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2004-06-08 Israel-Palestine

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Posted by Zenster 2004-06-08 3:44:32 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 At least the Swedes have it right!

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-06-08 4:02:15 PM|| 2004-06-08 4:02:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Donor fatigue will continue to accelerate. As the Swedes say, why throw good money after bad? The Palestinians are a write-off. They are not self-sufficient and probably can't become so for at least a generation. For the past 50 years, all they've done is seethe, live off the kindness of strangers, and reproduce like rabbits. When animal populations in the wild exceed the carrying capacity of the land, famine and disease will thin the herd. I think I hear the hoofbeats of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse headed north from Zimbabwe to Gaza and the West Bank. To say these people are refugees implies that they have a right to return to the land that has been Israel since 1947 - not likely to happen unless someone exterminates the Jews (could be UN policy if not for the US,UK, and Australia).

Posted by RWV 2004-06-08 4:38:09 PM|| 2004-06-08 4:38:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The Euro's are donating less because their economies are hurting and spending on voters takes precedence over everything else.The other source of major funding is Saudis and they are in survival mode right now.Income is down,unemployment is up,and the princes are not about to give their money to someone who can't help them.(I still think Saudi dumping of Euro is indication the princes are getting worried,and want to make sure US will help them find safe asylum if they have to flee.)

Posted by Stephen 2004-06-08 5:08:50 PM|| 2004-06-08 5:08:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 "the key human development strengths of the Palestine refugee population"

What the hell does that even mean? Does it mean starvation, or does it mean that UNRWA can't afford to print any more anti-Semitic textbooks for Palestinian schools? Or does it mean that they're going to have to start laying off "ambulance drivers", and the terrorists will have to catch their own rides out of the next firefight?

Posted by Mitch H. 2004-06-08 6:00:43 PM|| [http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2004-06-08 6:00:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 well that $3 per bullet expense would go along way to ending overcrowding in the classroom...but then that would mean actually doing something for themselves instead of crying about being a victim

Posted by Dan 2004-06-08 6:22:24 PM|| 2004-06-08 6:22:24 PM|| Front Page Top

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