allen/pam..giving appologies after you spit racial dribble whether warranted or not is appreciated im sure but doesnt take away the hate from those you aimed it at. Second..long before religious battles, wars were fought over water/land ..the land near the water, needed for human settlement/survival. that includes the lands of Israel. Religious wars came long after that. Third pagans worship symbolic gods as far as I know...what i think you are is the same as me..Agnostic..you believe in God just not all the relgious BS that all these religions bring to the table.
12incher I'm sorry that you have so much hatred in youre heart too. I do understand youre hatred of israel...i really do, but that is very complicated issue...but you should not hate ALL jews for that situation, ....judiasm was around far longer than any other religion (other than far eastern ones) that I'm aware of, but Im certainly no expert on religious history, but that doesnt make it better or worse than muslim or christianity..just different. At least they are making concessions...embrace that at least, i realize it isnt everything you want..and it isnt for them either.. I been to Israel, and its amazing place with those 3 main religions/cultures all right there.
At least democratci peoples who embrace freedom like USA and Israel dont invade other countries until after being provoked. That includes 67 war where israel won its country/independence.. and us with IRAQ. I know you will rebut, but when you do, at least do it with facts not name calling and hate.
And the USA is hardly the first country to elect 'and idiot' as its leader as you refer to Bush. He is hardly an idiot, although that is the typical criticism of him for all those who dont agree with him. He isnt a smooth public talker like say Bill Clinton, who is prob the best salesman in history, so people think he is stupid. He isnt a genious either, like say Jimmy Carter (actually was..as i have read people called him a dumbass for his southern drawl)..but he didnt come off as a good president either. There is so much complicated mess in this world...nobody can fix it alone. and these forums show all the hatred that is out there..so I'm resigned to the pesemistic view that there will always be wars or countries including USA on verge of war, until humans either destroy the planet or become extinct.
Hopefully millions/billions of years from now when the next living beings inherit the earth or some other planet...the creator will learn or they will learn from our mistakes and get it right and all live in peace.