Bush successor to inherit Middle East quagmire (Feature)

tonny from belgiumOct 29th, 2008 - 07:34:56

It is urgent that americans start to realize that Israeli's are not a monolithic block of people but have different opinions about how to deal with the palestinians,unlike the american media portray them.
To support ANY type of israeli government,whatever the policy is completely absurd of course.Yet it happens.THe Bush administration has been backing up the most extreme israeli politicians that are heavily subsidized from the USa to populate palestinian occupied lands with fanatical jewish settlers who think arabs are an inferior race,that they are the only chosen people,based on a bronze age text book written by high priests and kings thousands of years ago.And those people,as well as their equally fanatical supporters in the USA,the so called evangelicals,have the nerve to accuse the palestinians of religious terrorism.An absurd affirmation looking at the source....

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SP4: no, TonnyOct 30th, 2008 - 15:46:20

..we only support the Israeli people, not necessarily their government. There is much to support this premise i.e. the U.S. protesting settlement development, support of Abbas ( a big mistake), etc. In fact, the policy of virtually EVERY president has been essentially the same: Israel is an Ally to the United States.

Curiously, it has been the Conservatives who have been the most dissenting group in US Government policy over israel i.e. Opposing some of the more aggressive policies and actions. Barry Goldwater was the first I ever heard, calling the Begin(?) a terrorist, and Reagan, in his diaries, painting them as 'double Dealing' and chastizing them for their actions. Nixon had to hold his nose as well, along with Bush one. Bush two is really no different, seeing a two state solution as the only viable one. There is no way they can integrate Israel.

Even more curiously, it has been the democrats who have rolled over on Israel, pissing off Arafat (Clintn) by trying to impose terms on him, a fatal error.

America Presidents spend about 25% of their time on this issue and I, for one, would like them spending it on other things. Given the conditions present i.e. no one leaving them to figure it out on their own I kind of doubt this will happen, no matter who gets in. Nonetheless, it is pretty clear they will not release the tape of Obama celebrating with these terrorists and the fact that they seem to like him far more...I wonder why???

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