Desire for Justice in the Unjust World re: Doug: "Whuppass those mofos!"

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Yoshie wrote:
>
>>  Desire for justice in the unjust world can be a dangerous thing.  A
>>  frustrated desire for justice in the unjust world, I believe, in part
>>  informs the minds of those who resort to suicide bombings, motivating
>>  them to mete out their own justice. 
>.
>So does that mean you oppose the Palestinian intifada, which has seen a lot
>of suicide bombings? Or do you support the Intifada despite your disgust
>with the suicide attacks? If our position should be strictly "No War," why
>shouldn't that also be our position on the war the Palestinians are
>fighting?
>
>Seth

Our position, I believe, should be to cut U.S. aid to Israel, so that 
frustrated Palestinians won't have to resort to suicide bombings of 
discos & pizzerias (attacks on military targets are another matter). 
In other words, we should work hard to create a political world in 
which better political tactics than suicide bombings become effective 
for Palestinians, i.e., the world that will foster the growth of the 
secular & democratic Left (as opposed to fundamentalist "political 
Islam") among Palestinians.

-- 
Yoshie

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