Comments on: Can we talk? http://mideastcalm.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/can-we-talk/ Campaign for American Leadership in the Middle East Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:23:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: howard fallon http://mideastcalm.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/can-we-talk/#comment-725 howard fallon Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:32:56 +0000 http://mideastcalm.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/can-we-talk/#comment-725 The most frightening thing in this world is people who are as UNinformed as Robert Gutman. As always the most UNinformed people are WHITE MEN. There have been five mass extinctions on this planet. A 1998 survey by the American Museum of Natural History found that 70% of biologists view the present era as part of a mass extinction event, possibly one of the fastest ever. Robert Gutman is hastening us to The End ... The most frightening thing in this world is people who are as UNinformed as Robert Gutman. As always the most UNinformed people are WHITE MEN. There have been five mass extinctions on this planet. A 1998 survey by the American Museum of Natural History found that 70% of biologists view the present era as part of a mass extinction event, possibly one of the fastest ever. Robert Gutman is hastening us to The End …

]]> By: MARK ECKSTEIN http://mideastcalm.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/can-we-talk/#comment-724 MARK ECKSTEIN Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:02:54 +0000 http://mideastcalm.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/can-we-talk/#comment-724 The Saudi Plan is the best way to start the process. It is a framework and Not a Set plan. The Saudi Plan is the best way to start the process. It is a framework and Not a Set plan.

]]> By: MARK ECKSTEIN http://mideastcalm.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/can-we-talk/#comment-723 MARK ECKSTEIN Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:01:42 +0000 http://mideastcalm.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/can-we-talk/#comment-723 The Land Must be Divided 50/50. There is plenty of land. Most of Israel is a desert that needs to be developed. The Land Must be Divided 50/50. There is plenty of land. Most of Israel is a desert that needs to be developed.

]]> By: Robert Gutman http://mideastcalm.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/can-we-talk/#comment-720 Robert Gutman Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:36:36 +0000 http://mideastcalm.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/can-we-talk/#comment-720 Urging Israel to talk with an enemy that has sworn to kill it is not useful or safe. There is no precedent that such a thing has ever proven effective. The heartfelt desire of this and other organizations for an immediate peace is understandable. At the same time, it is potentially disruptive to a longer term peace. The underlying assumption that if only the Palestinians were "given" more that they would come to terms is belied by everything that has come before in this long struggle. Most recently, they have shown themselves more willing to attack, more willing to teach hatred, more willing to destroy their own possessions and people when Gaza was returned. Patience, dear friends, is a difficult but more endearing and enduring virtue. Robert Gutman Urging Israel to talk with an enemy that has sworn to kill it is not useful or safe. There is no precedent that such a thing has ever proven effective. The heartfelt desire of this and other organizations for an immediate peace is understandable. At the same time, it is potentially disruptive to a longer term peace. The underlying assumption that if only the Palestinians were “given” more that they would come to terms is belied by everything that has come before in this long struggle. Most recently, they have shown themselves more willing to attack, more willing to teach hatred, more willing to destroy their own possessions and people when Gaza was returned. Patience, dear friends, is a difficult but more endearing and enduring virtue.

Robert Gutman

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