move israel to kansas ( or any of the other contiguous United States, preferably one with no coastline). the money and personnel they no longer have to expend on their military can be put to better use solving world problems. twenty years from now if you ask 'where is the best university in the world?' the answer will be israel. where are the best medical facilities? israel. which country produced the most nobel prize winners? israel. who solved the global energy problem? israel. it would be a great opportunity for the United States to show world-class leadership and rectify the mistake we made in invading Iraq, not to mention saving an untold number of lives and make the world a safer place.
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But, as Dorothy noted, it wouldn't be Kansas anymore.Anyway, although Kansas seems to have reformed a bit, it might be useful to move Kansas to the Middle East where nobody believes in evolution. They might be more comfortable. And as long as we're moving things, we could move Washington DC to the Moon or better yet Mars where it could do less damage. They could all wear diapers for the trip saving the expense of bathroom facilities.
They have what they want. It's their country, and it's up to them to make it work. I wouldn't want them here; they have their own customs that I just wouldn't want to deal with. They are religious extremists and I don't believe God wrote the Torrah, men did. So they will kill for men that died themselves thousands of years ago. They are better off where they are; next to neighbors that are just as religious as they are.
I am _almost_ speechless at how utterly moronic this idea is.
So for America to apologize to the world for acting like a police force, we're to take an ENTIRE COUNTRY and hand over the properties of hundreds, possibly thousands of Americans to foreigners? I mean, the absolute stupidity is incredibly overwhelming. You have no idea what it takes to run an entire country. It would be pointless to mention any of the hundreds of things that would make it impossible. The infrastructure, their military, language barriers, borders, our support of them, the thousands of lines that they would inevitably cross and our gauged reactions.
Not to mention the direct anger we'd attract, even furthering our reputation as Cowboy Police, putting our baby friend Israel into a "Country Protection Program."
I propose we use magic and unicorns to achieve peace in the middle east.
Or turn the violence into a pay-per-view channel.
You all are forgetting that Israel is their spiritual homeland, not Kansas. Notwithstanding other people being there for quite a while.
It would make more sense to make Kansas some sort of autonoumus geo-political state for the original persons of the American continents, but looking at that, is seems they might be looked the same as Palestinians. Or heck, move everybody around to country of their heritage.
Israelis like that land. It was promised to them. I am not sure if birth and death (?) of Jesus Christ changed that promise.
Usually abused children grow up to be abusing adults. I think Israel is the perfect example of that in international version. Israelis have been abused by Assyrians, Romans, Muslims, etc. Now they are abusing Palestinians.... It is sad and hopeless. I don't understand why no politician other than Jimmy Carter ever even mention the plight of Palestinians.
Maybe Baja Mexico. Who pays? Can we bribe the current residents?
I think this is an excellent idea. Will save a lot of trouble in the long run.
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At one time the British offered the Zionists some colonial land where they wouldn't need to worry about the neighbors. The Zionists turned it down, saying they had to live in the "land of their ancestors."
A half century after the founding of Israel, there are more Jews in New York than in Israel.