Would America consider returning Manhattan to the Indians? Would we give it to them without a fight? If we were forced to return it would we be resentful, try to reclaim it, perhaps by whatever means we thought were necessary? Would we not feel attacked by the world powers that forced us to abandon Manhattan?
Think about it: the trouble in the middle-east is the same question.
After two-thousand years the world decided to carve out a Jewish state in a land occupied by Arabs.
We're still witnessing the -- not so surprising -- fall out.
Who are terrorists: The people kicking inhabitants out or the inhabitants being kicked out?
2006-07-19 11:58:30 · 6 answers · asked by upload2villager 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
If the tensions in the regions are thousands of years old, the wound I describe above is the freshest one, the one that galvanized the entire middle-east, and the one that no Western power seems willing to deal with.
It is also a situation from which there can be no recoiling. It just is.
But we have to deal with it.
2006-07-19 12:03:25 · update #1
As with many modern borders in the middle east, Britain (and others) made the boundaries of nations in the region without a lot of regard for the people that lived there, the history of the areas or the religions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Mandate_of_Palestine
2006-07-19 12:09:17 · update #2
There is a small difference. The U.S. purchased Manhattan from the Indians of the time. Pick another area. The U.S. has given reparations to the Indians, although some debate it wasn't enough. Oh, and now the Indians actually live in peace with the "white man." They live as one nation. During times of war, you find Indian decendants fighting along side European decendants. It seems the U.S. has found a way to move on from that bad time in history. Can the middle east do the same? If this is the Middle East version of the American Indian Saga, then the Arabs are destined to lose.
The terrorists are the people walking into the middle of market places and blowing themselves up among people that had nothing to do with a decision 60 years ago. The terrorists are people that disguise themselves among the every day lives of innocent people just so they can kill those innocent people.
Not everyone is an enemy of these groups, but these groups would have everyone believe they were.
I would love nothing better than to see that entire region live in peace. It seems like some groups like to live in the past without regard for what the future could bring. As long as it involves killing, it is what they want. Instead of finding new ways to develop their countries and regions into prospering nations, they find ways to oppress their own people and bring violence to the region.
One key point in your comment / question... "The World" decided to carve out a Jewish state... This wasn't "the fault" of the Jews, but they were immediately attacked. Blame Hitler, and history, for not only displacing the Jews from that area originally, but trying to kill them all off. Attack Hitler... Wait.. he is already dead... Maybe we should just move on?
2006-07-19 12:17:02 · answer #1 · answered by J G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world did not carve out a Jewish state. Read your history man. The Jewish people carved out there own country.
If the indians want to try to take over Manhattan again they can try but they wouldn't be able to hold it. Its the same in Israel. Israel took over there country and until someone can defeat them they will stay. But I don't see that happening. Israel should be very proud of themselves.
2006-07-19 12:04:22 · answer #2 · answered by bartathalon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
genuinely almost immediately after jews invaded the land many jews were deported way formerly 2000 years in the past below the Babylonians. some lower back in the course of the Persian Empire and then later many Jews were kicked out in the course of the Roman Empire era. some remained yet very few. None of those empires were arabs. :)
2016-11-06 20:39:57 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure dude. Only we will want more than $24 for Manhattan.
2006-07-19 12:02:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll beat you up, take over your house and kick you out of it and if you protest i'll call you a terrorist. Wait you know what, I'll give you the bathroom; you can sleep on the floor...
Sounds good??!
El Sabr Gameel...
2006-07-19 12:12:17 · answer #5 · answered by Zero 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to risky to answer
2006-07-19 12:02:03 · answer #6 · answered by LARCO 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