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2008-03-30 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2008-03-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Palestinian Authority

#1 Protect yourselves by wiping out the "small minority" of terrorists who are working against the government. Surely it would be worth it.

Posted by gorb 2008-03-30 03:36|| 2008-03-30 03:36|| Front Page Top

#2 That's my job!

Posted by Ms Dr Professor Rice 2008-03-30 06:58|| 2008-03-30 06:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Even other arabs don't give a rat's ass about the paleos. Why should anyone else?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-03-30 14:48|| 2008-03-30 14:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Not true, bigjim-ky. They care greatly that the Palestinians provide a constant running sore useful for attacking Israel.

But on a personal note? You're right.

I had occasion to talk with several Jordanians recently. One is an authority on Arabic poetry who is totally invested in a fantasized history in which only brutal suppression by the Brits disrupted Arabs' 1000 year+ leadership in science and technology.

The other is a professor of engineering whose family were among those the Al-Sauds expelled to the Hashemite kingdom. Being someone who deals daily with stubborn facts about materials and electrical currents and such, he is pretty clear-eyed about political issues as well. No romanticism re: the Palestinians in Jordan or elsewhere.

To his credit, the latter guy is working to educate Jordanian university students into a mindset that habitually start with facts as the basis for beliefs. He recognizes the cultural challenge in doing that but is chipping away when/as he can.

Posted by lotp 2008-03-30 14:53|| 2008-03-30 14:53|| Front Page Top