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April 11, 2005
Politics and economics share the
Politics and economics share the common conception that we live in a universe in which unlimited wants must be satisfied with limited goods. The more I reflect on this, the more I begin to doubt that there can ever be true, lasting peace in the mid-east, as long as there is a State of Israel...
I do not say that I hope this is the case. I wish to make that clear. But I more and more begin to believe that the above is a simple statement of hard, bitter, truth. In a nutshell, there are two groups of people, each with a logical and consistent (and just about equally valid) claim to the same piece of land. Unless someone happens to have a spare Jerusalem tucked into their pocket, this seems to be an eternal source of conflict...
There is one other source of solution, though it is equally terrible. As I see it, as long as there are two sides (or more) with competing claims to legitimate ownership of the same territory, there will be conflict. If one of those sides were to disappear. No good. There must be another way...
Posted by Andrew at April 11, 2005 09:33 AM
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