[Peace-discuss] Bricmont on identity…

[Morton K. Brussel]

Sorry to wait so long to comment on your comment.

It seems to me that your comments are beside the points of what Bricmont is arguing, namely the reticence of people in France to criticize what Israel is doing under the name of antisemitism. We have a similar phenomenon in this country. Comments about French foreign policy seem irrelevant in his particular discussion, except perhaps as it relates to Israel and the Palestinians

--mkb.

On Apr 3, 2012, at 8:00 AM, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:

> ‎'...There is much more concentration on the presumed “incorrect feelings” of the French population than on the unquestionably real involvement of France in Middle East wars of no interest to the majority of the French population. It would be more useful to examine the role of Middle East conflicts in creating hostilities at home than endlessly denouncing the French people for their incorrect thoughts. But France’s foreign policy – its role in starting the Libya war, its aggressive stance toward Syria, its total alignment with Israel and the United States in the Middle East – is not a major issue in the current presidential election, with the main Socialist candidate François Hollande adhering to this policy.'
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> [From <http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/04/02/the-toulouse-murders/>.
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> There are of course quite similar uses of 'racism' in the US. --CGE
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> On Apr 2, 2012, at 6:48 PM, Morton K. Brussel wrote:
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>> I thought that you might be interested in this article, appearing in Counterpunch.
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>> In Defense of Gilad Atzmon
>> By Jean Bricmont
>> [...]
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