Palestine, the country
Reader comment on item: Pretending There's a Country Called "Palestine"
in response to reader comment: Palestine never existed

Submitted by Frank G Anderson (Thailand), Mar 12, 2008 at 23:57

13 March 2008

Little do we remember... back when the UN voted Israel into existence - it was also not a country or state before then but a people and movement much the same as Palestine is - the only reason Israel began to exist the day of the vote was because the Soviet Representative was not in - or am I wrong?

We can belittle others as much as we want, but continuing to kill them, harass them, lie about them and treat them as less than human only brings out the worst of ourselves and of them.

An America First policy advocate, I want my country, and its people, to maintain an independent approach to domestic and world affairs, not be influenced time and again by people who can't hold a logical argument. ...

The best thing Israel can do - and it won't affect the country's security one way or another - is to openly welcome a declaration of statehood by these proud and oppressed people whose toes Israel is constantly stepping on.

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