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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Some are easy to agree with. Others are so snide and stupid as to be insulting (i.e., #1 -- who says that "nice fences DO stop rockets"?)

Others reveal a lot more about the author than anything else, e.g. the use of "air quotes" around the word Palestinians. Do such people not exist? (Or does the author consider them less than people?)

Others set up a false dichotomy -- i.e., settlements don't cause terrorism, removal of settlements does. This is stupid. Neither "causes" terrorism, but both contributed in some ways. Settlements certainly added fuel to the fire, making more people support the terrorists (and created targets for them). Removal contributed in some respects, by striking some terrorists as a sign of weakness. But trying to isolate this notion in this half-assed way is, well, half-assed.

We appear to have reached the point of agreement on at least some things about Israel. I'm glad. It makes me so blue when we fight.