[Peace-discuss] Chomsky on Gaza, Obama

[Morton K. Brussel]

Those governments do not represent their people on the question of  
Israel Palestine, as you know, and as polls have shown. And as a  
result their statements on Israel/Palestine are ambiguous and politic.  
Most condemed the Gaza attack for example. --mkb

On Mar 11, 2009, at 10:33 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

> Actually, that's not true. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Jordan  
> -- all in some sense Muslim states -- as US clients, are effective  
> allies of Israel.
>
>
> Morton K. Brussel wrote:
>> ...practically the whole Muslim world is harshly critical of the U.S.
>> position wrt Israel. That should logically play a part in  
>> separating U.S.
>> (and U.S corporate) interests from Israeli interests.) --mkb
>> On Mar 11, 2009, at 12:50 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>>> "...it’s convenient for U.S. analysts to blame the Israel lobby  
>>> for policies they don’t like. That leaves us 'clean', just misled  
>>> by a lot of
>>> bad Jews ... For some reason, many people prefer illusions about  
>>> [Obama].
>>> But one cannot charge him with concealing his extremist positions."
>>> India national magazine Frontline interviews Prof. Chomsky on the  
>>> post-Gaza
>>> situation in Palestine-Israel and the region. Shelly Walia  14-27  
>>> Mar 09 |
>>> Frontline, Vol. 26 Issue 6 ...
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