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Ira Stoll's avatar

Excellent piece overall but re the reference to "foreign, multi-million dollar efforts to oust U.S. congressmen," the money and votes to oust those members of Congress were not "foreign" but came from *Americans* who were rightfully disgusted by the performance of those lawmakers. If you want to see "foreign" efforts have a careful look at who is behind the anti-Israel campaign on American campuses.

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Greg Koch's avatar

Thank you Elliott for sharing your experience. I am in agreement with Julius. Having witnessed fighting and unrest for 50+ years. I have asked myself the question many times, "How can people keep hating, and fighting another people." After posing this question to my Muslim friend in Malaysia, he answered saying when one people attacks another people, if they can not attack back, they wait. I asked they wait for what? He said, they wait until they are able to return an attack on the attackers. I asked, what if that takes 100 years, he said they will wait 100 years. I told him when they return the attack, it is not even the same people that attacked in the first place. Then it was all too clear. I told him you would have to teach your children to hate those other people, you would always have to perpetuate a hatred to the attacking people for generations. There is no forgiveness. there is no teaching of love and acceptance of all people. There will never be peace if you are teaching hatred, creating secret plans of hatred toward another people. Children are not born with hatred, they are taught hatred. There will only be peace when all people will seek forgiveness, acceptance, care for and love to all people. Allowing them freedom to live and pursue happiness in the manner they choose with the foundation of respect of life and love to everyone. So far, may be idealistic, that is the only solution, my heart could come up with.

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