Dhimmis and other matters

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Apr 15, 2013 at 06:44

Yuval wrote

What he did not understand is why Maronites, given the chance of throwing off the Dhimmi yoke, preferred to remain Dhimmis, even though israel, a bunch of refugee Jews had proved it is doable. Lebanese Nation? What nation is that? its a hodge-podge of sects at each other's throats 90 percent of the time!!

You proved my point that indeed the Middle East is a "hodge podge of sects" that have to live together and indeed to quote the Druze leader Walid Jumblat: "There is a place for everyone in the Middle East but not for all ambitions." And this is indeed the problem of leaders like Begin. I believe that Begin never understood the area of the world where he lived and died and this is indeed tragic

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