Friday, September 23, 2011

Sometimes A Great Notion

Often, we get caught up in causes which appear just, seem to support fairness and carry the hope of solving complicated problems.

And then someone speaks with complete clarity on how simple the solution might really be. What follows are words which deserve your consideration…

3 comments:

Brandon Laraby said...

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Palestine is so upset with Israel:

http://lawrenceofcyberia.blogs.com/photos/maps/landloss.html

(incidentally, the 3rd picture is the old 1967 borders that they're talking about possibly returning to -- also, notice the size of the Gaza strip in context to the rest of the state)

http://uahsibhistory.wikispaces.com/1948-1949+Arab+Israeli+War

There are a lot of things I do not understand about this conflict, but I do know that if the UN went and decided that half of Canada should be taken and given to, well, anyone else, I'd be upset about that.

It doesn't matter what religion they are...

Brandon Laraby said...

I also happened upon this:

http://i.imgur.com/lvaSa.jpg

Anonymous said...

You're right Brandon, there are a lot of things you do not understand about this conflict.