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Judgment or Coincidence?

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Submitted by Jane (United States), Mar 5, 2008 at 04:37

October 31, 1991: President George H. W. Bush convenes the Madrid Conference, meeting with Arab and Israeli leaders to forge a peace plan. "Territorial compromise is essential for peace," said President Bush. "We seek peace, real peace. And by real peace I mean treaties. If we cannot summon the courage to lay down our past for ourselves then let us do it for the children."

October 31, 1991: "The Perfect Storm", an unusual Nor'easter batters the east coast from Maine to Florida, bringing with it 65 knot winds and 39 foot waves. Damage estimates: Massachusetts - $100,000,000's; New Jersey (Southern) - $75,000,000; New York/ NJ (Northern) - $10,000,000's; Maine - $7,900,000; North Carolina - $6,700,000; New Hampshire - $5,600,000; Florida - $3,000,000.

August 23, 1992: The Madrid Conference reconvenes in Washington DC. to resume "peace talks".

August 23, 1992: Hurricane Andrews slams into Florida and parts of the Gulf Coast leaving 18,000 homeless and causing more than $30 billion in damage.

January 16, 1994: President Bill Clinton meets with Syria's President Hafaz el-Assad in Geneva. They talk about a peace agreement with Israel that includes giving up the Golan Heights.

January 17, 1994: The 6.7 Northridge earthquake hit Resida California, outside Los Angeles, measuring the highest urban ground acceleration ever recorded. 57 lives were lost and damge was over $42.5 billion.

September 28, 1998: President Bill Clinton, Yassar Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu meet on the White House lawn for a press conference to announce the "land for peace" deal in which Israel would give up 13 percent if Yesha (Judah and Samaria) by May 1999.

September 28, 1998: Hurricane Georges made seven landfalls on its long track through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, battering six countries and the Gulf Coast before spending the last of its fury on Mississippi on this day. There were 603 fatalities and more than $7 billion in damage.

October 15, 1998: Yassar Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu meet for 5 days at the Wye River plantaion in Maryland to hammer out the details of the Yesha "land for peace" deal.

October 17, 1998: Torrential rain and tornadoes pound southern Texas for 5 days, bringing 20 inches of rain. 31 people are killed as this storm system leaves more than $750 million in damages.

May 3, 1999: Yassar Arafat is scheduled to meet in front of the United Nations to declare a "Palestinian State" with Jerusalem as its capital. This meeting is postponed until December at the request of President Bill Clinton.

May 3, 1999: The Super Tornado System with 66 touchdowns rips across the midwest, including Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kansas with 316 mph winds, the strongest ever recorded. There were 31 fatalities and and $1.1 billion in damages.

August 15, 2005: The United States Department of State has made it clear to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. It wants the Jews out of the Gush Katif district of Gaza by August 15th, with no excuses. "This is what the U.S. State Department is demanding that I do and I must do it" Sahron says. The Israeli Military is forced to begin evicting thousands of Jewish settlers from their homes.

August 23-31, 2005: Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf Coast of the United States. Hundreds of thousands are left homeless. There are 1,836 deaths and more than $81.2 billion in damage.

Judgment or coincidence?

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Poo to Pat [90 words]Peter HerzJan 31, 2008 09:09119366
Where's Divine Intervention when you really need it? Like with Olmert, the Jewish anti-Christ? [35 words]DrRJPJan 3, 2008 20:55117477
Read the Book [198 words]AbijahJan 5, 2008 12:34117477
apples and oranges [232 words]John W McGinleyJan 2, 2008 15:41117365
You said: "... what is wrong with an Israel being dominated by religious Jews?"... [213 words]YnnatchkahJan 3, 2008 02:54117365
Pat Robertson [120 words]Bart WillruthJan 2, 2008 09:12117333
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! [151 words]DrewDec 31, 2007 11:11117220
"Religiousity" of Israelis [292 words]Daniel BaireyDec 31, 2007 07:05117207
For a religious Jew, every act and event is by the Hand of God [555 words]Ken BesigDec 31, 2007 05:50117204
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1PAT ROBERTSON [68 words]DAVID R. GROESBECKDec 30, 2007 20:08117166
God laughs at the nations:Psalm 2 [381 words]MichaelDec 30, 2007 19:36117160
Robertson may be right about God. If he is, he is negligent; complicent even [218 words]SteveDec 30, 2007 18:31117156
Judgment or Coincidence? [279 words]Roy WeinbergDec 30, 2007 17:31117150
DIVINE INTERVENTION [23 words]MJDec 31, 2007 10:35117150
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Pat Robertson arrogance [186 words]janusz KowalikDec 30, 2007 16:47117145
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Divine intervention and Pat Roberston's remark on Ariel Sharon [144 words]Eugene McCarleyDec 30, 2007 14:46117135
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Scandal of Scandals! [307 words]David SabghirDec 30, 2007 13:31117129
You said it so well. And, critics to Pat Robertson come as a shot Israelis' and Jew's feet [299 words]YnnatchkahDec 31, 2007 00:54117129
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