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The democRATS were wrong in their ASSumption. Please don't associate my opinions with theirs(yuck).

Now consider the difference, the Talibanis(???) are not the Pali's. The Pali's have been constantly supported against the Israelis. The reason I believe the Arab/Muslim world would rally against Israel/US because of the religious ramifications.

You must agree that that is the root of the problem in that area(West Bank/Gaza). The religious significance of the dispiuted lands.

So you can't compare our actions in Afghanistan and proposed military support of Israel.

I respect your view (and I was wrong to imply that you are a Liberal because of that view), but I disagree. The Arab/Muslim world has far more centrifugal forces than centripetal ones. Suggesting that the Muslim "world" will unite against the West is as realistic as suggesting that the Christian "world" will unite against the East. Exactly like Muslim countries with other Muslim countries, Americans share some views with other "Christian" nations while, at the same time, having views that conflict with them. Conflict so drastically that we can, and frequently do, go to war with "Christian" nations. Just as Sunni and Shi-ite frequently go to war. Just as Iran and Iraq fought a bitter and bloody 8-year war recently. The "Arab street" did not unite in fury when we used military force in Afghanistan, and the "Arab/Muslim world" will not unite if, as it should, Israel uses military force to eradicate the PLO root and branch.