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I suspect if Dan lived in the US he would understand more clearly. I confess I am more passionate about this issue than any other and I think the reason is that I am bombarded everyday with pro Israel propaganda; 24/7. On this issue especially, good is bad and black is white. And even more insidiously, anyone who criticizes the crimes and abuses of Israel is accused of being an anti-semite. When the congress of the US votes 95% in favor of any bill of resolution in favor of Israel and the mass media always takes the Israeli spin on events it really gets our gander up. There is usually a Democrat or two who will speak out against the wars of aggression the US partakes in in other parts of the world, but you will find nary a one who will speak out against the client state of Israel. Any elected official knows that would be their death knell. AIPAC would see to it that they would never get reelected. Things are changing, thank god, but for many years I could get at least some people to agree with me about my socialist take on many international issues, but I would hit a brick wall if I brought up Zionism to any liberal here. They could only see the popular take on "poor little Israel" and back away from me. So this incident is already, somehow , being portrayed in a "balanced" way in our media. You can be sure that a pro Israel resolution is already being prepared on Capitol Hill. It is totally infuriating. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
