>----- Original Message -----
>From: <ckromm at mindspring.com>
>>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.
>
>Since I posted a whole string of info about party differences on Palestine,
>dating from early support for the Palestinians from folks like David Bonior
>onward, I refer you to the archives. But my point here was not that Dems
>and Repugs don't both suport Israel generally, but that their reasons for
>doing so vary, which relates to the fact that the US support for Israel is
>based on multiple reasons with differences mixes at particular times.
Nathan said that the partisan affinities were for economics & social reasons apart from the conflict with Palestinians. By that I presume he means that Labor & the Dems are associated with social spending, unions, etc., and Likud/GOP with free markets, bosses, religious cranks, etc. All of which is true, and still consistent with monopartisanship on core imperial issues.
Doug