He was a coward. Why didn't he put on a suicide vest like he urged others to do?

*** Nizar Rayyan, who urged suicide attacks ****

.......he finally got his "Death Wish".........

.....it seems that the Gazans have embraced self-extinction as a cultural value.......

Bomb them all into the stone age, Invaid the strip and hang all the Hamas leadership, along with any other person whom wishes to join with Hamas, male or female young or old. Then just for the hell of it start a hog farm in the middle of it.

Diskin also noted that large numbers of Hamas operatives are hiding in hospitals and that some are posing as medical staff. "Some are also hiding in mosques and some of those have been turned into headquarters, since they assumed Israel won't attack them there.

These guys have it all figured out. You libs gotta like hamas and hate israel for going after them where they are hiding.

It just takes 1 to make them feel warm and fuzzy all over

So? Some of our worst criminals are posing as President and Vice-President.

And congressmen in Louisiana and governors in Illinois, and.....

Stealing money isn't quite the same as committing mass murder.

He was a coward. Why didn't he put on a suicide vest like he urged others to do?

This has to be the first time I've ever agreed with you, FWThom. It's just too bad that the body of this undeniably evil man will be laid to rest beside those of hundreds of innocents who have been killed by Israel's inhuman bombardment of Gaza.

Have to have some kind of leader killed to appease the masses that the airstrike was worthy of the dead.

Innocents? The brood mares of more insane jihadists....

The Israeli broke the peace agreement in order to eliminate hundreds of civilians like they do every time. 4 Israeli casualties versus the average 2000 Palestinians fits this suspicion time and again. Rayyan's entire family were also killed in that same attack - unarmed wife and child.

Does anyone know of the actual damage these Katush "missiles" are causing? Why are they not more effective?

I've always suspected that the IDF are launching those missiles themselves to blame the legitimate denizens of Palestine; to "legally" take over Gaza and West Bank through heavy-handed "defensive measures".

Uhm, I think this might be the time for the other Arab nations to coerce Israel to stop hostilities.

"I've always suspected that the IDF are launching those missiles themselves to blame the legitimate denizens of Palestine; to "legally" take over Gaza and West Bank through heavy-handed "defensive measures".

#12 | Posted by redlightrobot
When then you have your head up your ass. The jihadists celebrate their missiles, and have invited the world press to document their war crimes. You know the firing of missiles from civilian locations, pointed at civilians. The more civilians they kill, the happier they are.

"Uhm, I think this might be the time for the other Arab nations to coerce Israel to stop hostilities."

yeah instead of offering Palestinians food, medical, and necessities, they offer bombs, missiles, and guns. Their sworn goal is the destruction of Israel. How would you settle things, send the house negro over to talk with them???

when=well

The innocents....the poor innocents. Waaaaaaa

There aren't any innocents cause they all want me dead and I 'm watching the Superbowl minding my own. But it's easy to forget the videos of the beheadings and all the suicide bombers on busses and trains. It's easy to forget because it makes you feeeeeel good about this BS position on killing innocents.

I'd love to see the reaction when they walk thru your doors, pull the chord and kill all your loved-ones, blowing them to pieces. Then I guess you'll stand there and tell them "Ohhh it's ok, I forgive you, my daughters head is blown all over the walls but your justified and innnocent"

If you don't mind them killin you and yours, may allah be with you. F All of em and bomb em to hell. The ones killed so far haven't been close to enuff, cause there's still more of the rats crawling around.

Morons

"...send the house negro over..."

And Republicans wonder why they don't get the minority vote.

Good aim! Vipers nest, vipers brood, vipers spawn....

The only people that love killing more than the muslims are the jews and the christians.

God must be one murderous bastard. Makes you wonder why such an evil asshole would create a thinking, sentient being in the first place.

or

maybe the religious idiots are wrong about god. naaa, that couldn't be it.

