ANSWER and the Answer

[Chuck Munson]

Max Sawicky wrote:
> 
> Not bad at all.  But the connection between
> the Israeli campaign and "corporate
> globalization" is not very well established.
> Not at all, in fact, except via guilt by
> association.  I also disagree with the
> implication that this campaign has
> nothing to do with Israeli security.  From
> the Sharon govt's standpoint this is all
> about security -- smashing the Palestine
> Authority's security apparatus and other
> civil infrastructure, ruining what there is of
> an economy on the West Bank, scaring
> the hell out of people, etc.
> 
> I'm not just a critic.  I do go to these things.
> Went to the one today, in fact, at the State
> Dept.  I thought it was going to be civil
> disobedience but it turned into an endless
> Michael Lerner seminar.  I got bored and
> left.

I agree with your two criticisms. I wasn't involved in this call, but I
was puzzled when I wrote the sentence that mentioned globalization. I
think it was unnecessary to make this connection.

I've been reading some Chomsky in recent days and he gave me some
insights. I have to wonder if Sharon saw an opportunity to strike back at
the Palestinians using the naked aggression and rhetoric that Bush was
using against Afghanistan. What better time to be a U.S. puppet and
destroy your enemies using the rhetoric of the "terrorism war."

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