Twin Sons of different mothers

I spent 21 years in the Army as a Middle East Intelligence Analyst and Arabic Linguist. Without divulging any specifics about what I did, let's take it for granted that I know a thing or two about the Middle East.

One of the things I learned as I grew for young into full adulthood was the intricacies of the Palestinian/Israeli issue. The thing that most struck me as I grew older and more worldly was the attitude and behavior of the nearby Arab states and the equally nearby Persian state of Iran. The crux of the debate for over 50 years now has been the lack of an established Palestinian homeland, free from the presumed or actual oppression/rejection by the state of Israel. Without the continued Palestinian/Israeli conflict, there would be very few things to gripe about to a world audience. And so, the Middle Eastern nations gave volumes of lip service to the plight of the Palestinians, but came up with little in the actual act of granting them a homeland for themselves. The reason??

They liked and still like the Palestinians clashing with the Israeli's. You see, the battle is a built-in excuse for the ages for the Arab world. You won't help us with our poor, poor, Palestinian brothers, so we will not come on line with the decency and peacefulness of the rest of the civilized world. You can't cry wolf if you've killed it, so they keep it alive.

Jeremiah Wright not only has not quieted down as Senator Obama has practically pleaded with him to do, he keeps coming on stronger and stronger every day, saying one outlandish thing after another - admittedly some of the statements are sincerely funny - but outlandish nonetheless. Why would he continue on in this fashion, knowing he's actually hurting Senator Obama's presidential run? Why?

Why don't the Arab nations with thousands of miles of inhabitable terrain give some to the Palestinians?

The answer, I'm afraid, is the same. If the Palestinians are given southwestern Syria, for example, and they live happily ever after, what happens to the 50 year and counting argument against the Jews? That's right; it dies. And with it, the worlds sympathy when they do another terrorist activity, or claim no one is listening to their "plight."

If Barak Obama is elected President, what happens to the Rev. Wright's 20 year pulpit claims that the white man continues to oppress and stifle the black man?

Twin sons. Different mothers.

- I am, JL Hussein 4, and I've approved this blog.