[Peace] Saturdays Flier

[C. G. Estabrook]

There's no doubt that the attack on Gaza was done with US permission (and would 
not have been done without it).  The Bush administration had withheld permission 
for an attack on Lebanon until the summer of 2006, and they pointedly released 
the information that they had withheld permission for an attack on Iran.

And the suppression of the Palestinians is a central part of the US war in the 
ME. Some say it's the central point.  Al-Qaeda said that its 9/11/2001 attacks 
in the US were reprisals for (1) US troops in Saudi Arabia; (2) sanctions 
against Iraq; and (3) the suppression of the Palestinians.

The US support for the suppression of the Palestinians -- i.e., US rejection of 
the two-state solution -- is not just a favor to the Israelis. A truly 
independent Palestinian state would surely be another opponent to US domination 
of the region (one reason that right-wing Arab governments are at best lukewarm 
supporters of the Palestinians).

US support for Israel -- so strong that some think the control runs the other 
way (cf. tail/dog) -- exists because of Israel's crucial aid in US foreign 
policy, ever since their defeat of secular Arab nationalism in 1967.  The 
"stationary aircraft carrier" as Chomsky says received weapons shipments during 
the Gaza assault that were being positioned for use elsewhere in the ME, as they 
regularly are.  --CGE


Brussel Morton K. wrote:
> My taste would be to omit the words in the heading:
> 
> */Permission/ *
> 
> and the phrase
> 
> *as Part of the US War in the Middle East** *
> 
> I don't know whether permission was actually requested, although the 
> U.S. may have been informed and did nothing.
> 
> The "U.S. war in the Middle East" arguably does not literally encompass 
> the Palestinians or even Hamas, despite our government's antagonisms 
> and/or unconcern, and despite what our client there does. 
> 
> Apologies for replying at this late date.
> 
> --mkb
> 
> 
> On Feb 4, 2009, at 9:27 AM, David Harley wrote:
> 
>> If this meets general approval I will have it printed.
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