Don't let the Middle East (or Texas) colonize your head, or determine whether you're warm, or mobile, well fed. What you don't know will kill you.
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The Israeli invasion of Gaza may have been technically legal, but disproportionate. The Arab world gets no accurate reportage, as everything is Israel's fault. There are two sides to this issue. On both, extremists hold sway - they need each other and call up each other. It's foolish not to surrender - Israel is too strong. If the Arabs opted for peace, Israel would fall under strong pressure to correspond.