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To: Jamey who wrote (23467)	8/7/2005 9:35:46 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81894

James > Maybe there is a light at the long end of this tunnel for real democracy for America. Easy for me to speak because I'm not involved, but I think the US is a victim of its own success both within its country and in the world. As result of this it cannot establish its priorities and, IMO, has compromised the interests of the Americans at home in order to promote its various political, economic and strategic aims internationally. This difficulty is compounded not just by the fact that the US has identified Israel's problems as its own but because the US, like Israel, sees only extreme right wing policies as the solution to these problems. This, of course, is understandable because the neocons and their think-tanks which are the "brains" behind your president and which institute US foreign policy are all Zionists and most are Jewish. And, while this state-of-affairs is allowed to continue I do not see any opportunity for "democracy" to return. Indeed, a first step in that direction would be if Israel was regarded as a foreign nation and not the 52nd State. (Or is it 53rd?) This piece by Charley Reese expresses that sentiment in a slightly different way. antiwar.com >>We desperately need a president and a Congress that care to look no farther than our Pacific and Atlantic shorelines. We are neglecting our problems while trying to solve problems in other people's countries. It seems to me that the people in Washington either are so far out of touch with reality that they are ready for the booby hatch or are so corrupt that they deserve to wear orange jumpsuits. A proper foreign policy, as outlined by George Washington, deals only in state-to-state relations. It does not meddle in the internal affairs of another country. It does not take sides in its feuds and quarrels. It seeks only trade and nothing else. It avoids alliances with foreign countries. It obligates Americans to defend only themselves. It is a national disgrace that so many thousands of Americans have died in wars that had absolutely nothing to do with the safety and security of the United States. What the imperialists in Washington are doing by abandoning the wisdom of our forefathers is proving that they are certainly not the fittest to survive.<< > I guess you saw that Netanyahu quit because Sharon is moving some settlers. He is probably positioning himself for another run at Prime Minister if that is possible. What he does is not helpful to Israel's predicament. In my opinion, Israel has squandered the international goodwill it once had because of fanatics like Netanyahu and now, if he tries to put more gasoline on the already existing fire, there could easily be civil war there. I'm not a fan of Sharon but he's a brilliant strategist and was a brilliant general -- and he has a plan, as he sees it, to extricate Israel from the impasse. Netanyahu has no plan, merely more shouting about terrorism etc and getting the US involved in more wars.

To: Jamey who wrote (23467)	8/10/2005 10:57:12 AM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81894

James > Netanyahu quit because Sharon is moving some settlers. He is probably positioning himself for another run at Prime Minister He sure is. Looks like Sharon isn't right-wing enough for the Likud members. uk.news.yahoo.com >>Nearly half the members of Ariel Sharon's Likud faction would like his arch rival Benjamin Netanyahu to lead Israel's main governing party, while only a third want the premier to stay at the helm, a poll found. Some 47.2 percent of Likud members surveyed by Channel Two television said they wanted Netanyahu as their leader while just 33.2 percent plumped for Sharon. Netanyahu has made no secret of his desire to return as leader of the party -- a position he held until he was beaten in the 1999 general election by the centre-left Labour party.<<