Marty wrote:
Larry wrote:
Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
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We once tendered for a project to build low cost housing at a project
in Indonesia. The construction schedule anticipated erecting one house
per crew per week. Prefabbed of course, but still a house a week.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)



It sure beats having your house forcibly destroyed in front of you and
your land given to someone else:

Larry, how would it be it Israel exercised the same rights claimed by
the US against Cuba and Egypt against Palestine in Gaza? I.E, shut down
their borders and refuse all trade. The Gaza strip gets virtually all
of its' energy, fuel, water, food, and material via the Gaza Israel border.

Why can't Israel just shut it down and say "look after yourselves", same
as the US has done with Cuba?

Cheers
Martin

I don't think that would work. No one but the Russians were very
interested in Cuba and their proximity and own financial woes kept them
from making any significant gains with Cuba. I think if Israel did that,
Syria and Iran would immediately take up the slack and start providing
them with goods and making sure they were a presence there which would
just ignite things further.Alienation only works if everyine pllays the
game.