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Although Arab populations surely have the same bell-curve of intelligence as exists elsewhere in the human race (some smart, most average, some dumb), Arab culture in general, and Palestinian culture in particular is as stupid as a box of rocks. If they had accepted the Barak deal, even with its flaws, they would have been on the road to getting many things that they wanted, including economic gains and better lives for all their people. Instead, they've chosen to fight and die for an impossibility. And keep their people rock-bottom rock-stupid stinking-poor in the process.

How should this concern the USA? Perhaps in this way: let the Israelis do their worst. Let the Palestinians hate America as much as they want. In fact, America is probably safer in an atmosphere of maximum distrust and belligerence. In that kind of atmosphere we have our guard up, we are suspicious of Palestinians and other Arabs coming into our country. As we should be. In the previous era, pre-9/11, we were sanguine. We thought the Arabs loved us. We were wrong. They want to murder us as much as they want to murder Israelis. Discord in the Middle East probably will make the USA a safer place, because it will hopefully prevent us from sagging back into our own rock-stupid-ClintOOnesque-sense-of-security.

To Israel I say: fight on.

To the USA I say: vigilance.

If they had accepted the Barak deal, even with its flaws, they would have been on the road to getting many things that they wanted, including economic gains and better lives for all their people.

To believe this is to buy the Arab propaganda. They want Israel gone period. The Palistinian state they want is the one now called Israel.

How should this concern the USA?

Because we are sworn to protect Israel as the only democracy in the area. Israel was created by the UN with our support. We must protect them.

I am complete agreement with you except for the small corrections above.

very true what you say

Although Arab populations surely have the same bell-curve of intelligence as exists elsewhere in the human race (some smart, most average, some dumb), Arab culture in general, and Palestinian culture in particular is as stupid as a box of rocks.

Even with graduate degrees, Arab types rant like juvenile delinquents; and I believe this is how they behave within their own culture. They lie, cheat and turn on each other, whenever it looks brighter. One reason Israel has won militarily, is the Arab tendency to surrender under fire, turn brother on brother, etc.

Clearly Israel and America SHOULD do an immediate reality check, and ready themselves for battle against terrorists, NGO, States, whatever. Anyone with an active brain cell knows Arafat has been a terrorist, since his meetings with fellow travelers, in Cuba in the 60s. The past compulsion to negotiate with known terrorists is now functionally obsolete.