[thechat] Palestinians

[Bill Haenel]

> what happens to you as individual Americans will invariably be shaped
> by your history, and by what you individually and collectively do as
> a 'nation', and which includes the impacts of your foreign and
> defence policies


Sorry, but I can't think of anyone I know who would say that we "shaped"
what happened to us yesterday, as individuals or as a nation. We don't
deserve a jet or two killing thousands of our people as punishment for our
foreign policies. Our policies didn't cause this, freaky-wierdy madmen with
a very specific agenda and very specific interests caused this.

At this time, shouldn't we get the benefit of the doubt, instead of hearing,
"you made your bed, now lie in it"? We may pay individually for the actions
of our nation, but here, our individuals ARE our nation. And most of us
believe in the common good.

Tell me, please, seriously, what exactly we've done that got us here
exactly. I mean HERE, like 50K dead people in twenty minutes. The answer
must be significant, because the event was much more than significant.

BH