Nope, I am not saying that at all, Eagler.
I simply pointed out why more and more Palestinian's are flocking to the terrorists causes. If you were to look out your window and see tanks rolling down your streets and shooting at your neighbors, how would you feel? What would you do? What if you had witnessed this for 30 years?
What I am saying is that Israel's policies do more to extend the influence of the terrorists groups among the general palestinian population than those groups could ever accomplish on their own.
Try this one out: After WWI, the victors kept germany in a state of economic ruin with reperations and industrial restrictions. As bad as the depression was here, multiply it by 10 and you have the conditions that prevailed in germany at the time. This forced hardship upon the german people created a climate to where someone like Hitler could rise to and stay in power.
The lesson to be learned was that if you try to keep a people planted firmly beneath your heal, you only fire their spirit -- which can be exploited by someone like Hitler. Or Osama Bin Laden.
This idea was put forth by Winston Churchill in his account of WWII. It is why we chose to rebuild Germany and Japan after the war as opposed to grinding them into dust. It is why Germany and Japan have not been a threat since then, either.
Does that make him and Truman a supporter of Hitler? No, it makes them WISE.