U.S. got between Israel and Arafat......

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Originally posted by XXXManager@Sep 16 2003, 12:39 AM
The inside/outside issues is irrelevant. It like I will tell you that you can't really see the issue with Iraq or Afghanistan because you are in the US.
I honestly don't understand where people came up with this argument that people from "within" can not view things for real.

As to your observation.. Every kid in the area knows exactly where the Israelis and where the Palestinians "come from". There is no need to be an outside "observer" from a far away country who's average interest in the subject and the region as whole can be summed to 20 minutes a week. (true though that some individuals pay much ,more attention than an occasional article in the newspaper or a show on TV).

Last note: There is no need for a truce. We are not at a battle and not even a fight. We are just having a friendly conversation and exchange of views. It is a healthy thing and much appriciated (at least on my part).

I am not trying to imply that people from outside can view anything more clearly then inside.... In fact, I think it probably the reverse of that..

You are there.. I am many miles remote seeing what I see on CNN/ABC/CBS or reading in the KC Star or on the Internet....

The news I have available has been washed, rinsed, inspected, rejected, neglected prior to being placed in front of me....

When 9/11 happened here, I was watching it live on TV... raw, unedited.. Much the way the Israeli and Palestinians see what is happening over there on a daily basis....

It is much more real in that context....

and yes, it is a friendly conversation... It was getting too fast for me...lol...I am old fucker, not so fast at the keyboard anymore, ya know....