of young kids in Jerusalem.

[thoughtomator]

gah, thick even... hate when I catch a misspelling as I hit post!

[af_vet_1981]

All people - even Palestinians - need a victory at least one time in their existence.

Untrue

Nonetheless countless people have tried to convince the palestinians to stop killing themselves and others, but they are too ignorant, filled with hate, evil, or deluded to control themselves long enough to break the habit. On an individual level, the only rational response for peace loving palestinians is to associate with some other Arabic speaking nation.

[Dudoight]

Well, Mr. Maxwell, the only answer is for the Palestinians to kill, kill, kill. Right? I think a homicide bombing a day will show the Israelis and the US the folly of their ways. Maybe two bombings a day. Those poor Palestinians, they sure get MY sympathy, also poor Saddam and poor Usama.

[elhombrelibre]

The PLO is the problem. The author of the article is a bonehead or worse.

[pasquale]

. . . nothing good will ever happen for these people until the United States develops the political vision and the moral backbone to lead the way.

Nothing good is going to happen to those people until they learn to act like human beings and stop murdering innocent women and children.

[brownie]

This guy desperately needs a fact checker. He, like all palestinian terror apologists, convienently forgets that when the british were leaving "palestine", the UN and the British proposed 2 states, Isreal and Palestine, and the palestinians, not the jews, refused this proposal, instead wanting everything. The palestinians, not the jews then started the war, which the Jews won.

If not for the palestinian greed and the inability of arabs to win wars, maybe the palestinians would have some hope today. Unfortunately, all they know how to do is complain, demand more then they deserve, and then commit atrocities. so, very little to no sympathy here for the palestinians. Until the PALESTINIANS are honest, refute terrorism, imprison the terrorists among them, and benin to see reality as to what land they may get for a state, they will have nothing. And I'm not holding my breath for palestinian honesty or realism.

[gedeon3]

"If the Jews are God's chosen people, then the Palestinians are God's cursed people"

As far as the palies go, they are not God's cursed people; I agree they are cursed, but disagree they are God's people of any kind.

[elhombrelibre]

That's how they get to heaven and get all those virgins. IT's according to the Koran as explained by the ignorant who lead the really super ignorant.

[Quix]

Give me a break!

Perhaps beginning with the neck of murderer Arafart.

Arabs have many times more land area than Israel.

Arabs have many times more oil wealth than Israel.

Arabs have several more times 'holy cities' than Israel.

The TRUE GOD OF ABRAHAM [vs the demonic moon god of Mohammad] IS a compassionate and generous God. He Love the Palestinians, too.

But being THE BOSS, He insists that things are done HIS WAY according to HIS PRIORITIES.

HE CHOSE JACOB'S DESCENDANTS AS HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE. You don't like that, argue with THE BOSS. Hint, HE'S bigger than you are.

Given that you claim Allah is generous etc., what would it cost you Arabs to grant Israel Jerusalem and all of Israel including the West Bank? Any number of Arab countries have plenty of land and wealth to set up each Palistinian family in a grand style.

Pride, greed, jealousy and other ungodly motives in addition to the demonic hatred of satan are behind Palestinian aims to destroy Israel utterly and wipe her off the map. Satan has never given up on that goal. The Palestinians are merely the latest of his willing stooges.

Being satan's stooges is NOT a good way to garner ALMIGHTY GOD'S FAVOR.

Besides all that, God is working things to HIS will in HIS time.

But being on the side of satan determined to destroy Israel is not a good survival strategy and certainly not a good way to gain God's favor.

If you choose suffering, avoid raging surprise when suffering is what you get!

[68skylark]

All people - even Palestinians - need a victory at least one time in their existence.

Well it all depends on what the meaning of "victory" is. It was just reported in the last hour that a bomb went off in a bus in Israel. If there are dead innocent people, this will be just one more in a long string of grand victories for the Palestinians, who revel in death, pain, ignorance, prejudice, and poverty. These people live in physical and moral squalor.

[af_vet_1981]

The PLO is the symptom of the problem, which is terrorism. The author of the article is a bonehead or worse.

[Shermy]

All people - even Palestinians - need a victory at least one time in their existence.

Of course the last thing this writer would consider is asking the "Palestinians" what they would consider a "victory."