U.S. Guilt

[ravi]

joanna bujes wrote:
> At 03:59 PM 04/24/2002 -0400, ravi wrote:
> 
>> i would say that the holocaust museum, schindlers list, the strangeness
>> of arabs and the similarity of jewish people (cultural, physical, etc),
>> the number and strength of the domestic jewish population, and things
>> like these, are what drive the american attitude, which is a mix of
>> guilt and sympathy.
> 
> OK. Holocaust museum: you could build a number of such museums: one for
> the indigenous people of the Americas (that's definitely on the
> holocaust scale); one for the african slaves; one for the chinese
> coolies killed building the railroads; one for the Hawaiians; one for
> the vietnamese.....
> 
> Schindler's List: more nauseating propaganda. Reeaalllly nauseating.
> 
> Strange arabs???? OK.
> 

hi joanna,

i am not sure its clear to you that i am pro-palestinian... from your
response, i am afraid you may think that i agree with the effects of the
list above. i do not. the holocaust museum should not only include
details of gypsies and others who were targetted by the nazis, but as
you suggest, there should be similar museums for african-americans,
native americans, others. similarly, i do not believe that schindler's
list is a good movie or that arabs are really "strange".

with regard to the rest of the argument: i do find the following thesis
convincing: pro-israel sentiment was carefully cultivated by the US govt
in order to reap the benefits of a client state in the middle east. my
offering a response on the thread was to point out a particular argument
that brad might put forward (i erred in continuing the point above by
saying "i would say..."). i do not know enough to conclude on the
validity of the argument (other than in a logical sense).

i appreciate your response(s),

	--ravi