Lebanon Destroyed By Palestinian Immigration II

    The second onslaught of immigration from Palestine came because of the Six-Day War of 1967. Palestinians again became refugees in Lebanon and Jordan with the same expectation that the Israelis would be destroyed, and they could return home. Again, Gabriel does not mention Palestinians being forced out of Israel or persecution of them there. Israel was not destroyed, and the refugee population in Jordan and Lebanon increased. Yassar Arafat's PLO set up a small state within Jordan and waged guerilla warfare on Israel until King Hussein ordered his armies to drive the PLO out of Jordan. The armies killed thousands of the PLO and thousands of Palestinian civilians. This "Black September" campaign stabilized Jordan at the expense of Lebanon which like Merkel's Germany kept its borders open to the refugees out of short-sighted compassion. Refugees as refugees make your heart ache, but as new citizens, plugged into social service support, they can become cold-blooded murderers especially if Sharia Muslims.
    On the American scene, I applaud the graffiti artist's rendering of Governor LePage in KKK robes. Both have the right to their free speech. The devil or the reality is in the details, and I'd suggest that the cartoon should be given 24 hours on the wall, and then another graffiti artist could be legally free to make his cartoon. I found LePage unbelievable for his statement that he was worried that giving the antidote to heroin users who had overdosed might encourage others to overdose. First rule, Governor: Do no harm. People's lives come first. It was such a typical Country Club Republican statement! I thought even Down Easterners were beyond that.
Peter Nickerson, Philosophy Major, Class of '68, William and Mary
"The measure of a man,
  Is not what he says,
  But what he does,
  And what he allows others,
  To do in his presence."
   -Navy Seal Instructor
"Free Will is the ability to be think and act rationally in spite of irrational impulses from your genes and your experiences, including the experience you are presently in."- Peter Nickerson