RE ISRAEL/PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE

Shelby Steele hits the nail on the head here.  IMHO, many if not most of the followers of the Muslim faith have no sense of economic competition and therefore have no answer to the relentless march of innovation and the like that drives material progress in the West.  Becoming more and more frustrated as they fall further and further behind, Muslims play the victim card so often used by the race mongers Sharpton, Jackson, et al, in this country.  What's needed is a good dose of the Protestant work ethic infused into the Muslim religion.