Friday, March 19, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Stephanie Gutmann: Hey Barack, Joe, Tony, BBC! Want Middle East peace? Just. Stay. Home. - '...don't believe the hype. Israel/Palestine is not a regional conflict that has huge relevance for the fate of the planet — any more than border disputes over Kashmir or Tibet or Hong Kong. Iranian nuclearisation actually does have relevance for the planet – but people who believe, as a British columnist recently put it, that "a peace deal in the territories would remove a significant casus belli for Tehran" are bonkers...'
