[Peace-discuss] Calling Out Bush's War in Gaza

[Robert Naiman]

Of course my point here is not to excuse Obama and the Democratic
leadership for their shameful complicity, but to attack the notion
that Israel is an autonomous entity vis-a-vis the US.

On Daily Kos, the "pro-Israel" swarm is assaulting me for suggesting
that Israel did not act alone. It's striking how it's an article of
faith that Israel makes these decisions autonomously.


On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 1:36 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> This is true and important, but it's not just Bush's war.  Obama's collusion
> with this policy -- indicated by his shameful silence, contrasting with his
> volubility on everything from bailouts to Blagojevich -- suggests that the
> USG policy will not be much different in three weeks.  Essentially the same
> people will be running it.  --CGE
>
> Robert Naiman wrote:
>>
>> It may well be that in denouncing "Israel's" attack on Gaza one, in an
>> important way, unwittingly does a disservice to the cause of holding
>> the Bush Administration accountable for its crimes.
>>
>> Is there any doubt that the Bush Administration approved this assault?
>> Is there any doubt that it could not have taken place without the Bush
>> Administration's approval?
>>
>> Is there any doubt that it could not continue without the support of
>> the Bush Administration and the protective umbrella of its veto at the
>> UN Security Council? Is there any doubt that it will stop the very day
>> that the Bush Administration says that it must?
>>
>> If so, is it in the interest of humanity that we Americans engage in
>> the charade that the Israeli government is an autonomous actor in this
>> matter?
>>
>> All these observations are true in general, but we have plenty of
>> specific evidence in this case.
>>
>>
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/calling-out-bushs-war-in_b_154825.html
>>
>> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/2/132414/3479
>>
>> http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/38632
>>
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