placing the palestinian struggle

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>  || -----Original Message-----
>  || From: Max B. Sawicky
>
>  || I tend to agree, but not exactly for the same reason.
>  || There are other liberation struggles too.  In and of itself
>  || it is not obvious why this one has unique merit, aside from
>  || the current offensive by Israel.
>
>It has the same merit as Hezbollah's victory over Tsahal: It shows that even
>the most powerful armies are unable to defeat a resolute people. The
>escalation of the conflict has simply brought the inevitable outcome nearer,
>viz. Palestinian statehood or total war in the ME and probably beyond. If
>the PLO wins, empire loses big. The PLO also has merit beyond that of
>Hezbollah bec it's still by and large secular.
>
>Hakki

At this point in history, Palestinian statehood would most likely be 
better for the Empire than continuing Israeli occupation.  The US 
support of Israel made geopolitical sense during the Cold War when 
secular Arab nationalists, leaning toward populism or socialism, were 
strong, but it doesn't any longer.
-- 
Yoshie

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