And you say “I” write a lot?

Siggy has two huge posts up already, today, and they are both must-reads.

Bobby Kennedy, the Beatles and Princess Diana actually builds on a piece I’d written over a year ago about the caliber of our current flock of politicians, but it moves beyond my point, and takes a rather grim view of the future of America given the politicians in place and the climate being embraced; it’s an important read.

Sharon, Jihad and the Bigots at the Dance, well, that’s self-explanatory:

If you think it was only Jews that suffered when the Palestinians were left to their own devices, think again. While much has been made of Israeli treatment of Palestinians, there is a reality. When the Israelis entered Jerusalem, they found the few Christian schools forced to teach the Quran. The found unreliable electricity, no decent schooling (girls were forbidden to go to attend classes), virtually no health care and a non existent economy.

The Israelis provided to the Palestinians- the very ones who tried to destroy the ancient and proud history with deliberate malice- schools and universities, health care, sanitation, electricity, an economy and an infrastructure they had never known. Many Palestinians openly acknowledge that truth. Daniel Pipes has an interesting article called “The Hell of Israel is Better Than the Paradise of Arafat.”

In point of fact, the Israeli ‘occupation’ is the most benign occupation in history. Notwithstanding Palestinian statements to the contrary, the Israelis have proved themselves to be remarkably inept at ethnic cleansing- so inept, that the Palestinian population has just about doubled since 1967- as have services provided to the Palestinians by the Israelis.

You’ll want to read them both.

by TheAnchoress @ 12:19 pm. Filed under America, War, What it good for?

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Alexandra Says:
January 5th, 2006 at 5:20 pm
All Things Beautiful TrackBack The Myth Of Palestine

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“The truth is that Palestine is no more real than Never-Never Land. The first time the name was used was in 70 A.D. when the Romans committed genocide against the Jews, smashed the Temple and declared the land of Israel would be no more. From then on, the Romans promised, it would be known as Palestine. The name was derived from the Philistines, a Goliathian people conquered by the Jews centuries earlier. It was a way for the Romans to add insult to injury. They also tried to change the name of Jerusalem to Aelia Capitolina, but that had even less staying power.
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Sigmund Carl & Alfred has an incredible must read article on the above subject, and kindly quotes from my post here. The darling Anchoress in turn quotes him, and the circle is complete.”