[SJackson]

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A little old, but I don't think it's been posted before.

[nofriendofbills]

Excellent article, thanks for posting it.

[Radix]

Wasn`t the area also pretty much of a wasteland until Jewish Settlers returned from diaspora?


Those Gypsies who are now calling themselves "Palestinians" have contributed very little to the prosperity of that little Nation.

It is easy for someone such as myself who lives in relative safety here in the USA to make comments.

Nevertheless, I would not surrender 1 single inch of land to those primitive, treacherous, frauds.

[KLT]

Excellent article, thanks very much!

[LibertarianInExile]

Look, I'm sorry, but while I am no grand supporter of the Arabs or the French or the U.N. or any other group that opposes the U.S. on a regular basis, I see no reason why we should be worried about or backing up Israel. We simply have no real policy reason to back them up, unless it's to irritate the heck out of every Arab nation around Israel--as if we need to frost the few 'friendly' nations that have the engine of our industrial base, oil.

In fact, most of Inhofe's logic can be used to justify a certain other group's claims:

Why Native Americans Are Entitled To The U.S.

Number One: All the archeological evidence supports it.
The second proof of Native Americans' right to the land is the historic right. History supports it totally and completely. We know there were Native Americans up until the time of the United States. The Colonists conquered the land. Natives had no homeland. They were driven from the land in multiple dispersions.
But there was always a Native American presence in the land, in city and county and state names, and the names of myriad other places.
The fourth reason I believe Native Americans have the right to the land is on the grounds of humanitarian concern. You see, there were innumerable Native Americans slaughtered or killed from epidemics introduced by colonists in the territory that is now the United States both before and during the majority of the colonists' arrival.
These Native American people have a right to their homeland. If we are not going to allow them a homeland of the United States, then where? What other nation on Earth is going to cede territory, is going to give up land?
They are not asking for a great deal. The whole continental United States would fit into Russia and Canada umpteen times.

I can't even start to twist Inhofe's 3rd, 5th and 6th comments in favor of Native Americans, but as to #7, if you want to tell me that God says any nation gets the so-called 'holy land,' why doesn't he give it to them? Why did he let the Romans take it, and why does the U.S. have to prop up Israel to the tune of billions of bucks in subsidies if God wants it? Surely He, in his omnipotent might, can handle it himself.

We have enough problems with the cursed Arab dictatorships that we don't need to go out of our way to create more. I don't dispute that they're more democratic than their neighbors or that there are a thousand reasons they are better than their neighbors, but I do seriously dispute the notion that we MUST do a darned thing for the people of any nation but our own.

[knighthawk]

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[RaceBannon]

You can add me to this list please!

[DBtoo]

I am not terribly Bible-literate, but I do believe in it. I believe the land of Israel belongs to the Jews for many reasons. They went in there decades ago and built everything from scratch. They built farms, made the land arable, built cities, and so on. So it is very convenient for the Arabs to say now they want it all. Israel is so very tiny, so why can't these Arabs or Palestinians go to neighboring countries? Everyone would be happier and healthier. However, such a big issue has been made how the Palestinians should have that land so as a matter of principle they will not give up I'm afraid.

The Jews there could come settle in the US, but I do feel they have a right to that little plot of land they built up and have such a long and rich history with.