----- Original Message ----- From: <MB280SL@aol.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 1:40 PM Subject: Re: El Al probing 2nd July 4 attack, in Russia, as also terrorist > Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East This is wrong. Turkey, Lebanon, Yemen and Egypt are democracies. "Palestine" is also a democracy, as Arafat was elected by the Palestinian people. Even countries like Jordan and Iran have varying degrees of democracy and democractic institutions in place. > and deserves the support of the entire freedom-loving world. This is opinion. There are lines to be drawn on where "support" should and shouldn't be driven, and my opinion is that Israel (like factions in Palestine) has stepped over that line.