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Reader comment on item: That Surreal Gaza Reconstruction Conference

Submitted by DaveP (United Kingdom), Mar 6, 2009 at 17:36

In the movie "Filed of Dreams", Kevin Kostner sets out to build a stadium, hoping that his dream will become a reality. The miracle happens, and everyone is happy. In the situation of re-building Gaza, the donors too are hoping that if they "build it", the dream, "peace in the Middle East" will come. They too are hoping for a miracle. Surreal is right.


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Gaza reconstruction [137 words]DemsciMar 14, 2009 05:18
Future of Palestina [474 words]DemsciMar 14, 2009 04:54
Israel Claims for Reconstruction [13 words]anneMar 11, 2009 17:53
⇒ Field of Dreams [64 words]DavePMar 6, 2009 17:36
the U.S. is at war with Israel [34 words]jennifer solisMar 6, 2009 16:25
Funding of terror [170 words]MontanaMar 6, 2009 03:23
Time for our own jihad [133 words]Seamus MacNemisMar 8, 2009 01:29
The impossibility of a two state solution. [175 words]Seamus MacNemiMar 9, 2009 00:29
easy solution but hard to implement [237 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanMar 9, 2009 20:44
Greetings to you Grand Infidel [106 words]Seamus MacNemiMar 11, 2009 12:21
an easy solution - just add water? [463 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanMar 11, 2009 21:13
I'm, not sure how much here is truly "stupid" & how much by design. [52 words]kmanMar 6, 2009 01:29
I'm Heartsick [102 words]Susan CamptonMar 5, 2009 19:11
The Ayatollah criticizes Obama, and he backed out quickly [47 words]Zarah KahnMar 5, 2009 18:26
Hillary, not responsible [27 words]InfidelMar 5, 2009 16:38
Daniel, You're not nearly cynical enough. [53 words]marianaMar 5, 2009 14:21
With a Muslim in the white house [70 words]yuval Brandstetter MDMar 6, 2009 02:58
Very Well said, Mariana. [4 words]SvetlanatchkahMar 6, 2009 20:58
"...You can't always get what you want...." [140 words]marianaMar 8, 2009 15:33
Liberal truths [70 words]pdmMar 5, 2009 09:49
The Damage Hillary is bringing abroad. [219 words]SvetlanatchkahMar 5, 2009 01:30
Next president of USA [217 words]AngelMar 6, 2009 13:55
Hi Angel, Thank you for your Feedback. [243 words]SvetlanatchkahMar 9, 2009 19:09
Donations for Palestinians what a waste! [7 words]AlecMar 4, 2009 21:36
Let em re-build and hit the Hamas monsters again. Money down the tax payers toilet. [103 words]Benny ZalkeMar 4, 2009 15:27
Common sense is so rare... [262 words]CanadianChrisMar 4, 2009 12:56
Actually, "common sense" is very common & lacking in any sense. [142 words]kmanMar 6, 2009 01:45
To Canadian Chris [319 words]AngelMar 10, 2009 06:21
Not Mendacity. Malice. [13 words]Sofa SogoodMar 4, 2009 12:47
The right to exist! [246 words]Rodni E. ChaletMar 4, 2009 10:02
Lunatic asylum [109 words]Stephen PaulMar 4, 2009 02:58
Ms. Clinton is a lawyer: she must know the law [251 words]Abu NudnikMar 4, 2009 00:45
To Abu Nudnik [57 words]DavidMar 5, 2009 01:08
SURREAL GAZA CONFERENCE [115 words]DIASPORAMar 4, 2009 00:15
Who is hoodwinking who? [46 words]Seamus MacNemiMar 10, 2009 07:59
one thing [128 words]ravin blackMar 3, 2009 20:57
Money for war damages [48 words]Dr. Sanford AranoffMar 3, 2009 20:26
Gaza Reconstruction [125 words]William EastMar 3, 2009 20:24
media blackout [38 words]Peter, ScotlandMar 3, 2009 18:15
Peter . Anti semitism is rife in the British Media [255 words]adam the scotMar 4, 2009 14:56
