tooo bad you did not pick up that i was being sarcastic.... as for palestinians, they go through a 9/11 everyday.i hate with a passion atrocities committed against the palestinians and the arab world in general. just leave the damn people alone!! may be the oil in land of the prophet was a curse after all! first israel steals land from them and then goes around in am ission to wipe off the whole race...as$es. waht i said above relfects how most people in the US feel....and why it is impossible and will remain so for a long long time for US and its citizens to actually critisize its practically, 51st state, Israel, and to recognize palestinians' rights for self-determination.