[Peace-discuss] Left and anti-war are not the same (fwd)

[C. G. Estabrook]

This of course is a follow up to the important article by Pilger that you
posted, Mort. There are some odd inclusions, notably Sharon, who was then
1999) foreign minister under Netanyahu.  The situation was explained by
David Plotz in Slate <slate.msn.com/id/25826/>:

"...Early in the bombing, Sharon warned that an independent Kosovo could
become the heart of a 'Greater Albania' that would be a staging ground for
Muslim terrorism. Netanyahu quickly disavowed Sharon's remarks, but Sharon
had scored points with the far right, where anti-Muslim sentiment abounds.
Israeli media have been full of unsubstantiated reports that the Kosovo
Liberation Army is funded by Iran, Afghanistan, Osama Bin Laden, and
Hezbollah. [True.--CGE] Calls to Israel's far-right talk radio station
have demanded that Israel send its Muslim Kosovar refugees to Iran or
Saudi Arabia. Sharon has especially exploited Kosovo to court Israel's 1
million new Russian immigrants, whose votes are expected to decide the
election's outcome. Sharon has visited Russia three times in the past few
months, including once in the midst of the Kosovo bombing. Sharon eagerly
sucked up to Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, implicitly
condemning the NATO bombing during his most recent trip. Russian Israelis
are not especially pro-Serb, but they definitely want close ties with
Russia. So, Sharon is using Kosovo to butter up Russia. That, in turn,
could swing Russian voters..."

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Morton K.Brussel wrote:

> Interesting indeed! With Phyllis Schlafley, Oliver North, Bob Novak,
> Ariel Sharon, and others grouped with Chomsky, Solomon, Herman, Fisk,
> Cockburn, etc.
> 
> Criteria?
>   mkb
> 
> On Dec 9, 2004, at 11:54 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> 
> > [An interesting list from a libertarian web-site 
> > <http://www.mises.org/>
> > that obviously opposes the war. --CGE]
> >
> > Honor and Dishonor
> > Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
> > ...