I really don't think much of Thomas Friedman, but sometimes he
 comes up with something interesting. His recent column raised
 questions about the effects of climate change and oil depletion,
 and their effects on Iran and Egypt. Yet it raised another
 consideration.

 I have long believed the great majority of Muslims don't give a
 damn about Israel or Palestinians. Most are far away from the
 area, most thousands of miles away. Muslims, for the most part,
 are no more aligned with or supportive of others sects or even
 their own than Christians are of other Christians.

 I am speculating that the animosity against Israel is
 concentrated largely in the Middle East. I am further
 speculating that is has little to do with Jew or Muslim, Abraham
 or Muhammed, but mostly is concerned with water.

 Water is the most valuable resource in a desert land, and
 religion can be just another division along which to align to
 divide up the resources.


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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