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Originally Posted by baddog
I never understood why no Arab state said, "hey, Palestine! We will give you a piece of our desert for you to live in peace and harmony with your brothers."
Why is that?
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After the liberation of Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion I was flying back from Thailand and sitting next to me was a Kuwaiti doctor who was on holiday before the invasion and extended his stay. During which time he was getting reports from home.
We had a long talk about the invasion and Middle East. He did not like Iraqis invasion or no invasion. To him they were low class. But they were above the Palestinians who he regarded as little more than an Arab form of gypsy. He said the Iraqis were inflicting a lot of persecution on the Palestinians working in Kuwait. He was pleased about that.
The State of Israel can only stay where it is with the aid from the US. If Saudi exerted enough pressure today on the US they would have to think long and hard about their position of backing Israel. The US Israel lobby v the Saudi's and other Arab countries oil and loans lobby. Today it would be a very brave man who chose the Israel lobby.
The situation seems the Muslim Brotherhood still does not stretch far enough. Even though they will never admit it.
As for the original question. Some guy walked off a mountain and said God told him it was theirs. And that's enough.