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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (166849)6/22/2002 7:19:06 PM
From: Eric K.  Read Replies (2) of 186894
 
Re:people who have a clue about history beyond what they read in the op-ed pages

The willingness of the reflexively pro-Israel crowd in this country to hack anyone who criticizes it as "ignorant of the historical facts" always amazes me-- I think it's little more than a major exercise in transference. tcmay's response demolishes your little post. In general, very few people in this country have a clue about the origins or early history of Zionism (let's talk about the Irgun and the wrongness of "rewarding terrorism") or the history of the Arabian Peninsula, and the Israel love-fest commentary in our media almost invariably suggests either that the author is an ignoramus or assumes that the intended audience is. Regardless, I don't know of one op-ed page of a major US daily that is anything other than 100% pro-Israel-- so I'm not sure where you get off making your assertion that someone would pick up an anti-Israeli stance from reading the op/ed pages of major US newspapers. Liberal, conservative; NY Times, Wall Street Journal, whatever-- editorials written about Israel sound virtually identical in any major US periodical.
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