...and their god gave that little boy to a stupid, cruel, selfish woman!
Arab leaders blinded by their hatred
I hate to admit it, but in one respect I agree with Arab apologist Charley Reese ("Sharon not fighting terrorists, he's trying to destroy Palestinian peoples," April 15): the situation of the Palestinians is deplorable.
The deplorable part is the way the assorted Arab dictators, strongmen and potentates have kept their Palestinian Arab cousins confined to squalid refugee camps for over 50 years to serve as proxy fodder for their continuing war against Israel.
Anytime within the past 50 years, the Arab leaders could have resettled Palestinians in their own underpopulated countries. But Arab leaders' often-stated concern for their Palestinian brothers cannot compete with their hatred for the Jewish people.
So instead of offering a new land, they manipulate this populace into sacrificing their children in a war against Israel.
The latest outrage in this tragedy is the Saudi Peace Plan. Essentially, it's the resurrected "two-state" formula: Israel withdraws to the pre-1967 borders, the Palestinians declare a sovereign state on the West Bank and Gaza, the Arab states recognize Israel, and everyone lives happily ever after.
Would you bet your life, and the lives of your family, on the Arabs' promises of peace this time? Why should we expect the Israelis to do this? The Arabs will only make peace with Israel when they come to love their own children more than they hate the Jews. Until then, they will continue to use their children, and the Palestinian children, as fodder for their hate.
Kurt Shinkle
Clinton, Mississippi
,,, their "god" doesn't exist.