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To: Yaacov who wrote (1422)	5/25/2001 4:08:30 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

Re: US support Israel as the only democracy in the Middle East... Israel a democracy? It's a joke! Israel is a stratocracy. Besides, it seems to me that everybody's oblivious of what happened in the US six months ago.... GW Bush and his associates are not: they're all well aware of the all-out attempt by the Jewish lobby to wreck his presidential bid. For that matter, here's a bio scrap about a prominent "Bush man": James Addison Baker, III James Addison Baker, III was born in Houston, Texas on April 28, 1930. He graduated from Princeton University in 1952 before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps for two years. In 1957 he graduated from The University of Texas at Austin Law School, and he practiced law from 1957-1975. Baker served in three president's administrations beginning in 1975 when he served under Ford as under secretary of commerce. In Reagan's administration he first served as chief of staff from 1981-1985 and then became secretary of the treasury during Reagan's second term. He became the secretary of state in January 1989 and served in that capacity until August 1992 when he served out the remainder of Bush's term as chief of staff. Baker is seen as being a deal maker, arrogant, anti-Semitic and an artful mediator. He was quoted as saying, "Fuck the Jews. They didn't vote for us." Also, during testimony he stated that when the Israelis were serious about peace to give him a call, and he went so far as to read out his phone number. Despite this when Clinton asked Rabin about Baker's possible appointment as Clinton's secretary of state, Rabin voiced approval because he felt there needed to be continuity. He is a respected leader by both the Israelis and the Palestinians, and he could be instrumental in the realization of peace because of the respect and experience that he has obtained. Baker's major importance to the Middle East peace process culminated in 1991 when the Madrid Conference was held to discuss solutions to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The first major breakthrough as a result of this conference occurred in 1993 with the signing of the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements in which Israel recognized the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people. The PLO agreed that Israel had a right to exist in peace and security and renounced the use of terrorism and violence. [...] From: la.utexas.edu Of course, the Bush administration still considers Israel as a key ally in the region... so long as Israel can position itself as part of the solution rather than as part of the problem. I mean, if you objectively think about it, a US administration --however deep its suspicion towards the Israelis-- can't go as far as condemning Israel outright. The backlash by the media and even Wall Street might be too damaging, not to mention adverse ripple effects throughout the world (where US interests are vulnerable). So, any shift in the US policy that affects "troublespots" like the Middle East always starts surreptitiously, like a supertanker changing course.... That's why the Israeli leadership worries about the US's persistent aloofness to the Middle East crisis and the rapprochement between the US and Iran since moderate Katami will likely do his best to patch things up with the Americans...