On Dec 28, 2008, at 5:06 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > OK, here's what this latest Israeli outrage looks > like to me. It looks as if the Israeli leadership > is panicky because the Old Guard has lost both > power and credibility in the U.S., and a bunch of > New People With Unknown Priorities are coming in > and they are incredibly worried about what those > Unknown Priorities might be. > > The Old Guard was dependable. They were neocons > and Christian fundies who wanted, more than anything > else, for the conflict between Israel and other Arab > nations to continue. The neocons wanted this because > the conflict kept putting money in their pockets > from kickbacks they got from defense contractors. > The fundies wanted it to continue because they fer- > vently hope for the End Days, and think that Israel > is the key to bringing them about. All of this meant > lots and lots and lots of U.S. money and weapons > being poured into Israel, and a continuation of the > status quo.
It's unbelievable, isn't it? Destruction and mindless defending the indefensible seems to be all Israel has left to offer. Like the neocons. Sal
