Dems seem driven by guilt over the treatment of the Jews in 20th century europe
Repubs are of two minds: (1) save the land for the eschatological end time and (2) we need a non-muslim outpost in the mid east for military purposes.
--- ckromm at mindspring.com wrote:
> From: "Nathan Newman"
>
> And the two-party division just adds to the
> confusion, since the
> Democrat-Labor affinity is counterposed to the
> Republican-Likud affinity
> based on economic and social issues that are outside
> the Israeli-Arab
> conflict.
>
> * * *
> Nathan, this is pure fantasy. I recently posted a
> letter signed by *every "progressive" Democratic
> Senator which pinned all of the blame for current
> Mideast turmoil on Arafat, and unconditionally
> defended the "security interests" of Israel, just as
> the tanks were rolling into the West Bank. This was
> the continuation of the Dem's total support for
> Israeli aggression (of which, as you say, the fact
> that 60% of AIPAC contributions go to the Dems is a
> factor, if not the only one).
>
> The Palestinian struggle is perhaps the BEST example
> against your "Dems and Repubs are different" line.
> Please, the weight of evidence and history are
> against you on this one.
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