A FLAME

[andyfox]

FLAME is the acronym for an organization called Facts and Logic About the Middle East. It is a tax-exempt educational 501 (c)(3) organiztion whose purpose is "the research and publication of the facts regarding developments in the Middle East and exposing false propaganda that might harm the interests of the United States and its allies in that area of the world."

In today's L.A. Times FLAME talks about "A Homeland for the Palestinians? Why they? How about all those others?" FLAME says that "There is no such thing as a 'Palestinian people'" and that "never at any time in history did the 'Palestinians' have a homeland, nor did they ever demand one."

A curious "fact." If one reads through any eighteenth- or nineteenth-century account of travels in "the Orient," one reads accounts of Arab inhabitants on the land of Palestine. In fact, Palestine bcame a predominantly Arab and Islamic country by the end of the seventh century. In 1931, for example, there were over one million Palestinians.

But, according to FLAME, these people did not exist. But then, later in their ad, they say that "the Israeils would probably be glad to get rid of those bothersome and rebellious people." So I guess they do exist. The problem is that they're "bothersome" and "rebellious."

There are many problems with education in our country today. That this organization can qualify as an "educational" organization is one of them.