# Terrorism resolved -- The solution **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 18, 2001, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-resolved-the-solution/82349 "2001-09-18T07:44:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![One\_Cell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e95f7d/32.png) [@One\_Cell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_Cell)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-resolved-the-solution/82349/1 "2001-09-18T07:44:13Z")
Everybody is looking for a solution to the problem. Here is the solution: Bring Israel to the U.S. – State # 52 Put it wherever it will fit. We don’t need both South Dakota AND North Dakota. Let’s make one state of Dakota and the other Israel. I for one will gladly pay for all the moving expenses, including the Wall. Can anyone tell me why discussion of changing our policy towards Israel is off the table? Are we going to die because of Israel? Let us simply give them a new home, here in the U.S. Do we all understand that U.S. policy towards Israel is what has antagonized the terrorists. ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-resolved-the-solution/82349/2 "2001-09-18T07:53:45Z")
Ask the Israelis why they should move. ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-resolved-the-solution/82349/3 "2001-09-18T07:55:44Z")
Am I being thick here? Which state is the 51st? :hunts for US flag to count the stars: ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-resolved-the-solution/82349/4 "2001-09-18T07:56:23Z")
OMG, Brian Bunnyhurt got reincarnated. Short version: It’s a silly notion, because the Israelis have demonstrated - in word and very much in deed - that they’re **staying**. They obviously have different motivations, but the sacred places and their independence as a country are probably very high priorities. They will not move. You’ll have to plan around that. S. Norman ---
**Author:** ![Doc\_Nickel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@Doc\_Nickel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doc_Nickel)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-resolved-the-solution/82349/5 "2001-09-18T08:11:52Z")
Very good, Mr. Jones. Unfortunately you seem to have forgotten that raccoons are allergic to raisin bran. The problem with your idea is that the very reason all these middle-east groups are fighting 'mongst themselves, is the very land they live on. It’s considered the Holy Land, and thus must be cleansed of and protected from the Infidels. Except that each religious group views all others as “infidels”. We’ll not bring up the irony of the Holy Land being one of the most war-torn and violent places on Earth, just now. Perhaps the two factions at [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=87734](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=87734) can explain that one in better detail. If these people wished, the Entire World is theirs as a “homeland”. Just as many Europeans and Americans do, they could choose to live anywhere. But they choose to live in The Holy Land, and defend it against the Infidels. The problem is not merely room to live or quality of life. To answer your other questions, our policy towards Israel is not on the bargaining table, because that is precisely what the terrorists are after. We cannot cave to terrorist demands even if we wanted to. Are we going to die? Yes, eventually. Because of Israel? Probably not. Statistcally you’re more likely to be bitten by a shark _at the exact same time_ you’re struck by lightning, an asteroid and the camera boat for “_Baywatch Under Cover: Petropavlovsk_”. And last, do you understand that Israel’s policy towards terrorists also antagonized them? Israel’s very existence antagonizes them? ---
**Author:** ![One\_Cell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e95f7d/32.png) [@One\_Cell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_Cell)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-resolved-the-solution/82349/6 "2001-09-18T08:18:34Z")
Sorry \*\* Andy \*\* – Not to be disrespectful, but I believe Puerto Rico has advanced reservation for # 51. ---
**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-resolved-the-solution/82349/7 "2001-09-18T08:29:05Z")
One Cell, perhaps the Palestinians would take a liking to your nifty finished basement as part of the bargain. Maybe the Israelis would be eager to find a new homeland in some fixer-upper former Indian reservations? ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-resolved-the-solution/82349/8 "2001-09-18T08:29:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by One Cell \* > \*\*Sorry \*\* Andy \*\* – Not to be disrespectful, but I believe Puerto Rico has advanced reservation for # 51. \*\* But there is no 51st state, right? ---
**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-resolved-the-solution/82349/9 "2001-09-18T12:34:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by One Cell \* > \*\* > > Can anyone tell me why discussion of changing our policy towards Israel is off the table? > > \*\* As per Colin Powell’s press conference yesterday, this policy IS on the table. I don’t remember his exact words, but IIRC correctly this question was asked and he confirmed that changes were going to have to be made and that he had already spoken with Sharon about it. ---
**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-resolved-the-solution/82349/10 "2001-09-18T15:35:13Z")
[http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010918/3639013s.htm](http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010918/3639013s.htm) “The Bush administration is also trying to persuade Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to agree to talks with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to cool a nearly yearlong conflict that has killed more than 700 people – most of them Palestinian – and intensified anti-U.S. feelings throughout the Muslim world. Sharon has branded Arafat a terrorist and has compared him to bin Laden. But as a concession, he said he would agree to talks with the Palestinians if they halt attacks for 48 hours. He previously demanded a 7-day cease-fire as a precondition for negotiations.” ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-resolved-the-solution/82349/11 "2001-09-18T22:05:50Z")
Puerto Rico is not a state _yet_, so slot 51 is still up for grabs. Another thing - if we merge North and South Dakotas into one Dakota, then wouldn’t that make Israel-A the **50th** state? (… carry the two… ) ---
**Author:** ![Synthoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@Synthoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Synthoid)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-resolved-the-solution/82349/12 "2001-09-18T22:23:06Z")
If Israel were moved into the United States, wouldn’t that just make it easier for the terrorists to focus all their attacks on the space inside the US border?