tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post579870568401283707..comments2023-11-05T22:12:50.570+11:00Comments on Daphne Anson: David Singer On Romney's Middle East RealismDaphne Ansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-29228483061147047762012-09-22T09:26:38.325+10:002012-09-22T09:26:38.325+10:00To Empress Trudy
I think the problem is much deep...To Empress Trudy<br /><br />I think the problem is much deeper than lack of will in the Arab world. <br /><br />I believe it is the exercise of Arab will in the wrong direction - to perpetuate rather than resolve the Jewish-Arab conflict by refusing the right of the Jewish people to have their own state alongside the 21 existing Arab states and the 36 other Moslem states in the world - that is the real problem.<br /><br /><br /><br /> david singernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-60274128892926643832012-09-22T00:30:32.883+10:002012-09-22T00:30:32.883+10:00The analogy I draw is a small one. In 1927 it took...The analogy I draw is a small one. In 1927 it took 48 months to build the George Washington Bridge in NYC. By the mid 1980's, the NY-NJ Port Authority it would take 10 YEARS to repaint it. And in fact the bridge has been in a constant state of repair and maintenance for the last 30 years since. The problem is not one of ability or even money but one of will. It doesn't get completed because there's too much money to be made in the unending failure to complete it. This is the Arab world in microcosm.Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.com