Iraq is a tough situation.
Another tough one is the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
I was surfing thorough some PodCasts available for free from iTunes.
There was a news program called: alt.muslim.
I downloaded and listened. It talked about various things going on in the Muslim community. It highlighted some of the charity work being done by Muslims as a result of the displacement of the people of New Orleans. That was very encouraging to listen to.
There was also a discussion of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
What was rather eye-opening to me was the comment from one of the guests: Palestinians believe that the Jews are white-European colonists who took their land just like how the whites set up colonies in Africa a couple of centuries ago.
If this perspective is wildly held, then peace in the region is impossible unless (1) Israel ceases to exist as a nation and the Jews leave or (2) the Palestinians accept the existance of Israel in secure borders.
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