It is a rational, though I hope mistaken assumption that the U.S. attacked Iraq because of a potential risk to Israel. I think the reasons far more sinister and had everything to do with establishing a foothold with more control than we have in Saudi Arabi and not one where the regime is as unpredictable as Saudi Arabia, even though there are members of that regime who can be counted on to collaborate with the U.S. I know many Israelis who were opposed to the war between the U.S. and Iraq and many there believe it further destablized the middle-east, making it more danagerous for Israel. But we all know also that Israel is no monolith of singlular thinking about anything. Many in Israel are opposed to the occupation. Not just ours, but theirs. We must side with them, the progressives in Israel and not the government of Israel in calling for an end to both occupations. Once that is done the attitude, though mistaken as it may be on their notion that their occupiers are Jews or agents of the Jews, and that false notion will dissipate once the occupations are ended: BOTH OF THEM.
Hank On Sun, 24 Oct 2004, Ed Kent wrote: > > What is terrifying to me is not just Friedman's report, but wider ones > from France and the Muslim world in general of the spill over of > antiSemitism from the Israeli/Palestinian conflict where the U.S. -- now > the direct aggressor against two Muslim nations, Afghanistan and Iraq -- > is identified as the hit operation for Israel. If we further coincide > in attacking Iran's nuclear plant(s) and pressure other Muslim countries > or see the fall of some of our shaky supported dictators in such places > as Afghanistan and Pakistan, we may see a culture war emerging that will > make the Cold one look pacific in comparison. We only fought proxy > wars during the confrontations of the great powers during the second > half of the 20th century -- Korea and Viet Nam. As bloody as these > were, they did not eventuate into the use of -- in those terrible words > of today -- Weapons of Mass Destruction. But let's face it, no missile > shield will protect, say, the U.S. or any other nation from a shipping > container delivered to the city (or several of same) of someone's choice > with a suitcase-sized nuclear weapon set to explode on arrival. > > I fear these hatreds. I editorialized against the anti-Semitic > admissions policies of my undergraduate university (Yale) and chatted > with our few Jewish faculty (Paul Weiss and Chet Lieb who urged me not > to extend my editorials there) about the comparable anti-Semitic faculty > hiring policies still in effect at that time -- except in the philosophy > department where I did my major. > > I am appalled by the none too quiescent anti-Muslim sentiments of some > of my colleagues at Brooklyn College, CUNY, where I have had to battle > on behalf of one of our former Muslim students (who got her family > safely to Canada and away from our Brooklyn gulag) simply to pry loose > an official transcript so that she could resume her studies in Canada -- > they insist that she send them $75.00 a month in back tuition owing out > of a Canadian welfare budget that has not yet included beds for the > family to sleep on?! > > So Friedman tells us that the slogan word for our soldiers in Iraq is > "Jews?" That is not good news for anyone, lest it be forgotten that we > live in a terribly small world interconnected with trade and rapid > travel that can enable horrors to erupt anywhere anytime. > > The American who is elected president November 2 must undertake major > peace making efforts in both the Israel/Palestinian conflict and by > stopping the killing games that we are playing in the territories > occupied by our 'JEW' soldiers -- Afghanistan and Iraq. The costs of > not doing so are unimaginable -- far worse than those being tallied > daily in Iraq by our Purple Heart Veterans Against the War: > http://www.pvaw.org/ > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/XgSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- / o o \ ===OO=====OO============================================= (4)Portals (2)News Wikis (2)Conferences - No More BuSHIT! Start here: http://pnews.org/ (On Internet since 1982) http://pnews.org/PhpWiki/ (West Coast News Wiki) http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (East Coast News Wiki) ========================================================= Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rhetoric-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
