in its zeal in kissing the oily butt of the arab world to maintain oil flow and to play "holier than thou", the west is again embarking on a new road to munich.

for those unfamiliar with history, britain, france, and the democratic west sacrificed a sister democracy, czechoslovakia to appease hitlers germany.

today another democracy, israel is again being sacrificed to appease the authoritarian and repressive arab world.

chamberlain said that hitler had "legitimate grievances", that the poor sudeten germans were being discriminated against and persecuted by the czechs. it was bullshit, but it was convienient. the germans were constantly agitating for a union with germany, and acting against czechoslovakia. so, germany took the sudetenland, and soon ALL of czechoslovakia.

today, israel is being asked to appease a hostile population whose goal is its destruction.

i keep hearing about the poor mistreated arabs in israel. despite their hostility and non-existant loyalty to israel, israeli arabs have their own political parties, send representatives to the parliament, can vote, and have freedom of the press. of course all you ignoramouses out there either convieniently ignore or are ignorant of the fact that no arab citizens in any of the countries in arab nations have these rights.

israel allows what is analogous to the kurds having a recognized political party in iraq that routinely criticizes and condemns the government both in parliament (if iraq had one) and in the public press, as well as openly assisting and supporting the iranians against iraq (if this tale took place during the iran-iraq war) they would last oh, maybe 33 seconds before saddam slaughtered them, their families, their dogs, and their camels.

like muich, the west thinks they can deal with the arabs within a western framework, arrogantly assuming because they have certain values that eveyone does. the arabs despise the west. they still remember the crusades, the reconquest of spain, and the colonial humiliations of the 19th and 20th centuries.

i dont know what standard of comparison you use to guage israeli actions. some utopian ideal that does not exist maybe? because if you compare israel to the arab world, you would not be making such idiotic judgements.

what values does the west share with the arab world? personal, religious, political, and social freedom do not exist in the arab world. why is the west so eager to sacrifice a sister democracy which shares these values to a despotic, repressive, hostile arab world.

like chamberlain, is it afraid of the inevitable clash between the west and the islamic world, and hopes by appeasing them now it will avert the coming conflict?

winston churchill said it best..."britain had to choose between dishonor and war...it chose dishonor, it will have war...."