I think a peaceful settlement between the Israel and Palestine
today is not enough to bring about peace for the world. It is now
the clash of civilization, the western values based primarily on
Christian belief and the islamic faith. for years most people in
the middle east suffers, together with israelis, especially the
palestinian, not sure who has God cursed.
the question now is how to prevent the fanatics from bring
terror to the rest of the world, even for those who are not taking
sides.
As for Taiwan, the island is part of China, historically,
peirod. so is Hong Kong and Tibet. The ROC government lost
the civil war against the commie who founded PRC and Chiang ran to
Taiwan, that doesn't give ah bian the right to declare Taiwan an
independent state, or else the commie would complete the war,
finish till the last man stands, nobody wants to see that. Hong
Kong was taken over by the Brits due to opium war, and it was also
the Brits who encouraged an independent tibet. If we are not clear
with the history, we might want to believe in Shinto Abel who said
that Japan during WW2 was actually liberating China, Korea,
Malaysia, Singapore.....from the Western Imperialists, through
raping, killing, conquoring....
Philosopher George Santayana: " Those who cannot remember the
past are condemned to repeat it."
Have a good day.