well, mag, i agree with isreal on this. if they are percieved as weak, they would be pushed into the sea. -----Original Message----- From: Magenta Raine To: [log in to unmask] Sent: 4/10/2003 4:52 PM Subject: Re: Important: Letters on the future of Iraq Ah! OK, you were joking, I missed that. Sadly, I had exposed to an incident of Arab thinking when I was in High school, not directly, but it made me understand the problem. It involved a friend's friend who worked at exceptional children's home, and her Arab boyfriend, and when she wanted to break it off he killed her as well as a wonderful man who also worked at the home that she wanted to date. My dad, the psychologist, explained it as; When you tell an Arab something like I don't want to go out with you anymore, you can't just say, "I'm sorry it's over." you have to say, "Don't ever come near me again or I'll have my brothers and my father kill you." and it is why Israel feels a need to retaliate so hard each time they get Hit. Mag ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am available to do writing, editing, reporting, designing jobs, including business cards, etc. I am also a disability rights activist. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~