Fyi... Rodney D. Coates Professor of Sociology and Gerontology Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056 513 - 529 1590 another interesting perspective from the Jan 6 New York Times: "The Mideast's Ground Zero," by Thomas Friedman. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/opinion/07friedman.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=friedman%20gaza&st=cse