[lbo-talk] Re: Blind, or a coward / antisemitism?

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu Jul 1 15:43:09 PDT 2004


joanna bujes wrote:
>
> No need for the Protocols. The Zionists were very interested in
> eliminating Iraq as an example and as a force to be reckoned with in the
> Middle East. So far, they seem to have gotten their wish.
>
> The notion that the state of Israel has a programme and the will to
> pursue it is not equivalent to some old bugaboo. It's a reality we have
> been living with for over fifty years.
>
> That's all I can say that's printable.
>

There are two things wrong with this. The first is that the crimes of Israel no more give credence to anti-semitism (however veiled) than the crimes of Nazi Germany justify Israel. The second is that someone like Wanzala who mixes anti-semitism with this conspiracims (and it is almost impossible not to mix the two) is giving immense aid and comfort to Israel. Without the ideological prop of of identifying anti-zionism with anti-semitism zionism and Israel would collapse in a few years.

The Weathermen were sincerely anti-imperialist, but they did a better job for imperialism than if they had been conscious agents provocateur. Wanzala is sincerely attched to the Palestinian cause, but he injures that cause with almost every post he writes.

Carrol



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