Israeli Influence on the Bush Administration (Was why...)

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on 2/27/03 9:34 PM, barbara100 at jps.net at barbara100 at jps.net wrote:

> I tried to add a note to the Stanford link earlier: I find it absurd to
> think of Israel as some bastion of freedom and democracy when it only
> applies to half its population. Or two-thirds as the case may be. Israel is
> hell if you're Arab. Better off a Kurd in totalitarian Iraq than a
> Palestinian in democratic Israel....Well maybe I don't mean that. I had
> dreams last night that Bush was bombing California; bombs were falling right
> in my back yard.  So given the awful choice, I guess I'd try my luck as
> Palestinian, but I'm telling  you, Israel is hell if you're an Arab,
> democracy or no.

Or Sephardim. Better to be a Russian, Polish, or American Jew, then to be
one of the people who never left. The Israeli government is Euro-centric. As
such, it may be the most anti-Semitic government on earth.

> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Mutualcode at aol.com>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 5:08 AM
> Subject: Re: Israeli Influence on the Bush Administration (Was why...)
> 
> 
>> In a message dated 2/26/2003 11:28:04 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> barbara100 at jps.net writes:
>> 
>> 
>>>> Perhaps the question should be- Why have successive U.S.
>>>> administrations failed to recognize their duty and obligations
>>>> toward the one flicker of Democracy in the middle east for so
>>>> long? What were the fears of being called "too supportive" of
>>>> Israel based on?
>>> 
>>> This is satire, right? Please tell me you're not serious...
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> It's straight up. Let's hear your position.
>> 
>> respectfully
>> 
>