Eclipsed from the headlines by the ongoing carnage, there is an active
civil resistance in Iraq that opposes the occupation, the torture regime
it protects, and the jihadi and Ba'athist 'resistance' alike.
Submitted by Bartholomew (not verified) on Wed, 04/05/2006 - 14:28.
I agree that the idea of powerful individuals like Cheney and Bush being forced to act against their own best interests by some lobby is absurd. But does that mean that we have to have to look for purely economic reasons for the US to support Israel? People in the west feel bad about the Holocaust; Christians like the idea of the Old Testament world coming back to life through a Jewish state; most mainstream people are revolted by terrorism against Israeli civilians; overblown rhetoric from places like Iran makes the Palestinian cause look bogus. Like it or not, these are the lenses through which many people view the conflict. This cultural perspective surely has an effect on policy?
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I agree that the idea of powerful individuals like Cheney and Bush being forced to act against their own best interests by some lobby is absurd. But does that mean that we have to have to look for purely economic reasons for the US to support Israel? People in the west feel bad about the Holocaust; Christians like the idea of the Old Testament world coming back to life through a Jewish state; most mainstream people are revolted by terrorism against Israeli civilians; overblown rhetoric from places like Iran makes the Palestinian cause look bogus. Like it or not, these are the lenses through which many people view the conflict. This cultural perspective surely has an effect on policy?