The innocents....the poor innocents. Waaaaaaa

There aren't any innocents cause they all want me dead and I 'm watching the Superbowl minding my own. But it's easy to forget the videos of the beheadings and all the suicide bombers on busses and trains. It's easy to forget because it makes you feeeeeel good about this BS position on killing innocents.
-Observer22

Wow, what a brilliant statement there. Right up there with BBob's smokestacks on the moon and Zed's ranting about the singularity at the birth of Jesus. Apparently in your black-and-white view of the middle east, you're either an Israeli or a target. Yeah, let's just drive the population of Gaza into the sea. Exterminate everyone- they're not even human- the Palestinians are feral animals that should be euthanized for their own good. That way Israel can get a tiny scrap of land that it has been eyeing for years like a braised beef tenderloin, and you'll have 1.5 million fewer of those pesky Palestinians to make your stomach churn from a fear of decapitation during your Super Bowl party. You and the rest of the morons who think every Palestinian was born wearing a suicide vest have absolutely no idea about what is going on in the middle east beyond the neocon propaganda spooon fed to you by the likes of Hannity, O'Reiley, and Rush. The only reason these apocalyptic nutcases want the Palestinians out of the way is so that Israel can rebuild the temple to clear the path for the rapture or Jesusland or whatever. You are all truly fucking demented.

Guy looks like Jabba the Hutt. Considering how many times I read about Palestinians going hungry because of the Israelis, they sure do seem to have a lot of fat people.

It's just too bad that the body of this undeniably evil man will be laid to rest beside those of hundreds of innocents who have been killed by Israel's inhuman bombardment of Gaza.#9 | Posted by ZombieHunter at 2009-01-01 03:20 PM | Reply |

They just quoted the guy on PBS...Israel apparently "robo-calls" the house they are about to hit and warn them to get out.

The dead terrorist killed said that he doesn't trust anything Israel says, and therefore he (and apparently his family) didn't get out.

May he rest in pieces.

"The innocents....the poor innocents. Waaaaaaa
There aren't any innocents cause they all want me dead and I 'm watching the Superbowl minding my own. But it's easy to forget the videos of the beheadings and all the suicide bombers on busses and trains. It's easy to forget because it makes you feeeeeel good about this BS position on killing innocents."
-Observer22

Wow, what a brilliant statement there. Right up there with BBob's smokestacks on the moon and Zed's ranting about the singularity at the birth of Jesus. Apparently in your black-and-white view of the middle east, you're either an Israeli or a target. Yeah, let's just drive the population of Gaza into the sea. Exterminate everyone- they're not even human- the Palestinians are feral animals that should be euthanized for their own good. That way Israel can get a tiny scrap of land that it has been eyeing for years like a braised beef tenderloin, and you'll have 1.5 million fewer of those pesky Palestinians to make your stomach churn from a fear of decapitation during your Super Bowl party. You and the rest of the morons who think every Palestinian was born wearing a suicide vest have absolutely no idea about what is going on in the middle east beyond the neocon propaganda spooon fed to you by the likes of Hannity, O'Reiley, and Rush. The only reason these apocalyptic nutcases want the Palestinians out of the way is so that Israel can rebuild the temple to clear the path for the rapture or Jesusland or whatever. You are all truly fucking demented.
#19 | Posted by ZombieHunter at 2009-01-01 07:18 PM

You seem like a pretty agreeable person, straight shooter and obviously a realist. From the unaltered pictures "smokestacks on the moon" are real. So are more UFO's than reported, next-door aliens, Atlantis, water on Mars and probably even Jesus of Nazareth. Deal with it. The model is far more complex than whatever allowable assumptions regarding these topics seem to be shared. Logic and rational thought are always a threat to purposeful behavioral control, and some people even buck their handlers due to the invasive nature of programming. That may be why Hannity, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Coulter and Savage are all unnaturally irrational - program slippage.

I completely agree with your dehumanizing argument - the Right Wing encourage manufacturing enemies such as the well-pimped Observer22 with his "self-extinction as a cultural value", and exemplified by GenSherman's "start a hog farm in the middle of it."

"I've always suspected that the IDF are launching those missiles themselves to blame the legitimate denizens of Palestine; to "legally" take over Gaza and West Bank through heavy-handed "defensive measures".
#12 | Posted by redlightrobot

Then you have your head up your ass. The jihadists celebrate their missiles, and have invited the world press to document their war crimes. You know the firing of missiles from civilian locations, pointed at civilians. The more civilians they kill, the happier they are.
#13 | Posted by DavetheWave at 2009-01-01 05:28 PM

Does anyone have anything good that explains the katush missile operation such as where IDF brings them in, maybe where are they manufactured, what monies, etc? Basically from where does Palestinian armament come and how are thousands upon thousands of missiles continually snuck past the hyper-reactive IDF to position and launch from inside of Gaza? Logically, IDF may have prior knowledge, if not being directly involved.

