[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Saturday's Flier

[Robert Naiman]

Zero chance. I'm agreeing with you.


On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 8:20 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Why is that an alternative?  US support can in no sense be called passive,
> given the billions in weapons and support the US gives the Israeli
> government each year.  And the Israeli press says the attack on Gaza was
> planned for six months.  Is there any chance that the USG didn't know?
>  --CGE
>
> Stuart Levy wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 12:32:35AM -0600, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>>>
>>> You don't seriously think that Israel would have attacked Gaza against
>>> the
>>>  wishes of the USG or without its knowledge.  No one does.
>>
>> No, but it does make a difference whether Israel felt the need to seek
>> specific US permission for the Gaza bombardment, or just assumed
>> (correctly)
>> that the US would not object (passive support)...
>
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