First of all let us appoint the US as referee. OK.

US-" Captain Arafat, Capt. Sharon, we gonna have a coin toss here. I will flip the coin in the air and you get to call Capt. Arafat."

Coin is tossed.

Capt. Arafat--"I am calling head and sometimes tails."

US--"You can only call one Capt. Arafat and you called heads first. So you have heads. And the coin landed tails. Capt. Sharon you have the call."

Capt. Sharon---"OK, we will use a trained and well organized army and hunt down your hooded and masked gunmen and bomb makers while you get to use hand guns, bombs, booby-traps, and rocks only."

Capt. Arafat--"OK but we get to hide in houses and snipe at you from out of residential windows and cry to the world you are slaughtering us. We also get to send suicide bombers onto your side of the field to kill your cheerleaders."

US--"I want to warn both sides we might call this game on account the instant replay shows too much error and terror."

US--"OK guys, play ball, but Israel if it looks like you are winning, I want you to pull back and only play on your side of the field--just so I can maintain the illusion that I don't favor your side--bro!"

Capt. Sharon--"Look, just let us play the game until it is over."

US--"Sorry, but the advertisers are afraid of adverse fan reaction if you don't settle for the tie--we know that is like kissing your sister, but what the hell, it is your brothers that we are talking about."

Capt. Sharon--"If you would let us play to win we might not have to replay this same game over and over."

US--"Tough! We do depend on the fans and we at least have to try and keep them happy. If you should win--they won't be happy campers. So be happy with a tie."

Appoligies to SDAI and Bill Cosby

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