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Submitted by Howard E. Cook (United States), Aug 10, 2005 at 03:32

At Tours, Vienna, on the peaks of the Pyenees, the West refused to give ground.

Those who do not know history, said Santayana, are doomed to relive it.

"they will learn no lessons."
"they will demand further Israeli withdrawals"

Who, pray tell, has "learned no lessons"?
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Title Commenter Date Thread
Israel wants peace nothing else [34 words]Phil GreendJul 6, 2007 22:59103143
The Gaza Pullout from an Israeli's point of view. [354 words]Asaf ApplebaumNov 8, 2005 16:0628005
Israeli-Palestinian views of each other [14 words]jakeFeb 28, 2007 08:2928005
The Israeli Gift-Of-Land-Message to "palestinians" [377 words]LukasSep 16, 2005 03:5425894
Compare Jerusalem Post Column by Carolyn Glick [45 words]Yocheved MenasheSep 15, 2005 16:2425872
Time for the truth! [718 words]LukasSep 15, 2005 04:5025857
RE:Time of truth! [163 words]Emmanuel Etchells-AyreSep 20, 2009 19:1925857
The disengagement from Gaza may not be the right thing to do but [72 words]ArmageddonAug 27, 2005 08:4125143
Today Gaza tomorrow Haifa and Tel-Aviv [121 words]ArmageddonAug 27, 2005 08:2225141
Brief Summary Of Some Recent Headlines [423 words]orange yonasonAug 21, 2005 02:0124933
The Gate of the Western World [39 words]Ben SteinbergAug 19, 2005 20:2024912
Gaza disengagement will tell the world the truth [186 words]Dr. Richard & Arlene RoseAug 19, 2005 14:3624903
Gaza will not bring Peace [137 words]JaladhiAug 19, 2005 11:1024901
To Mr. Walter [85 words]Ibrahim MetwalliAug 18, 2005 16:5124877
Don't Waste Money On Words,.... [75 words]orange yonasonAug 18, 2005 15:4924875
Is Israel really defeated? To Mr. Ibrahim Metwalli [53 words]WalterAug 18, 2005 13:5224873
UN Contribution to Terror- Bruce [76 words]Anatoly TsaliovichAug 17, 2005 23:0224852
To Ellen Horowitz [19 words]orange yonasonAug 16, 2005 23:2024808
To Bhuvan Chaturvedi [132 words]orange yonasonAug 16, 2005 22:3924801
Israel is Clearly defeated [146 words]Ibrahim MetwalliAug 16, 2005 20:3524795
To Ibrahim metwally [208 words]Emmanuel Etchells-AyreSep 20, 2009 18:5624795
UN funding anti-Semitism [19 words]BruceAug 16, 2005 13:1024754
Voilence [25 words]peterJan 2, 2009 08:5224754
Learn from the Indian Experience! [123 words]Bhuvan Chaturvedi, IndiaAug 16, 2005 12:3524751
Now Gaza, soon Jerusalem !!! [55 words]StanAug 16, 2005 10:2324743
Standing Up [584 words]Ellen W. horowitzAug 16, 2005 07:1524736
The beginning of the end [84 words]Arvind MadhavanAug 16, 2005 03:5124726
Sharon not that stupid or naive. [205 words]Anthony DeeAug 16, 2005 01:0724715
History Shmistory [322 words]yonasonAug 15, 2005 03:4724643
the gaza withdrawal [275 words]nick wrightAug 15, 2005 02:1124641
History begins in 1948- Response to Henri [354 words]Walter ManchurAug 14, 2005 18:1724639
AL QAEDA POSITIONED TO MOVE INTO GAZA [1175 words]Jack StillAug 14, 2005 17:4824637
Sharon is the father of the Palestinian Terror Capital in Gaza [47 words]Robert HarrisAug 14, 2005 17:2124636
Response to Gary Frankford [350 words]DvoraAug 14, 2005 14:1224635
Henri Bin Mitty [207 words]henriAug 14, 2005 10:5924633
Gaza Today, Israel tomorrow [273 words]DvoraAug 14, 2005 07:4024630
1Response to Henri: Balfour and his bowler hat [261 words]Walter ManchurAug 14, 2005 02:3024628
It is time for every non-muslims to wake up [182 words]Albert SweAug 14, 2005 02:2224627
THE VIEW FROM GOLDA'S BALCONY HASN'T CHANGED [324 words]Jack StillAug 13, 2005 20:3924623
Why Gaza? Why Iraq? [1662 words]Gary FrankfordAug 13, 2005 12:4124617
Balfour The Cynical ... [428 words]henriAug 13, 2005 10:4524614
This is not the way to tackle Islamism [326 words]Amitabh TripathiAug 13, 2005 09:1524613
God is in control [109 words]Susan WalkerAug 13, 2005 00:5624608
Response to Henricrun [211 words]Walter ManchurAug 12, 2005 23:4324607
GAZA, JERUSALEM, AND MEF [2108 words]Anatoly TsaliovichAug 12, 2005 21:0624606
2JUMP START TO PHASED DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL [361 words]Bruce JosloffAug 12, 2005 20:3624605
I agree/Je suis d'accord [58 words]Robert MooneyAug 12, 2005 10:3624598
Humanity For All [277 words]henricrunAug 12, 2005 05:0124594
Israel's tired supporters... [166 words]AaronAug 12, 2005 03:0524592
To think like a terrorist [395 words]WernerAug 12, 2005 00:3124590
