I am Creek Indian. My family fought against the Europeans for
hundreds of years and it was a losing fight. After the Civil War, the
federal government of the US decided to rout out the last of the
resistance, and my ancestors were faced with choices: 1) Death.
The reality was that the Indian nations in no way had anything like
the military might to defeat the US. AT BEST they could have
continued to fight a guerrilla war, keeping themselves in grinding
poverty and throwing away their lives and futures and those of their
children. 2) Being moved to reservations. 3) Assimilate into the new
nation as citizens.
Thank GOD my ancestors were wise enough to choose wisely, and
we became US citizens. As my Grandfather told me when I was
starting to learn about our history, "You have a choice. You can
choose to live in the past, in bitterness and anger, or you can choose
to excel in the world as it exists today. If you live in the past, you
are only hurting yourself. The people living today bear no guilt for
what happened generations before. They were born into today's
world the same way you were. Hating them would be unjust, and
only hurts you. Choose instead to excel in today's world as best you
can."
And frankly the US is far superior to the world of my ancestors in
myriad ways (I am not excusing what went before, simply
recognizing the reality). The lifespan of a Creek used to be less than
36 years. Infant mortality was 9 in 10. We were semi-nomadic
hunter-gatherers. Starvation was common & part of life. The "noble
savage" is a PC myth. An invention of propaganda. I wouldn't want
to live that way and would fight anyone trying to force me to do so.
As a result, our family has prospered beyond the wildest dreams of
my ancestors. My Grandparents lived into their 80's and 90's with
one exception, and he was killed in an accident. My parents are in
their 80's now. Active and healthy. Of the six children they had, all
are living, and all have masters or doctorate level educations and are
financially successful. Of the 22 grandchildren, all are living, and all
those who are old enough are in college on academic scholarships.
I am proud to be a US citizen. An American.
The point is this: Palestinians. You have the same choice. Israel is a
reality. Your decades long efforts to destroy it have been miserable
failures and have only really served to show how laughably one-
sided that conflict is. At one time, decades ago, I had some
sympathy for you. No longer. I grew up watching the efforts to help
you. You've stupidly spit in the face of those efforts every time. You
pick a fight, then go whining to the press when you start getting
your behind kicked. Over and over. It is pathetic. And who are you
really hurting?
Israel is doing just fine, thank you very much. Israel has real
universities, real industry. Israel contributes to the advancement of
science and technology. Israel is a Republic where anyone who is a
citizen has a vote. Women aren't forced to live in mobile tents, and
aren't killed for trying to get an education. If I had to choose today
which culture I want there, then I am going to choose them 10 times
out of 10.
So you can continue living in your past, which is about as accurate
as the "noble savage" myths the PC crowd tried to sell me as a
child, or you can grow up & show you ACTUALLY care about your
children & quit committing mass suicide.
I don't doubt that MOST Palestinians would rather live in a 1st world
country with clean water, good sewer systems, plentiful food, easily
achievable education. So really, this appeal is to you. The radicals in
your midst are screwing you. They have been screwing you for 40+
years, and they are never going to stop. Choose civilization. Choose
a future for your children.
What does that mean? If you are in Israel, thank your lucky stars,
and start benefiting from living in a first world country rather than
trying to return it to the stone age. If you are not in Israel, but you
can see people who are firing rockets into Israel, take them out.
Report their locations. Band together with neighbors who don't
want to be bombed or shelled, and kill the people responsible for
drawing the fire to your neighborhood.
Because lets be real. This is all over but the dying. Israel is there,
and it is there to stay. If you keep attacking them, then the most
likely outcome will be the "genocide" you seem so hell-bent on
asking for. Only it won't be genocide, it will be mass suicide.
Quit being 1d1ots and actually prove you care about your children.
thanks