RedLight-
It must be aliens.

RedLight-
It must be aliens.
#24 | Posted by BetelG at 2009-01-01 11:08 PM

Either them or the nanolice have control of the Israeli hive mind.

It's obvious that the settlements are the product of this, uh, hygiene deficiency.

Redlight-
Your conspiracy theories are boggling to the mind, but I'm not so much in the mood to entertain your profligate theories tonight.

Redlight-
Your conspiracy theories are boggling to the mind, but I'm not so much in the mood to entertain your profligate theories tonight.
#26 | Posted by BetelG at 2009-01-01 11:20 PM

So why not dally with more serious concerns, such as how katush missiles get past IDF.

"Mood is for cattle and love play, not for fighting."

So why not dally with more serious concerns, such as how katush missiles get past IDF.

Most of the rockets fired from Gaza are backyard-made "Qassam" rockets, though the WWII-era rockets get smuggled in across the Gaza border with Egypt. Katyusha launchers are a Hezbollah thing, and they don't have to worry about the IDF from Lebanon. The bad thing is that rockets are easy to make. I saw this video (CNN- I don't go browsing Hamas websites for obvious reasons) where a terrorist was showing off the fertilizer he uses as propellant, smuggled in or purchased legitimately, as an oxidizing agent and, hell, you can launch a rocket on falafel if you've got the oxidizer. I'm not sure what Hamas burns with the fertilizer, but it's nothing that would be difficult for them to procure. The rocket cases are just metal tubes, and there's no guidance system to speak of- just point and shoot. It's model rocketry twisted for a terrible purpose. If you're looking for some juicy conspiracies involving Hamas and Israel, I would bet there's some shady dealings going on with Mahmoud Abbas, the PA leader.

On the note of "smokestacks on the moon," I'm not disputing the photographic evidence of a phenomenon, just saying it's a grainy photo of an outgassing, not... smokestacks. As far as atlantis, Jesus, aliens, alien spaceships, the Nibiru, Nephilim, Illuminati, Bilderberg group or whatever else- show me credible proof and I'll get on board. People have ideas, which probably incorporate bits of truth, but these inevitably get embellished by imaginative people.

"So why not dally with more serious concerns, such as how katush missiles get past IDF."

Most of the rockets fired from Gaza are backyard-made "Qassam" rockets, though the WWII-era rockets get smuggled in across the Gaza border with Egypt. Katyusha launchers are a Hezbollah thing, and they don't have to worry about the IDF from Lebanon. The bad thing is that rockets are easy to make. I saw this video (CNN- I don't go browsing Hamas websites for obvious reasons) where a terrorist was showing off the fertilizer he uses as propellant, smuggled in or purchased legitimately, as an oxidizing agent and, hell, you can launch a rocket on falafel if you've got the oxidizer. I'm not sure what Hamas burns with the fertilizer, but it's nothing that would be difficult for them to procure. The rocket cases are just metal tubes, and there's no guidance system to speak of- just point and shoot. It's model rocketry twisted for a terrible purpose. If you're looking for some juicy conspiracies involving Hamas and Israel, I would bet there's some shady dealings going on with Mahmoud Abbas, the PA leader.
On the note of "smokestacks on the moon," I'm not disputing the photographic evidence of a phenomenon, just saying it's a grainy photo of an outgassing, not... smokestacks. As far as atlantis, Jesus, aliens, alien spaceships, the Nibiru, Nephilim, Illuminati, Bilderberg group or whatever else- show me credible proof and I'll get on board. People have ideas, which probably incorporate bits of truth, but these inevitably get embellished by imaginative people.
#29 | Posted by ZombieHunter at 2009-01-01 11:48 PM

You are telling me that the Palestinians just manufacture these rockets in their back yards with fertilizer, rocks and aluminum tubes? An impoverished, war torn people with MacGyver-like inventiveness are obviously a tremendous threat to the inept homicidal Israeli forces. But can't such intelligence be reasoned with, or employed to cease the bloodshed? If only the Israeli would recant the settlers, it might appear that they are taking peace seriously.

I can understand if you find some views controversial, however it's a fair assumption that Estes model rockets aren't top sellers for revenge in Gaza. If they are not getting their rocket parts from Egypt, Iran or ACME, that still leaves Israel as on-the-ground players.

Haven't the IDF destroyed the Egyptian crossing points, tunnels and roads?

