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Please read this article from the Asia Times Online and let me know your thoughts

May 23, 2011 22:30

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ME24Ak01.html

Here is a brief snippet:

"Israel's success is a horrible reminder of European failure; its bumptious nationalism grates against Europe's determination to forget its own ugly embrace of nationalism; and its implicitly religious raison d'etre provokes post-Christian rage. Above all, it offends Europe that Israel brims with life. Some of Europe's great nations may not survive the present century. At constant fertility, Israel will have more citizens than any of the Eastern European countries where large numbers of Jews resided prior to the Holocaust. "

May 23, 2011 22:30

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