Saturday, January 17, 2009
Meet the New Boss...
It is clear that Barack Obama will not be making any essential changes to U.S. Middle East policy, particularly when it comes to the Israeli government's abominable treatment of the Palestinians. (And watch for an intensification of the Afghan quagmire.) There may be some conciliatory rhetoric, but it will mean nothing. We've heard it before. Every incoming administration does the same thing. Nothing will change. Politics, undergirded by economic special interest, will assure that. As a result, the Israeli government will regularly substitute open warfare for beneath-the-radar oppression, as it has lately. The ratio of Palestinian to Israel casualties will remain huge, but the media will lead Americans to believe the Israelis are the primary victims. Americans will also be shielded from the fact that behind the violent outbursts lies the routine dehumanizing treatment of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. (In that connection, see this and this.)
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Nice post. I've come back from a demonstration and there are still those who long for the two state solution. What do you think of that ?
I told them two states is what we've been talking about for 60 years so it's a little useless considering the result; obviously, Zionists oppose that, they got the upper hand, it's not gonna happen. It would be faster and more efficient in my view to denounce Zionism as contrary to the spirit of "peace and coexistence."
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