IDF are unable to stop missiles being moved inside of Gaza and West Bank - areas regularly, if not obsessively scrutinized, blockaded and otherwise engaged by IDF. After how many years of occupation? Why?

So? Some of our worst criminals are posing as President and Vice-President.

#6 | Posted by LetUsPrey

no kidding

let me try to pass on some info that's obvious to all the knowledgeable ppl here and have no clue, ya bunch of arm chair generals and REMF"s cause thats all you are are REMF's.

I do not speak from a party point of view because I could give a shit about politics when it comes to the defense of this country. How is that? Because REMF's like you influence politics and it shows just how sad the political process is because it brings down the US while you try to be apologetic and sympathetic for any and all actions by the US with ZERO knowlegde of what is really going on.

as far as religious position....after 4 combat actions in deserts and jungles, countless combat missions, 7 thousand hours of flight time and having seen and smelled death from every point of view your WAYYY off on that one too oh great swammy.

so keep rubbing your magic balls, wherever you keep them, thinking you know everything and all there is to be known, but 1st realise there are people that have experienced that which you have only read about and seem to know all about.

thats why this is a fun place to come to. whenever I want a good laugh I pop in here, for the humor of it all. when I'm staring at that bottle of Jack and want to find a loser worse off than me, I think of all of you and you make me laugh. So for that I thank you.

let me share how loving they are to their own. when I come across an individual chained to his artillery piece that his commanders left with him to fight to his own death, a case of water, a box of tomatoes and as many shells as they could afford, then while I'm freeing him he's dropping to the ground thanking me and kissing my boots....you tell me what kind of ppl these innocents are. I'm sure you too have a bit of knowledge about this. maybe an article you read in Time or the Wall Street Journal. So please share with us.

As far as annihilate the palestinians, thats why I said 1 is all it takes to make them warm and fuzzy all over, that means a nuke you idiot.

ya bunch of REMF's, but hey keep me laughing, it's free entertainment and it doesn't get any better than this

"I do not speak from a party point of view because I could give a shit about politics when it comes to the defense of this country."

"As far as annihilate the palestinians, thats why I said 1 is all it takes to make them warm and fuzzy all over, that means a nuke you idiot."

observerET

Why stop there? Defend our country with a nuke on Iran, too! REMF

Powerful JINSA in US: Iran is the problem
By: mytrueword

JINSA Accuses Iran of Facilitating Rocket Attacks on Israel
* Monday December 29, 2008, 4:23 pm EST

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs today accused Iran of facilitating Hamas rocket attacks on Israel.

"The role of Iran in the training and buildup of the Hamas arsenal has been regrettably overlooked by the world's media and many of its political leaders," said Tom Neumann, executive director of the Institute.

"Hamas's rocket attacks have become longer range and more lethal as a result of Iranian assistance and training," he said.

No country can remain on the sidelines while its towns and villages are subject to daily barrages of rockets, Neumann said. "Israel's military response to the attacks came only after it had exhausted all other means."

..
as far as religious position....after 4 combat actions in deserts and jungles, countless combat missions, 7 thousand hours of flight time and having seen and smelled death from every point of view your WAYYY off on that one too oh great swammy.
so keep rubbing your magic balls, wherever you keep them, thinking you know everything and all there is to be known, but 1st realise there are people that have experienced that which you have only read about and seem to know all about.
..
#32 | Posted by observer22 at 2009-01-02 04:29 AM

Not sure whom you are directing that stuff toward, but since you seem to be aware of what's really happening could you maybe explain how many years of occupation it takes to achieve peace? Also, any ideas of how missiles are snuck past IDF?

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs today accused Iran of facilitating Hamas rocket attacks on Israel.
"The role of Iran in the training and buildup of the Hamas arsenal has been regrettably overlooked by the world's media and many of its political leaders," said Tom Neumann, executive director of the Institute.
"Hamas's rocket attacks have become longer range and more lethal as a result of Iranian assistance and training," he said.
No country can remain on the sidelines while its towns and villages are subject to daily barrages of rockets, Neumann said. "Israel's military response to the attacks came only after it had exhausted all other means."
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#33 | Posted by Bani at 2009-01-02 04:52 AM

