Ever hear of the Gadston(sp?) Purchase? We essentially forced Mexico to sell us a piece of land on their northern border so we could build a railroad. Had they not sold it we would certainly have taken it and we made that clear. This was around the same time as the bandit situation Larry mentions.

Of course we live in a different world now, but it just isn't fair to Israel to expect them to do nothing while their women and children are being murdered.

The most discouraging thing about the palestinian situation is they would get their state if the radicals in their ranks would just stop murdering innocent people and a final peace agreement can be worked out. The bloodthirsty killers need to be stopped either by the PA or Israel or there will never be a solution to the problem. Period.