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Yeah, you are getting the gist of my argument. I'm not saying hanging out with anti-Israel crack pots will help you "understand" the middle east. I am saying that along with Jeremiah Wright's crack pottery, there was probably a fair amount of "perspective" in terms of literature and the like -- he also has been to the middle east himself -- so you can understand where they're coming from. Most Americans have no idea that Palestinians outnumbered Jews around 1948 or that the originals maps called for them to have a lot more land than today. A guy like Barack is more likely to know that than most, based on his church.
AS for other crack pots, I don't know what effect there would be. I am a white person, but I remember a kid coming to my high school more than 20 years ago and wanting our history teacher to teach about the crimes and atrocities by the Jews --crimes and atrocities he said he learned all about from his relatives in Chicago. South Chicago is that kind of place. Jeremiah was that kind of preacher. We have to hope Obama separated the legitimate from the crazy and will use the former to make peace with Israel.