But how are they getting missiles past IDF? Are they disguised as matzah balls? I don't necessarily believe the "home made" response, and I'm hard pressed to believe IDF are unaware of whom and where because they are ever vigilant and trigger happy. They don't even allow red crescent or press through - remember how they were delt with during their last invasion into Lebanon? If I remember correctly, the IDF missiled a UN building in Beirut killing four Americans. The Palestinians are being starved and terrorized - turning Gaza and West Bank into an open-air Abu Ghraib. They have nothing to trade, no industry, no military, their government buildings have been destroyed by Israel. IDF have total dominance - it's apparent they willingly false flag activities and have such great prejudice against Palestinians that they must have a direct hand in these barely-there missiles. The threat provides them a number of useful red herrings - 1. steal the resources of the Palestinians, 2. keep the Israeli population firmly behind an "over-protective" IDF, 3. flaunt genocide as religious redistricting.

"may he rest in pieces" i'm still laughing!

"Rayyan's entire family were also killed in that same attack - unarmed wife and child."

For starters, no his entire family was not killed. This man had many children, one died long before this because Rayan sent him on a suicide mission that killed two Israelis.

Second you're throwing "unarmed" in there to try to make this seem worse. They were all killed by missiles fired from F-16s, whether they were armed or not makes no difference. Hell, Rayan was probably unarmed at the time.

Still though 17 civilians including children to get one fat terrorist might be a bit much. I have no problem with them taking out Hamas, and I think Israel had no choice but to act, but I think they should start using more of a scalpel approach instead of a broad sword.

And congressmen in Louisiana and governors in Illinois, and.....

jefferson

rangel

spitzer

blago

edwards

kwame

rezko

hsu

Still though 17 civilians including children to get one fat terrorist might be a bit much. I have no problem with them taking out Hamas, and I think Israel had no choice but to act, but I think they should start using more of a scalpel approach instead of a broad sword.

you make sound as if these people were regular palestinians of a neutral status, this was his family who supported him and hamas. as you said, one child martyred himself to kill two jews. geez the children that were killed is just that many less to worry about in the future. these people want to destroy israel, what negotiation, what land will abate that?

I don't think all 17 were his family. Thought it said some were just neighbors. Certainly possible they all supported his teachings of hate for Israel, but I don't know if you can just assume that and blow the whole place to hell.

I'm behind Israel on this one. If some other nation were constantly firing missiles into America we would have destroyed that nation before the missiles hit the ground. Israel is acting as any nation should. I just worry with the collateral damage they'll start to get more pressure to stop before they finish the mission and then we'll probably see this same war a couple months down the road when the missiles start again.

", and....."

Pleaded Guilty
Jack Abramoff
John Albaugh
Robert Coughlin
Italia Federici
J. Steven Griles
Will Heaton
Adam Kidan
Bob Ney
Tony Rudy
Michael Scanlon
Roger Stillwell
Neil Volz
Mark Zachares
Richard Berglund
Duke Cunningham
Thomas Kontogiannis
Robert Fromm
Claude Allen
Larry Craig
Lester Crawford
Shaun Hansen
Vernon Jackson
Chuck McGee
Brent Pfeffer
Allen Raymond
Bill Allen
Rick Smith
Bill Weimar

Convicted
David Safavian
Brent Wilkes
Scooter Libby
James Tobin
Vic Kohring
Pete Kott
Ted Stevens

Under Investigation
John Doolittle
Tom Feeney
Jerry Lewis
Don Young

Indicted
Kyle "Dusty" Foggo
Tom Delay
Bernard Kerik
John Cowdery
Bruce Weyhrauch

Under Investigation.

Barrack, sunshine Boy" Osama Obama for selling his Us Senate seat to raise money for Hamas

"Under Investigation."

Got a link for that?

Didn't think so.

Hans

Have to have some kind of leader killed to appease the masses that the airstrike was worthy of the dead.

#10 | Posted by moneywar at 2009-01-01 04:03 PM | Reply

What the fuck does the above post even mean? What country is Crappus from?

Electing Osama Obma president is the quivalent of electing Martin Bormann's illegimate grandson to office. Oops Germany already did that

"What the fuck does the above post even mean?"

We'll add it to the museum:

Anyone have any idea what a "quivalent" is?

Hans

Anyone have any idea what a "quivalent" is?

You'd have to ask "Obma"?

Anyone have any idea what a "quivalent" is?

Yes. It is a typo. I presume by the context he accidently left off the first letter, 'e'. When added, it forms the word 'equivalent' which dovetails nicely with the context of the original sentence.

