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• Tuesday, January 6, 2009 11:56 AM

  The Palestinians Are Surely Victims, But Don't Just Blame Israel

  Gaza is just the latest battleground in the Iranian attempt to expand their influence in the Middle East and eventually dominate the region. Iran will continue to fight to the death of the last Palestinian, and Israel is now sadly more than willing to accomodate them.

  If the Palestinians were smart, they'd take themselves out of harms way. Put in place a government that actually acts for their own benefit. Recognize Israel's right to exist (you lost the past wars, just accept it like the Egyptians and Jordanians did), and offer real peace in return for international recognition of a Palestinian state in Gaza and the West Bank. If they do that, the US and the international community will put such pressure on Israel that they would have to accept the arrangement as well. The Palestinians would get immense levels of outside aid; and could expect peace and a level of prosperity beyond their dreams in one generation.

  The reason it doesn't happen is that Iran and the Islamic fundamentalists don't want it to happen. The Palestinian/Israeli conflict works greatly to their benefit. The bloodier the better. They'll do anything to stop a real peace settlement, including slaughtering rival Palestinians. So how about looking beyond Israel, and seeing who's really benefiting from the present bloody status quo, and placing the some real blame where it's due.

  —Fladad Read Fladad's other letters
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