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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran
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To: sea_urchin who wrote (11916)7/28/2006 12:39:56 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) of 22250
 
A Blight Unto the Nations

I've felt many emotions about the Israelis before. I've admired them for their accomplishments -- building a flourishing state out of almost nothing. I've hated them for their systematic dispossession of the Palestinians -- even as they smugly congratulated themselves for being the Middle East's only "democracy." I've pitied them for the cruel fate history inflicted on the Jewish diaspora, respected them for their boldness and daring, honored them for their cultural and intellectual achievements. But the one thing I've never felt, at least up until now, is contempt.

But that is what I'm feeling now. The military and political leaders of the Jewish state are doing and saying things that go way beyond the blustering arrogance of a powerful nation at war. Not to put too fine a point on it, but they are behaving like a gang of miltaristic thugs -- whose reply to any criticism or reproach is an expletive deleted and the smash of an iron fist.

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billmon.org

For someone to claim that this Israeli assault is in any way different from Israeli actions of the last 60 years is INCREDIBLY naive. But, I'm glad eyes are finally being opened.

Tom
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