Hope you understand now.

You really couldn't figure that out, Hans?

Have to have some kind of leader killed to appease the masses that the airstrike was worthy of the dead.#10 | Posted by moneywar

What the fuck does the above post even mean? What country is Crappus from?
#43 | Posted by 101Chairborne

Oh no! Not again.

: 0

"Wow! Only people speaking the language of known conflict have now become the entire housing military.

I guess we have all kinds of housing here in the states..........what language do those people speak?"

I keep reading this hoping something will click. Maybe if I stare at it long enough something will appear like those scrambled 3D pictures. So far, nothing.

You really couldn't figure that out, Hans?

#48 | Posted by goatman

Did you have to even ask that, of corse he couldn't.

IDF are unable to stop missiles being moved inside of Gaza and West Bank - areas regularly, if not obsessively scrutinized, blockaded and otherwise engaged by IDF. After how many years of occupation? Why?

Perhaps it is the resourcefulness of the militants. Solid-fuel rockets are pretty easy to make- MacGyver would agree. I'm not disputing the fact, however, that a slow trickle of rocket attacks is bound to keep alarmists and hard-liners in power. Politicians are generally soulless bastards- I wouldn't put it past them on principle. And I do not subscribe to the illusion that the Israeli government is run by a bunch of nice, innocent people. I'm just saying that if a claim of Israeli complicity in rocket smuggling is going to be made, it needs stronger proof than simply stating "the IDF should be able to stop it, and their inability to do so implies complicity".

AND REPORTS OUT TODAY ARE That a mosque was blown to shit

ALL RIGHT>...go israel go

and why is it more than okay to blow the mosque to hell and back

because the COWARDS With the turbins had tons of munitions stored in it....and if the mosque was blown up then the story would be the jews blowing it up and not tha fact that the COWARDS stored them there in the first place and probably surrounded it with women and children..........

If ever there was a case of poetic justice, this is it. Nizar Rayyan was the man, who developed the strategy of launching attacks from civilian areas, and storing armaments in civilian areas, in an attempt suffer large civilian casualties if there would be an Israeli response, so that the killing of civilians would foster anti-Israeli feelings. It was a propaganda ploy. The demise of his family was then a master stroke for martyrdom and for propaganda purposes. For this ideologue, nothing was as important as "the cause," and everything else was subsidiary to "the cause," which became its own excuse for being rather than a means to an end.

You wonder concerning the mentality of people, who lauunch contining missile attacks over the years, causing the Israelis to reside in shelters, and fail to understand why termination of such attacks is a condition for ceasing to target them.

As Victor Davis Hanson noted, "Hamas daily sends barrages into Israel, as its hooded thugs thump their chests and brag of their radical Islamic militancy. But when payback comes, suddenly warriors are tansmorgrified into weeping victims, posing teary-eyed for the news cameras as the deplore "genocide" and "the Palestinian Holocaust." At least the Japanese militarists did not cry out to the League of Nations for help once mean Marines landed on Iwo Jima."

"transmogrified"

Until the recent Israeli interdiction, there had been daily launching of missiles into Israel, up to 80 per day. I think that although launches have generally diminished to as few as 14 on one day, today or yesterday, some 60 were launched.

The Arabs of Gaza chose the militant Islamic government, which had promised conflict with Israel. Now they are reaping the consequences of their choice, which is to conduct aggressive war.

This idea of "Palestinians," and a "Palestinian State" is a recent contrivance. There have never been a Palestinian people nor a Palestinian state. They are arabs, and they are arabs in a region that was not under arab control for centuries from 1517 to 1917. The original partition plan provided for "Trans-Jordan" (now Jordan) for the arabs, and "Nish-Jordan" for the Jews. The territory allotted to the Jews is now largely occupied by arabs, many of whom had come from other areas, drawn by the relative prosperity achieved through Jewish industry and enterprise in the area.

But that's another matter. There is the status quo ante, and the current status quo, and its resolution is difficult. The most difficult aspect is the belligerancy of the Islamics, many of whom are engaged in a worldwide jihad, such as in Mumbai, London, Madrid, and elsewhere, and who believe it their duty to subjugate the rest of the world to Islamic domination. The Israelis are out canary in the mine. Of course, the Islamics just might get their come-uppance in a confrontation with the Chinese, who are not as inhibited as Westerners in dealing with such matters.