re: #346 Killgore Trout

I agree. Keep in mind that nobody’s saying “all” Palestinians. We are speaking in general terms. People get sensitive about stuff like this. If someone says “Northern Ireland supported the IRA” does not implicate everyone in N Ireland. It’s a general statement. The Palestinian population is fairly supportive of terrorist attacks and the groups that carry them out. Hamas is the elected government of Gaza. Even American groups like CAIR are fairly sympathetic to Hamas and Hezbollah (although they’re more careful to hide it these days). I doubt there’s any accurate polling in Gaza but they do seem fairly supportive of continuing attacks on Israel. I wish it wasn’t so. I think there would be a chance of peace if they rejected terrorist groups.

I understand that in my HEAD, Killgore, but it still hearts my HEART, y’know?

When I think about the Palestinians I realize that many of them were born after the last war in 1973. That means pretty much any Palestinian under the age of 40 knows nothing but whatever propaganda has been fed to them. Add to that that it can’t be fun living in Gaza or the West Bank (regardless of how many shopping malls they have), and it just depresses the hell out of me.