It's aways a question of alternatives. Compared to the aftermath, what you call the Bantustan deal would be heaven on Earth for the Palestinians.
The Turks don't seem to have done much rampaging lately, except within their own borders vis-a-vis the Kurds.
As to eras, you never know when you're on the threshold of a new one until later. Call me crazy, things seem a little different this week.
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Dennis Perrin <dperrin at comcast.net> wrote:
> Yeah, yeah - the Bantustan deal which the Palestinians, being crazy, turned
> down -- at least as it's seen from a Clintonite perspective.
>
> I know that in certain social dem circles, Clinton was a hero in the ME. Yet
> the arms kept flowing, apartheid upheld as best as possible, Palestinians
> still rotting in camps, water stolen, with Israel working as an imperial
> partner in other parts of the world, the military alliance with Turkey being
> one. Again, it all depends on how much these objective facts bug you. If you
> think that under Clinton it wasn't all that bad, then what can I say to
> that? I expect the same excuses made for Obama once he gets rolling.
>
> So, Max, is neo-liberal corporate rule on its death bed? Huzzah. That's
> CHANGE I can pretend to believe in.
>
> Dennis
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