On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:25:06 EDT, Bemmzim wrote > > Then why bring Israel into this at all?
She's a mother looking for someone to blame -- Israel is just one of the perpetrators, far from the only one. I don't support that. I believe that blame is the path to violence, not peace. As I said, I was uncomfortable with her blaming the war in part on the U.S. alliance with Israel, not because I heard it as anti-Semitic, but because it seeks blame, not peace. And I really must say at this point that I can certainly empathize, though not fully understand by any means, with the sensitivity of any Jewish person to Israel being blamed for *anything*, since Jews have been blamed for all sorts of things through the centuries, at a cost far greater than the number of troops we've lost in Iraq or any other war. I hope that nothing I've written sounds as though I endorse blaming Israel or anybody else. What matters to me is who is responsible and how we grieve and heal together. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voicemail: 408-904-7198 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
