Israel Cabinet 7 for and 7 against toppling Arafat....plusIsrael Turns Palestinian Towns into Prisons

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Dec 3 13:43:27 PST 2001


Nathan Newman wrote:


>There is this bizarre executive branch worship that always declares the
>President emblematic of party policy, when in many cases they are least
>beholden or involved in it, and often have run against "the party" to gain
>the Presidency in the primaries. Carter ran that way as did Clinton.

Nathan, even when you're wrong, you usually make sense. This dispatch comes from way around the bend.

Let's see who else is an outlier? Sen Charles Schumer? "The P.L.O. is the same as the Taliban, which aids, abets and provides safe haven for terrorists" How about Richard Gephardt, quoted in the Oct 15 '01 Jerusalem Post, supporting AIPAC - or in the same paper, Nov 9 '98, described in a profile of the new Congress as "a strong pro-Israel voice"? Am I dissing tireless activists on the ground by asking these questions?

Doug



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