Friday, November 21, 2008
They're baaack: Middle East Priorities For Jan. 21. Gadflies convinced the answer to Arab-Israeli peace lies in Washington, that is. Did you know that 'the deep sense of injustice it [the conflict] stimulates is genuine and pervasive.'? Need I belabor for the umpteenth time on this blog just who is responsible for perpetuating that 'sense of injustice' and just what it would take to cure it? Maybe some time again, but not now. Don't worry, though, the internationalist super-geniuses have the prescription:
...1967 borders, with minor, reciprocal and agreed-upon modifications; compensation in lieu of the right of return for Palestinian refugees; Jerusalem as real home to two capitals; and a nonmilitarized Palestinian state...
Haven't we heard this joke before?
Update: Ed Lasky takes it apart.
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Another media trip to a Gaza rocket factory. Note the proper attire demanded by the hosts: ...Back in the office in Gaza, Abu Abir's rise from the chair initiated a scramble and after some muttering I was handed a plastic... Read More
Re Ed Lasky's article; he states: (Hezbollah grew in reaction to perceived injustices in Lebanon against the Shiites;
It was just the next stage in Iran's attempt to "lord it" over the region. It wasn't helping the Shiites, though comes across as a nice humane reaction, but the forming of its advanced guard with the object of taking control of Lebanon and then with Syria neutering Israel.
With Nuclear weapons of course this is going to be so much simpler.
When you mention the two, S & B, I keep getting flash backs to the time B & K (Bulganin and Kruschev) visited London after the leadership changed in Russia.
Anyway S&B are responsibile in part for the mess we face today.