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Not mendacity, but plain old ignorance
Reader comment on item: That Surreal Gaza Reconstruction Conference
Submitted by Rebecca Moulds (United States), Mar 3, 2009 at 17:12
The large sums of money going to Gaza isn't surprising to me; Israel is being made out to be the bad guy, and the supporters of this folly are just closing their eyes to the reality that the war between Israel and the Palestinians isn't over, but on-going. Albert Einstein summed it up quite nicely: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
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| Gaza reconstruction [137 words] | Demsci | Mar 14, 2009 05:18 | 152257 | ||
| Future of Palestina [474 words] | Demsci | Mar 14, 2009 04:54 | 152256 | ||
| Israel Claims for Reconstruction [13 words] | anne | Mar 11, 2009 17:53 | 152118 | ||
| Field of Dreams [64 words] | DaveP | Mar 6, 2009 17:36 | 151778 | ||
| the U.S. is at war with Israel [34 words] | jennifer solis | Mar 6, 2009 16:25 | 151775 | ||
| Funding of terror [170 words] | Montana | Mar 6, 2009 03:23 | 151743 | ||
 Time for our own jihad [133 words] | Seamus MacNemis | Mar 8, 2009 01:29 | 151743 | ||
| 1 | The impossibility of a two state solution. [175 words] | Seamus MacNemi | Mar 9, 2009 00:29 | 151743 | |
| easy solution but hard to implement [237 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Mar 9, 2009 20:44 | 151743 | ||
| Greetings to you Grand Infidel [106 words] | Seamus MacNemi | Mar 11, 2009 12:21 | 151743 | ||
| an easy solution - just add water? [463 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Mar 11, 2009 21:13 | 151743 | ||
| I'm, not sure how much here is truly "stupid" & how much by design. [52 words] | kman | Mar 6, 2009 01:29 | 151738 | ||
| I'm Heartsick [102 words] | Susan Campton | Mar 5, 2009 19:11 | 151719 | ||
| The Ayatollah criticizes Obama, and he backed out quickly [47 words] | Zarah Kahn | Mar 5, 2009 18:26 | 151713 | ||
| Hillary, not responsible [27 words] | Infidel | Mar 5, 2009 16:38 | 151705 | ||
| Daniel, You're not nearly cynical enough. [53 words] | mariana | Mar 5, 2009 14:21 | 151700 | ||
| With a Muslim in the white house [70 words] | yuval Brandstetter MD | Mar 6, 2009 02:58 | 151700 | ||
| Very Well said, Mariana. [4 words] | Svetlanatchkah | Mar 6, 2009 20:58 | 151700 | ||
| "...You can't always get what you want...." [140 words] | mariana | Mar 8, 2009 15:33 | 151700 | ||
| Liberal truths [70 words] | pdm | Mar 5, 2009 09:49 | 151676 | ||
| The Damage Hillary is bringing abroad. [219 words] | Svetlanatchkah | Mar 5, 2009 01:30 | 151660 | ||
| 1 | Next president of USA [217 words] | Angel | Mar 6, 2009 13:55 | 151660 | |
| Hi Angel, Thank you for your Feedback. [243 words] | Svetlanatchkah | Mar 9, 2009 19:09 | 151660 | ||
| Donations for Palestinians what a waste! [7 words] | Alec | Mar 4, 2009 21:36 | 151647 | ||
| Let em re-build and hit the Hamas monsters again. Money down the tax payers toilet. [103 words] | Benny Zalke | Mar 4, 2009 15:27 | 151633 | ||
| Common sense is so rare... [262 words] | CanadianChris | Mar 4, 2009 12:56 | 151628 | ||
| Actually, "common sense" is very common & lacking in any sense. [142 words] | kman | Mar 6, 2009 01:45 | 151628 | ||
| To Canadian Chris [319 words] | Angel | Mar 10, 2009 06:21 | 151628 | ||
| Not Mendacity. Malice. [13 words] | Sofa Sogood | Mar 4, 2009 12:47 | 151627 | ||
| The right to exist! [246 words] | Rodni E. Chalet | Mar 4, 2009 10:02 | 151613 | ||
| Lunatic asylum [109 words] | Stephen Paul | Mar 4, 2009 02:58 | 151596 | ||
| Ms. Clinton is a lawyer: she must know the law [251 words] | Abu Nudnik | Mar 4, 2009 00:45 | 151588 | ||
| To Abu Nudnik [57 words] | David | Mar 5, 2009 01:08 | 151588 | ||
| SURREAL GAZA CONFERENCE [115 words] | DIASPORA | Mar 4, 2009 00:15 | 151587 | ||
| Who is hoodwinking who? [46 words] | Seamus MacNemi | Mar 10, 2009 07:59 | 151587 | ||
| one thing [128 words] | ravin black | Mar 3, 2009 20:57 | 151579 | ||
| Money for war damages [48 words] | Dr. Sanford Aranoff | Mar 3, 2009 20:26 | 151578 | ||
| Gaza Reconstruction [125 words] | William East | Mar 3, 2009 20:24 | 151577 | ||
| media blackout [38 words] | Peter, Scotland | Mar 3, 2009 18:15 | 151568 | ||
| Peter . Anti semitism is rife in the British Media [255 words] | adam the scot | Mar 4, 2009 14:56 | 151568 | ||
| A "Diplomatic Shield" to protect Islamists in Gaza [153 words] | Amerisrael | Mar 3, 2009 17:16 | 151567 | ||
