Originally Posted by
roger_ramjet
PLEASE IGNORE PREVIOUS POST _- THIS ONE IS THE EDITTED VERSION WHICH THE SYSTEM CRASHED ON
Baalocks, nowhere have I suggested that the state of israel was created because of the holocaust? That is merely your inference. Please do not put words into other people's mouths and then accuse them of spouting rubbish when they said no such thing!
I am aware of the history of the conflict and in this context I refer refer my honourable colleague to the McMahon - Hussein correspondence which predated Balfour by a few months and also the Sykes-Picot agreement concerning British and French occupation of the territories.
These two accords, plus Balfour, have been instrumental in at least 70 years of conflict which is still continuing and remains probably irreconcilable. Promises made during wartime to extract support against "Johnny Turk" are both contradictory and have long lasting ramifications.
My reference to "credits used up" refers not to the establishment of the state of Israel but rather to their behaviour subsequently which has been far from exemplary. The current comparative lull in hostility is however not helped by a one eyed president stirring things up in a foreign arena for his own domestic benefit (see my post 10 above).