Minor nit re that last.
There are such things as natural geographic features. Surrendering a mountain-top to a.. not merely likely? future assailant - but an almost certain one: sounds really stupid to me. The Brits especially liked plane geometry, arbitrary straight lines with no slightest consideration of the possibility? likelihood! of future defensibility from the intractable, always around.
There is no sane way to 'ignore' the capabilites of modern weaponry - nor even the continuing religious fantasies (God Gave this ___ to ___ yada yada) - those of Israeli religious corporations and of Their various ones. Only can these 'scriptures' be entirely ignored OR: each group can follow their fav latest interpretation..
As each is, has been doing - and will continue ad nauseum. Org. religion is the major cause of eternal warfare, intolerance and {ugh} that horrible homo-sap Righteousness ie stubborness beyond all human compromise.
Humans made these lines in the sand. Life has occurred since. Humans will make the next lines - leave this mess to God\ufffd and Be Certain that blood will continue to flow as always.
We could OTOH Grow Up.. aided by the current rubric of, Terrorism == Evil. Any Port in a congenitally brainless-Storm, I say.
Ashton
