Matt

The U.N. is voluntary. However, the U.N. drew the line in the end between the two countries. Britain only suggested that idea, the Israelis agreed to it, but the Palestinians did not. Great Britain sent the case to the U.N. since they were anxious to leave the area since their mandate to protect it was running out. The U.N. decided that was the best solution. Day one of the new country, several Arab countries attacked the new Israeli country. Israel managed to with stand the attack because of poor co-ordination on the part of the Arabs. All of a sudden a good army seemed to be a good idea for the country because these attacks might happen again. Why the U.S. is involved is because the Jewish population living in the U.S. is well organized. They support and oppose policies depending on the effect they will have on Israel. They have a loud voice because of their organization is so well done. The Arabs on the other hand are not as well organized thus the U.S. is forced to take notice more of the Jewish situation. However, recently (According to CBC.ca) both George W. Bush, and Tony Blair said they would help out Palestine if they have free elections, and a democracy. How they will help out? I don't know... I'm guessing they would give aid or something along those lines to help the people...

I would like to say that's an excellent point. You are right, people have tried to have talks between these two nations to no avail.

Actually, I'm not really a fan of Matthew Good... I really liked the "Matthew Good Band" though...

Matthew Good taking time off is not the end of the world folks. "Limblifter" fans have so far had to wait four years each time for a new album, "Limblifter" (1996), "Bellaclava" (2000), and "I/O" (2004). "The Tea Party" took a couple years off before they released "Seven Circles" I believe. Jeff Martin from the band even explained that they take time off because they "value their sanity". About the band members... I don't know what else Rich Priske plays in if anything. Pat Steward played drums on "Limblifter"'s "I/O", and he was once in the "Odds" (on the last couple albums...). I don't know if this is true, but I think I heard somewhere the Christian plays in "Family Man" as well. If he does play in "Family Man" that's Ian Browne's band... I don't exactly remember what the band is all about though...

When people fall on hard times, they are willing to follow what may seem like crazy ideas... As long as that exists, it's possible for these type of selfish people to exist and have a chance at having power.

War is a terrible thing, I don't disagree. I do, however, disagree that people will lose war. The world is selfish. The world has always been selfish. For all our changes, the world still is selfish. It is unlikely that the world will become un-selfish soon either. As long as the world is selfish, war will exist. War is a way for someone to take what they want...

Do I really need a motive to support war as a last resort? I believe it is unfair to disrespect those lost in World War I, and World War II by saying all wars are needless. Those people helped keep our world free. I believe it is reckless to disrespect that.

I prefer "Audioslave" myself.

How could they have stopped Germany? They would have used force most likely. Isn't that the same as going to war then? The reason people don't stop China is because China is strong. It's hard enough for the Americans to keep China away from Taiwan.

Chamberlain tried democracy, and this wasn't any small attempt. He really believed even Hitler could be reasoned with. That is not true though. Some people in this life will not be able to be reasoned with either.

The Hives - "B Is For Brutus"

I never said that we shouldn't try to work together. However, there are many people that would like to take what they want. Sometimes it is impossible to stop those who will take what they want without using force. The world does want to avoid war too. That's why people have tried to work together. There are still many that oppose that idea though. There is a very good chance that will always be the case too.

in your own opinion, of course, because I don't agree with you on that: if working together is not always the best solution, in my opinion, then we are living in the "jungle" and whoever wants to do whatever he/she wants will be able to do it and OF COURSE I know the Spanish Civil War ended in a cruel and terrorific dictatorship... and how do you think that dictatorship ended? with cooperation and understanding and that "working together" that you seem not to like among citizens and political parties (and the b death of Franco) which took society and politicians to finally create a democratic system with the first democratic elections in Spain in a long time... I've given an example of how working together didn't work. I believe another person has brought this up already. The Treaty of Versailles was the allies working together. Through peace talks they basically took what they want. Standing up for one self is as important as communication. I don't know if you've seen a TV show called "Due South". In the third and fourth season especially they display, in my opinion, the U.S./Canada relationship quite well. They have the Canadian try to talk and work out an agreement first that both sides can be happy with. That works because we don't threaten them. If that doesn't work they have the American threaten to "kick them in the head" (I believe that's how Vecchio/Kowalski says it, or something like that). Now, unfortunately under George W. Bush that has not happened. That is how after World War II agreements were usually tried to happen. In a sense the show displayed that on a smaller scale. The show even explains you need the Americans for that when talking fails, and talking does fail. That's when other solutions should be looked at. I am not talking about going in and taking what a country wants. Other avenues should be looked at first. Sometimes, the sad reality of this world is people do not care to co-operate and work together.

Fancey - "Saturday Morning"

Fancey - "Rock and Roll Rhythm"

The Spanish Civil War ended with a harsh Fascist Dictatorship though. Trying to reason with Hitler was near impossible as I said before. He only backed down once. That was to Benito Musolini when Hitler first tried to take over Austria. Every other time he took what he wanted. Working together isn't always the best solution. In World War I, both side created forms of co-operation. Britain, France, and Russia allied together. Germany and Austria-Hungry did the same. It was created in a way of protection as well. However, that co-operation only led to war more so because each side feared they'd be attacked by the other.

The original copy can be found at:http://www.moby.com/cms/viewdiary.asp?Diar...5&ViewType=Next

I like how someone can take a piece of Republican Propaganda, and show how untrue it is so quickly.

I guess he's not going to answer the question either...

Led Zeppelin - "How Many More Times?"

I'm guessing it's the demo version that Matthew Good made possible for people to hear in the background of his site, awhile back...

I didn't know they had a new track out...

Understanding and cooperation doesn't always work though. Take World War II once more. As Hitler was gearing up to take over Europe, Britain, and France tried to sit down and work with him. However, he only used that to take what he wanted. Finally when people said he couldn't have anything more he simply used his army to take it. Sometimes cooperation and understanding just doesn't work out as much as people would like it too.

That's what I was going to say as well, about it being my understanding that the U.S. flag upside down being a sign of distress...

I've seen this on another message board, plus someone linked me to this as well, earlier...