Originally posted by jaamaan
reply to post by masonwatcher
A two state solution sounds fair enough for me.
But i guess some people want to have all.
Yup, the Israelis can't afford peace. It would mean that over time there will no US subsidies, no inflated military with which to dominate the ME and
they would have to resort to their own resources as a nation.
Despite the zionist curse, the Palestinians have more Phds and medical doctors per head of population than any nation on the planet. Even the Lebanon,
demolished and vandalised by Israel every twenty years is the cultural and economic centre of the region and it has very little natural resources.
Before the 1982 Israeli invasion, it was classified by World Bank and the IMF as the 15th largest economy in the world and the Lebanon is tiny.
What actually amazes me is that with access to the most cutting edge US technology, military and civilian, Israel produces very little other than
rehashed or reconfigured developments. Even famous Israeli academics and scientists are either middle class immigrants educated abroad or Israelis
that reside outside.
Now I have read at various travel agent forums that Israeli tour groups are isolated from other travellers because of their agressive and vulgar
behaviour.