At 01:11 PM 7/21/2006, you wrote:
>On Jul 21, 2006, at 11:11 AM, Carl Remick wrote:
>
>>If there is a scintilla of good news from the Lebanon horror, it is
>>that no rational being can continue to deny the Israel lobby's
>>awesome sway -- aided, of course, by the supreme tractability of
>>the American people. I just read a post here by Jerry Monaco
>>taking Wojtek to task for comparing people in general to sheep. I
>>agree that this is an unfair comparison, since in the case of
>>Americans it is quite insulting to sheep. Sheep at least have some
>>volitional capacity; USers seem to have none. Presented with a
>>force field like the Israel lobby, Americans just line up like iron
>>filings in the desired pattern.
>
>Uh, no, the U.S. pop's support for Israel is much more positive than
>that. As Pew reported the other day, more than a third (36%) of
>Americans think supporting Israel will lubricate the Second Coming.
>There's also a substantial identification with a religiously driven
>settler state that sees itself as a light unto the world. That's a
>lot more volitional than sheep.
>
>Doug
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