Monday, May 24, 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.
Honest Reporting: Nukes & Apartheid: The Guardian's Double Libel - '...While one can judge whether or not Israel should have maintained a relationship with apartheid South Africa, it is worth noting that many other Western nations also did so for reasons of trade and Cold War politics, including Britain and the US, while at the same time denouncing apartheid. (Israel also strongly condemned it.) So, while other countries rightly or wrongly exercised realpolitik in their dealings with apartheid South Africa, once again, it is only Israel that is judged by a different standard in the court of media opinion for doing exactly the same...'