The "Chopped Liver" Majority [292 words]LLRAug 11, 2005 22:0124586
Anti-Terror Contingency [60 words]Ephraim liorAug 11, 2005 20:1324582
Might this be what Sharon is looking for? [147 words]David AroninAug 11, 2005 17:5024580
Gaza withdrawal [58 words]Mort ReichekAug 11, 2005 12:3724576
Whose fault is it? Whose fault will it be? [395 words]Jeremy SlavinAug 11, 2005 11:0424575
Somalia redux? [135 words]David W. LincolnAug 11, 2005 10:2324574
The human and long-term social costs glossed over [224 words]Raphael PintoAug 11, 2005 09:1924572
Response to SteveGW, August 10, 2005 at 23:56 [93 words]WallaceAug 11, 2005 08:1224571
Disengagement plan is beginning of Destruction of State of Israel [255 words]EliAug 11, 2005 07:2724570
The Most Dangerous Critics of Israel [156 words]Martin E. WeinsteinAug 11, 2005 03:4224566
Gaza Crazy [94 words]Arlinda DeAngelisAug 11, 2005 00:1124563
TINA [108 words]SteveGWAug 10, 2005 23:5624562
dont be too alarmed [259 words]garyAug 10, 2005 22:4624561
A Few Comments on the Gaza Disengagement [473 words]Solomon WeiskopAug 10, 2005 22:0624560
Downsizing and Outsourcing [47 words]DanAug 10, 2005 21:2324559
Beware the flames of frustration in the streets of Gaza [144 words]Melvin HassanAug 10, 2005 20:5324558
psychological games [208 words]daveAug 10, 2005 19:2424556
remember Bernadotte? [72 words]Asaf GolanAug 10, 2005 12:4924551
Response to Armand Laferrere [289 words]ElizabethAug 10, 2005 12:4624550
Today Gaza, tomorrow Jerusalem and then the whole of Israel [163 words]Lars NielsenAug 10, 2005 12:2324549
Is Gaza Withdrawal Strategic? [71 words]Jeremy KarekenAug 10, 2005 11:5724548
Gaza, Jerusalem [45 words]J MiddaghAug 10, 2005 11:5124547
Jihad [221 words]BenAug 10, 2005 11:3224545
Unilateral withdrawal a mistake [213 words]wilinskyAug 10, 2005 11:1424543
Removing Settlements Does not End Occupation [216 words]PeterAug 10, 2005 10:4624542
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Change of Perspective. [301 words]Melvin HassanAug 10, 2005 10:1124540
The Lebanon precedent for Gaza [91 words]mhwAug 10, 2005 09:5324539
Withdrawal from Gaza [77 words]KamathAug 10, 2005 09:5324538
Disengagement as a long term goal [344 words]SteveGWAug 10, 2005 09:3424537
strategic withdrawal [123 words]Marvin RabinovitchAug 10, 2005 04:1524531
Israel v/s Islam [846 words]KanadAug 10, 2005 03:3924530
Doomed to relive it. [42 words]Howard E. CookAug 10, 2005 03:3224529
appeasement and retreat lead to utter extermination [123 words]Gilbert SimonsAug 10, 2005 03:1624528
I get your point, but I'm still in favor of the pull-out [286 words]Armand LaferrereAug 10, 2005 02:2624526
Stop the pullout now! [115 words]YovenAug 10, 2005 01:0524523
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today Gaza ... [132 words]Steven LAug 9, 2005 23:0324517
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A voice of sanity [46 words]Steven FishbeinAug 9, 2005 20:3824512
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It must be stopped before its to late. [150 words]SalimAug 9, 2005 19:0224509
Gaza [118 words]Irving WisemanAug 9, 2005 18:3324507
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Madness [7 words]PhillipAug 9, 2005 15:0224494
to Emannuel [250 words]Paul ZAug 9, 2005 14:2124493
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Sadly correct analysis... [67 words]J.S.Aug 9, 2005 13:4724489
The Samson Ethic? [349 words]Yehoshua ZellerAug 9, 2005 13:3124487
That's not the point... [269 words]dianeAug 9, 2005 13:1324485
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Gaza withdrawal [53 words]Alyn StarkmanAug 9, 2005 13:0424483
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You are 100% correct!!! [33 words]Michael & Jacquelyn HevajraAug 9, 2005 12:2224479
Mr. Pipes is right, but... [163 words]Mark TylerAug 9, 2005 12:2024478
Yep [9 words]Melissa SeamanAug 9, 2005 12:1424477
I hope you are wrong. [92 words]Tim KaineAug 9, 2005 12:1124476
Who Cares? [53 words]Thomas DinsmoreAug 9, 2005 11:4824474
I wish you weren't correct, but I fear you are. [45 words]Magdalene IglarAug 9, 2005 11:4324473
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Democracies DO move citizens. [120 words]DavidAug 9, 2005 11:0624470
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Israel's Critics [226 words]Stephen BermanAug 9, 2005 09:3624457

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