placing the palestinian struggle

[Max Sawicky]

> >The resulting isolation of the U.S./Israel alliance IMO
> >makes for huge dangers to international peace, going
> >well beyond Palestine.
>
> How so, specifically?  It seems to me that Israel's conduct takes
> the gleam
> off our casus belli for pursuing the War on Terrorism wherever our whimsy
> takes us.  For starters, it's given Saddam Hussein a reprieve that would
> have been unthinkable just days ago.    Carl

I agree that Israel's policy makes war against Iraq
more difficult, in terms of something that obtains the
acquiesence of Arab & Moslem nations.  But I don't
think that is what the DoD loonies are after.  I think
they want to remake those governments wholesale
into the most pliant U.S. clients imaginable.  And
there is an obvious pecuniary motive in turning
over the card table, in hopes of establishing
more lucrative colonial relationships.  Unlike
Vietnam, for instance, there really is a lot of
dough at stake here.

mbs