I have no desire or stomach to look at photos or videos for mutilated corpses, Israeli or Palestinian. I just wish the whole sorry saga could be stopped. If there was enough willpower in the West, ma… (View Post)

That's probably the best we can hope for in the near term. (View Post)

No, it isn't. Hardliners can be outflanked by talks. The IRA proclaimed loudly that nothing would satisfy them but a united Ireland, but in the end compromise was found. (View Post)

Exactly. In the end you have to talk. Israel cannot wipe out Hamas any more than the UK could wipe out the IRA, at least not without committing genocide and becoming the evil they sought to eradicate. (View Post)

I assumed that Leon didn't mean literal DNA but couldn't be sure - he sometimes surprises with the gaps in his understanding of science. Hence my response that was intended to cover either interpreta… (View Post)