Shane Mage wrote:
>
> Tonight"s edition of "Le Journal" (France 2 evening news, partially
> rebroadcast on NYC Channel 25) juxtaposed pictures of the
> totally devastated Palestinian Authority headquarters in
> Ramallah with pictures of the totally untouched Hamas
> headquarters in Gaza, with commentary reminding the viewer
> that the Hamas HQ had been built with aid from the Israeli
> government. I expect those fond of denouncing "conspiracy
> theories" to have a field day with this report.
>
Not really. The implicit aid of Israel to Hamas has been one of those "open secrets" for years -- and it is just this kind of _open_ secret that gets lost in the maze of what can properly be called conspiracy theories. We _do_ need to focus all our energies on making visible the visible, and attempts to 'prove' that the CIA bombed the Pentagon or that a vast conspiracy killed Kennedy _detract_ from that most difficult and crucial task of making the visible visible to all.
Carrol