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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: marcos who wrote (163300)5/29/2005 6:21:10 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Tibet is not a good analogy for Palestine,

Of course it isn't.. Because it's "inconvenient" to those who somehow believe the plight of the Palestinians should be the focus of international attention by any special interest wanting to use them as a political pawn. But the analogy is just as valid, if not more so (especially to the Tibetans).

The bottom line is that the Palestinians, and every other Arab culture were occupied for 500 years by the Turks without anyone raising much of a fuss.

With the defeat of the Turks, an incredible amount of OCCUPIED land was carved up in a very arbitrary manner, with legitimacy taking a back seat to regional order and parochial interests by the occupying powers. EVERY nation in that region exists SOLELY because the Brits and French placed foreign rulers, or "approved" tribal leaders in charge of other lesser clans.

In essence, all of these lesser clans have just as much of a "gripe" with their plight as the Palestinians. All of their tribal power and lands were usurped by their artificially created states and placed under the control of illegitimate governments with little accountability.

So it would be VERY helpful, if not downright objective, to recognize this context when discussing the situation with Israel and the Palestinians.

I'm quite sure the Coptic Christians of Egypt feel just as dispossessed, and occupied, suffering at the hands of Arab muslim invaders.

Hawk
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