1.06.2009

Why America Needs To Rebuild Palestine

After WWII, America helped rebuild Germany's and Japan's economies.

Germany and Japan, as a result, are now two of America's greatest allies
and enjoy two of the strongest economies in the world.

The reason we rebuilt Germany and Japan
was because of the lessons learned from WWI and the American Civil War.

You see, during the Civil War, the North waged total war on the South.
Civilians were killed, towns were burned down, railroads destroyed, economy shattered.

The North never rebuilt the South's economy, and as a subsequent result,
Southerners started scapegoating blacks and other minorities for their hardships.

After WWI, we didn't rebuild Germany's economy, and as a subsequent result,
people started scapegoating Jews and other minorities for their hardships.

By the end of WWII, social scientists were smart enough to realize
that rebuilding Germany's and Japan's economies was essential
to prevent these long-term problems from manifesting.

Now, I ask you, who has rebuilt Palestine?

What long-term pattern do you see emerging if nobody rebuilds Palestine,
based solely upon the lessons of history - lessons that are not disputed?

I doubt Israel will do anything to rebuild Palestine.

Who funds Israel's military operations? America. American tax dollars.
Which means that the responsibility to rebuild Palestine falls upon America.

This is our mess, we made it, and now we have to clean it up.

We need to provide Palestine with US military protection, from Israel - but only in exchange for the demilitarization of Hamas.
When Germany and Japan were rebuilt after WWII, they were not allowed to have offensive militaries,
though they were allowed to have defensive militaries.

We need to rebuild Palestine's infrastructure - modernize sanitation, sewage, and electrical systems, et cetera.

We need to provide Palestinians with full-ride scholarships to study at Universities all across America
in much the same way that Native Americans are entitled to a free college education in America.

We also need to provide free medical care for Palestinians, at least for the short term,
as well as provide top-notch psychiatric help - especially for the children.

We must also provide many of the children in particular with hearing aids
as well as provide other necessary prosthesis to those who have been injured through conflict.

The right thing to do is to grant Palestinians with political refugee status
so that they may come live in America if they so choose, as well as provide them with free government housing if necessary.

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