Comments on: Reader Jibril comments on our post “Obama on Israel”

By: John Couzin

John Couzin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:10:13 +0000

That brands the US with complicity in the genocide of the Palestinian people. It has the power to stop it but doesn’t.

By: Bob Morris

Bob Morris — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:59:52 +0000

The interests of both countries coincide, hegemony in the Middle East as the goal. But I definitely see Israel as the junior partner here, they do not call the shots.

By: John Couzin

John Couzin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:52:06 +0000

“Hmmm, the Israeli tail does not wag the US dog.”
If not, what other explanation is there for America’s unconditional support of what Israel is doing to the Palestinian people? Israel is utterly and totally dependent of the US aid and therefore could be made to act in a completely different manner, it doesn’t happen, why not?

By: Bob Morris

Bob Morris — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:38:31 +0000

Wow! Thank you and welcome. You made my day. Will get Tolstoy’s book. Peace to you too. (And one day hopefully, to the Middle East too..)

Steve is vaspersthegrate on Twitter.

http://twitter.com/vaspersthegrate.

and blogs here

http://www.pluperfecter.blogspot.com/

By: Steven E. Streight aka Vaspers aka Pluperfecter

Steven E. Streight aka Vaspers aka Pluperfecter — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:29:56 +0000

You did an @ to me on Twitter, and that’s how I discovered you and am now Following you.

We have much in common. You may have noticed I have an Israel flag in my Twitter avatar.

I’m a Christian Anarchist Pacifist. I support Israel’s right to exist as a nation, but I have great compassion for all Muslims, Palestinians included. I do not support all Israeli policies or actions.

I am extreme in my anti-war protest, and experience much persecution for it. I recently discovered Leo Tolstoy’s “The Kingdom of God is Within You” book, considered one of the most radical anti-authoritarian anti-war books ever published.

I want to learn from you, so I will be reading your blog and Twitter tweets with great interest.

Peace, dear friend!

By: Bob Morris

Bob Morris — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:15:26 +0000

Hmmm, the Israeli tail does not wag the US dog.

By: Ten Bears

Ten Bears — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:54:28 +0000

It would be a breath of fresh air if a candidate were to demonstrate a loyalty to THE UNITED STATES over and above their loyalty to Israel - a Terrorist State, the mother of all terrorist states, an utterly foreign occupier perpetrating and American endorsed and funded genocide upon an indigenous people. Israel, is The Enemy.

By: EGrise

EGrise — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:26:33 +0000

“Just shut up and get out of the way.”

I think that will be the global mantra towards the US for the 21st century. And not just about Palestine.

Which is a shame, but we brought it on ourselves.