 Not mendacity, but plain old ignorance [71 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Mar 3, 2009 17:12 | 151566 | ||
| So true! [5 words] | Farzia | Mar 4, 2009 09:08 | 151566 | ||
| "Stupidity" doesn't reign so much as cowardice & desire to be "current" with political fashion. [67 words] | kman | Mar 6, 2009 01:20 | 151566 | ||
| Nobody's that dumb? [104 words] | H.J. Yost | Mar 3, 2009 17:00 | 151564 | ||
| Is It Possible? [48 words] | Widget1 | Mar 3, 2009 21:38 | 151564 | ||
| Self-delusional Fools [177 words] | Robert LaGamba | Mar 3, 2009 16:59 | 151563 | ||
| Too much, entirely! [252 words] | Seamus MacNemi | Mar 6, 2009 09:53 | 151563 | ||
| madness of funding reconstruction of Gaza [113 words] | Pam U.K. | Mar 3, 2009 16:49 | 151562 | ||
| makes financial sense..... [83 words] | J. Chodakiewitz | Mar 3, 2009 16:24 | 151560 | ||
| 1 | The U.S. should also pay Al Qaeda for re-digging at Bora Bora [87 words] | Shiekh Ahnid Terabi | Mar 3, 2009 15:43 | 151557 | |
| Open Letter To President Obama [150 words] | Tom Quigan | Mar 3, 2009 15:25 | 151556 | ||
| open letter to President Obama [171 words] | Isaac | Mar 4, 2009 10:55 | 151556 | ||
| assume [18 words] | Gary Sack | Mar 3, 2009 15:09 | 151555 | ||
| An Absurd Waste of US Taxpayer Money [142 words] | Canto | Mar 3, 2009 15:05 | 151554 | ||
| Gaza's reconstruction conference [134 words] | Isaac Flaks | Mar 3, 2009 14:42 | 151553 | ||
| angry donors [12 words] | Eric | Mar 3, 2009 14:26 | 151552 | ||
| reconstruction???? [172 words] | peter | Mar 3, 2009 13:11 | 151550 | ||
| DR. Pipes, you were so right . How painful [333 words] | Svetlanatchkah | Mar 3, 2009 12:54 | 151549 | ||
| What madness ! [48 words] | Anne-Marie Delcambre | Mar 4, 2009 10:53 | 151549 | ||
| Accountability and Oversight [114 words] | Richard B. | Mar 3, 2009 12:29 | 151546 | ||
| Bizarre Events: Make War not Peace [106 words] | John Glueck | Mar 3, 2009 12:28 | 151545 | ||
| When Reconstructing Gaza Has Its Origins In Historical Precedents [304 words] | Adina Kutnicki | Mar 3, 2009 12:25 | 151544 | ||
| Dumb is as dumb does!!! [167 words] | Jaladhi | Mar 3, 2009 12:09 | 151541 | ||
| Surreal is the right word [96 words] | pdm | Mar 3, 2009 12:05 | 151540 | ||
| Reconstruction of Gaza [49 words] | Janusz Kowalik | Mar 3, 2009 12:05 | 151539 | ||
| Who is capable to reconstruct Gaza.? [180 words] | David Goshen | Mar 3, 2009 11:36 | 151537 | ||
| This conference reminds me of the anti-Isreal conference of S. Africa in June 2001. [84 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Zarah Kahn | Mar 3, 2009 11:13 | 151536 | ||
| Newsweek Cover story: Americans should live with Radical Islam !! [51 words] | Zarah Kahn | Mar 4, 2009 11:31 | 151536 | ||
| Zarah [32 words] | Svetlanatchkah | Mar 5, 2009 01:37 | 151536 | ||
| Fareed is correct in his analysis [14 words] | Zarah Kahn | Mar 5, 2009 18:30 | 151536 | ||
| Twisted Fareed Zakaria compares Genocidal "Palestinians" [Hamas] to IRA [231 words] | Melinda | May 27, 2011 00:25 | 151536 | ||
| Gaza Reconstruction Conference [133 words] | Henry Alkin | Mar 3, 2009 11:00 | 151533 | ||
| Are these eminentoes depending on Al Jazeera and Al CNN for their M.E.news? [132 words] | M.D'Souza | Mar 3, 2009 10:41 | 151532 | ||
| Stupidity [76 words] | kenny komodo | Mar 7, 2009 00:32 | 151532 | ||
| For the Palestiniasn [102 words] | Jonathan Usher | Mar 3, 2009 10:02 | 151528 | ||
| The Surreal Gaza Reconstruction Conference-We are living in an upside down world. [161 words] | Anne | Mar 3, 2009 09:38 | 151527 | ||
| remarks [45 words] | John Schwartz | Mar 3, 2009 08:53 | 151521 | ||
| The elimination of Israel [392 words] | Ken Besig | Mar 3, 2009 08:26 | 151520 | ||
| 1 | Too much money for their own good [102 words] | freud99 | Mar 3, 2009 08:23 | 151518 | |
| Stop! An Interbnational War is Being Waged Against Israel [885 words] | Prof. Paul Eidelberg | Mar 3, 2009 08:11 | 151517 | ||
| So, you're asking in a world gone insane that stupidity & ignorance give reign to ... [29 words] | kman | Mar 17, 2009 19:38 | 151517 | ||
| its a trap for the people [36 words] | Ilyas khan Baloch | Mar 3, 2009 08:02 | 151516 | ||
| dispatches [75 words] | kamran | Mar 3, 2009 08:02 | 151515 | ||
| Hamas [29 words] | Carlos Echevarria | Mar 3, 2009 07:09 | 151513 | ||
| Not to worry (too much...) [12 words] | meysekapeyer | Mar 3, 2009 06:32 | 151512 |
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