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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: JohnM who wrote (18063)2/5/2002 12:08:02 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
This particular essay has little to do with anything of the present moment

Hanson is discussing a real phenomenon, John. There is a clear divergence between the US attitudes, which have remained pro-Israel, and the European attitudes, which have grown steadily more pro-Palestinian. If you doubt it, compare the Mideast coverage in the NY Times and the Guardian or Le Monde for a few weeks, and you will see it clearly.

No mention that American foreign policy is heavily driven by Jewish voters on the one hand and oil interests on the other

Jews are only 3% of the country, John. If only Jewish voters cared, oil would trump Israel hands down. The question is, why does the rest of the country care? Why do the evangelical Christians, who are closer to 40% of the voters, care? That is the question. I thought Hanson's essay was an interesting attempt at an answer.

Besides, I know he drives you crazy ;-)

You see all of Said's anger but then a very explicit turn to see what can be worked out.

I don't understand what this sentence means.
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