A "Diplomatic Shield" to protect Islamists in Gaza [153 words]AmerisraelMar 3, 2009 17:16
Not mendacity, but plain old ignorance [71 words]Rebecca MouldsMar 3, 2009 17:12
So true! [5 words]FarziaMar 4, 2009 09:08
"Stupidity" doesn't reign so much as cowardice & desire to be "current" with political fashion. [67 words]kmanMar 6, 2009 01:20
Nobody's that dumb? [104 words]H.J. YostMar 3, 2009 17:00
Is It Possible? [48 words]Widget1Mar 3, 2009 21:38
Self-delusional Fools [177 words]Robert LaGambaMar 3, 2009 16:59
Too much, entirely! [252 words]Seamus MacNemiMar 6, 2009 09:53
madness of funding reconstruction of Gaza [113 words]Pam U.K.Mar 3, 2009 16:49
makes financial sense..... [83 words]J. ChodakiewitzMar 3, 2009 16:24
The U.S. should also pay Al Qaeda for re-digging at Bora Bora [87 words]Shiekh Ahnid TerabiMar 3, 2009 15:43
Open Letter To President Obama [150 words]Tom QuiganMar 3, 2009 15:25
open letter to President Obama [171 words]IsaacMar 4, 2009 10:55
assume [18 words]Gary SackMar 3, 2009 15:09
An Absurd Waste of US Taxpayer Money [142 words]CantoMar 3, 2009 15:05
Gaza's reconstruction conference [134 words]Isaac FlaksMar 3, 2009 14:42
angry donors [12 words]EricMar 3, 2009 14:26
reconstruction???? [172 words]peterMar 3, 2009 13:11
DR. Pipes, you were so right . How painful [333 words]SvetlanatchkahMar 3, 2009 12:54
What madness ! [48 words]Anne-Marie DelcambreMar 4, 2009 10:53
Accountability and Oversight [114 words]Richard B.Mar 3, 2009 12:29
Bizarre Events: Make War not Peace [106 words]John GlueckMar 3, 2009 12:28
When Reconstructing Gaza Has Its Origins In Historical Precedents [304 words]Adina KutnickiMar 3, 2009 12:25
Dumb is as dumb does!!! [167 words]JaladhiMar 3, 2009 12:09
Surreal is the right word [96 words]pdmMar 3, 2009 12:05
Reconstruction of Gaza [49 words]Janusz KowalikMar 3, 2009 12:05
Who is capable to reconstruct Gaza.? [180 words]David GoshenMar 3, 2009 11:36
This conference reminds me of the anti-Isreal conference of S. Africa in June 2001.
[w/response] [84 words]
Zarah KahnMar 3, 2009 11:13
Newsweek Cover story: Americans should live with Radical Islam !! [51 words]Zarah KahnMar 4, 2009 11:31
Zarah [32 words]SvetlanatchkahMar 5, 2009 01:37
Fareed is correct in his analysis [14 words]Zarah KahnMar 5, 2009 18:30
Gaza Reconstruction Conference [133 words]Henry AlkinMar 3, 2009 11:00
Are these eminentoes depending on Al Jazeera and Al CNN for their M.E.news? [132 words]M.D'SouzaMar 3, 2009 10:41
Stupidity [76 words]kenny komodoMar 7, 2009 00:32
For the Palestiniasn [102 words]Jonathan UsherMar 3, 2009 10:02
The Surreal Gaza Reconstruction Conference-We are living in an upside down world. [161 words]AnneMar 3, 2009 09:38
remarks [45 words]John SchwartzMar 3, 2009 08:53
The elimination of Israel [392 words]Ken BesigMar 3, 2009 08:26
Too much money for their own good [102 words]freud99Mar 3, 2009 08:23
Stop! An Interbnational War is Being Waged Against Israel [885 words]Prof. Paul EidelbergMar 3, 2009 08:11
So, you're asking in a world gone insane that stupidity & ignorance give reign to ... [29 words]kmanMar 17, 2009 19:38
its a trap for the people [36 words]Ilyas khan BalochMar 3, 2009 08:02
dispatches [75 words]kamranMar 3, 2009 08:02
Hamas [29 words]Carlos EchevarriaMar 3, 2009 07:09
Not to worry (too much...) [12 words]meysekapeyerMar 3, 2009 06:32

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