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Michael Davison

Michael Davison — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

What would be easier?

A woman was walking along the beach when she stumbled upon a bottle. She picked it up and rubbed it, and lo-and-behold a Genie appeared.

The amazed woman asked if she got three wishes. The Genie said, ”Nope, sorry, three-wish genies are a myth. I’m a one-wish genie. So . . . what’ll it be?”

The woman didn’t hesitate. She said, ”I want peace in the Middle East. See this map? I want these countries to stop fighting with each other and I want all the Arabs to love Jews and Americans and vice-versa. It will bring about world peace and harmony.”

The Genie looked at the map and exclaimed, ”Lady, be reasonable! These countries have been at war for thousands of years. I’m out of shape after being in a bottle for five hundred years. I’m good but not THAT good! I don’t think it can be done. Make another wish and please be reasonable.”

The woman thought for a minute and said, ”Well, I’ve never be able to find the right man. You know, one that’s considerate and fun, likes to cook and helps with the housecleaning, is great in bed, gets along with my family, doesn’t watch sports all the time, and is faithful. That’s what I wish for . . a good man

The Genie let out a long sigh, shook his head and said ”Let me see that stupid map again.”

Sanwali

Sanwali — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Good one! :)

The bottom line is: its difficult to get peace in Mideast but impossible to find a good man...hmm.

Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Good joke Michael,

There shall be no peace so long as an inch of Palestinian land continues to be occupied. Most Palestinians feel that way...and by Palestinian land, they mean by the ‘67 borders. As for Lebanon, peace will be had when Israel vacates the Golan Heights...

And Israel won’t do either. Hamas won’t stop its suicide bombings and Hezbollah will continue to launch rocket attacks if Israel won’t agree. It’s a vicious circle, all the sides are equally guilty.

Roger

Roger — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

There will never be peace in the middle-east. There are schools in the middle-east that teach the kids songs about martyrdom and being crusaders and such. There would have to be a huge miracle. These people have been fighting for centuries and will continue to do so. It is all they have known

Grubbanax

Grubbanax — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The whole situation is a positive feedback cycle. All sides respond to an attack with an even greater attack. The presence of extremists on one side makes it seem to another side that extremism is necessary. Stopping it would be like stopping an avalanche.

Lasting peace may require some structural changes, aside from whatever violence people are considering adding to the mix. These structural changes- e.g. educating the Palestinians, economic diversification of oil exporters- will take time, and probably pressure/incentives from the outside, as well.

I hope that people will have the patience and the will to enact these changes and slow the escalation of violence.

Michael

Michael — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The problem in the Middle East is not lack of peace.

The problem is the existence, and lately even prosperity, of massive terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, who were ignored for too long, to the point they have become a dominant political force: Hamas is currently controlling Gaza, Hezbollah is a dominant Lebanese political party.

Michael Davison

Michael Davison — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Kyle said:

”There shall be no peace so long as an inch of Palestinian land continues to be occupied. Most Palestinians feel that way...and by Palestinian land, they mean by the ’67 borders. As for Lebanon, peace will be had when Israel vacates the Golan Heights...”

Pardon me, but if you believe this, then you’re a fool. Just the other day, Hamas representatives said this in Cairo: “Fatah wants a government that accepts the two-state solution, and this is something that Hamas can’t and will never accept,” Nunu said. “We are prepared to accept a Palestinian state in the 1967 boundaries only as a temporary solution, without recognizing the Zionist occupation of any inch of our homeland.” (http://greywolf.instablogs.com/entry/hamas-says-no/)

As for Lebanon (you mean Hizballah), their ”glorious leader, Hassan Nasrallah sent a tape from his hiding place last week declaring that Hizballah would not accept the existence of Israel, ”Not now, not in 100 years, not even in 1,000 years”. It has nothing to do with the Golan Heights or the Shabaa farms, it has everything to do with pure hatred of anything non-Muslim by these groups.

Why don’t you learn something about the Middle East and the people there BEFORE you make comments like that?

N.B.: The Golan Heights were Syrian before 1967, not Lebanese.

Wonda L

Wonda L — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Michael

You know if you spent more time picking peoples good points to their posts ,more people might listen to your expertise ,but you seem to think to put someone down puts you in a higher light –very child like ,and if the negotiators talk like you no wonder there is no peace

Now i left errors for you to shoot me down

Michael Davison

Michael Davison — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Kyle made a stupid and ignorant statement that contradicts a lot of evidence in the field, and doesn’t even know that the Golan Heights was part of Syria and not Lebanon.

How do you suggest I comment on that?

Read the article I linked to– Hamas doesn’t want peace any more than you want to be a friend to anyone– if anything, less.

Here’s the link again: http://greywolf.instablogs.com/entry/hamas-says-no/

Read it and make up your own mind.

Wonda L

Wonda L — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

MICHAEL

Let me explain myself in a more reasonable and no bias thought

Micheal reading your posts there is no doubt that you are very intelligent and knowageable on the middle east situations

The only thing i find is you have a hard time with peoples flaws and small ones seem to get to you

Forget peoples lack of understanding or their unintentional mistakes because when you get irritated or seem irritated than people miss your very knowledgeable responses and the ones that are capable of hears them will and the ones who don’t want to or can’t -well there is nothing you can do

Remember dislike can come in an instance but love or like takes time and forgiveness or overlooking is a gift

Micheal i know you have a sence of humor and i liked your two posts on my humor comments

Micheal my hand if out to you and i apologize for my bad taste comments on your serious issues

Take care Wayne

Allan

Allan — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Boys, Boys! Try and get along! ;-)