Word: brannaman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...response to O.L. Brannaman's Letter to the Editor (1/16/84), perhaps it would be best to inject a little common sense...
...Brannaman suggests that if the Israelis don't like "the solution, they could return in large numbers to Russia..." But the again, what does Mr. Brannaman understand of mutual friendship and self-determination and democracy? And to condemn Communism as a Jewish creation makes about as much sense as condemning philosophy as a pagan creation--the particular school of thought has nothing to do with the religion of the human beings who developed it. (Good gods! Evolution is a Christian creation, and algebra and astronomy are Moslem creations...
Seriously speaking. Mr. Brannaman does seem to understand one point: the uselessness of war and violent death. No group of people ever has or ever will want war. It is the leaders of nations who cause wars. The Israeli people do not hate the citizens of the Arab and Moslems countries. Nor do the Arabs and Moslems of the religion naturally hate the Israelis. It is the leaders of the countries who teach this overwhelming hatred. It is organizations like the PLO of Yasser Arafat and the "Islamic" Revolution of Ayatollah Khomeini that foment this tremendous amount of negative energy...
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