Hi Tom,

It's slow going but in a week or two the pain gets bearable...

In the meanwhile...since I have a captive audience I will expand on some issues you bring up.

Good writing as always, although your wishful fantasy about Sharon the Butcher reveals more of your own prejudices than anything else. Surprised you didn't throw in a bit about secret DNA analysis of the infant blood found in the Passover bread.

Sharon, like any leader with resources at his disposal can make many choices for action against terrorists.

If I swat at a fly sitting on a window, but in my attempt to crush the fly I also break the window - many more flies can come in. It's not real swift...well at least on the first glance that is.

Sharon wants to break that window. Well why? What does he gain by more Israeli deaths?

Sharon is a performance artist - his actions are designed to pander to the crowds. His attempts as the only one who has the will to stand up to Arafat and the Palestininans sells well to the common Israeli.

A car mechanic does not wish for perfect cars to be produced - he needs a steady stream of breakdowns to stay in business. Sharon is a political mechanic who is insuring there will be a steady stream of suicide bombers, which subsequently result in more power vested in him and the hardliner approach.

So while he voices Israeli survival - all he is really insuring is continued political power. Surely one as cynical as yourself can see the web of facetiousness at work.


It's bad enough to lay here watching CNN, MSNBC and the rest beatifying the poor pitiful Palestinians while portraying the Israelis as helmeted demons from hell. Countless pictures of hapless Palestinians fleeing, intercut with shots of tanks. No Palestinian is shown without a bandage. No Palestinian is shown armed. No Israeli is shown without a gun and a helmet. For God's sake, watch the channels for about two hours. They aren't even being subtle about it.

Do you know why? The imbalance is all about access - the international media is certainly not a jew-free zone of Palestinian supporters! Rather, these same Jewish media moguls see their revenues being unnecessarily halved and even knocked down 90% because of Sharon's martial law excluding media personnel.

One never bans the media from cities! A battlefield is one thing - but a civilian center is always exempt from such tactics.

So the media, in a pure cash protest - are not-so-subtly blackmailing Sharon, for freer access, by pushing the Palestinians to make a buck. If Sharon won't give them a story - then they will go to the Palestinians and interview them. Naturally such coverage is going to be biased. The bottom line here is $$$.


The call has gone out from the left: we're back in the saddle again. Death to Israel....

Since when does the left shout for death to Israel? Most of my experience has been that most American-born Jews are very much on the left political side of the spectrum.

Death to America. Above all, death to the West, of which America and Israel are just the obvious examples. The usual gangs are going to start the usual protest marches. Have already started them--just saw them on the news. The radical leftist internet sites are buzzing.

The left is very divided on this very thing. The real reason Bush has had such sustained "high" popularity ratings is really much more complex than a gut reaction to terror - it is really that the statistically jewish controlled media is very supportive of his present actions overseas. As one of the primary components of the American left - Bush has had it much easier because of this strong pro-Israel, anti-fundamentalist stance of the administration.

As soon as he wavers in support of Israel - the other shoe will drop and the whole gang of media hounds would again pursue him like they did his father.

Being very cynical - I am sure you can see how a very swift think tank could engineer a situation which keeps Bush's natural enemies divided.

The media is one faction of the left.

The environmentalist/greens are another
faction.

The entertainers are another faction.

The lawyers are yet another.

A)
To pacify the first you must support a cause dear to their hearts - Israel and the threat of fundamentalism is a very dear issue for many.

B)
This group of greens is only empowered by the media. Their voices amplified a thousand fold only when the media plays along.

C)
The best way to make an entertainer kow-tow is to ignore him/her. Bush has done exactly that. He has taken away any perceived power they have. Much of the entertainment community is also silent for the same reason the media has shown unprecedented support for Bush.

D)
The lawyers are happy because of all the new controversial legislation - which keeps them very busy and earning hefty six and seven figure incomes.


By the time Powell, whose spine is less than rigid, gets past all the Arabs bending his ear and gets to Israel, his only demand is going to be for Israel to stop its horrible, unprovoked attacks. Bush will probably follow right along.

Give the man a bit more credit. In an attempt to buy Israel a margin of running room and time to get their house in order - Powell was sent as a human target on a tour where he is only going to be listening to endless complaints and demands for US action.

If he finishes a press conference in a Muslim nation - he sure is not going to say something inflammatory - but rather apply some soothing verbal balm.

It's not an easy job - and he is damned if he says anything. He sure as HECK is infinitely more competent than Madeline Albright or Warren Christopher! And I would gladly take his spine as a donor if mine should fail me. These people respect him so much they can actually be honest with him.


I'm glad Bowser is here to balance the board for the Palestinians. Who's going to balance the rest of the world for Israel?

If Sharon let in the media - the coverage would make a 180 degree turnabout. Israel needs no champions when it has the US as a sugardaddy.

I say this not out of resentment against Israel or support for Palestine.

I am actually very neutral about the whole thing. I do not pity the Palestinians, though I see their self-perpetuating stalemate. I do not pity the Israelis, though I see the tragedy of their self-imposed polit-creed and its provocative stance.

I am more frustrated with Israel though - because it is Israel's actions which will end up costing us much more - in lives and money as we try to unroot the Saddam crabgrass and the terrorist mentality.

We spent months nurturing relationships with Muslim moderates - and we force them into a corner where they must align themselves for their own survival with the hardliners and fundamentalist factions!

Now here is the ultimate...

...you won't here or read this anywhere else:

Why would Israel and Arafat sabotage all the work we have worked so hard for months to cultivate?

Think about it...

Hmmmmmm.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

AHA!

If the middle east is polarized with fundamentalist muslim's who want nothing to do with the US - we MUST rely on Israel as our sole ally in the region.

Yes, ALL this is just a grand scheme to help keep the US isolated in this region...a scheme to thwart our improved relations with these nations.

ALSO!



What happens to Israel if Saddam is taken out and replaced by a quasi-democratic US puppet?

Wow!

A US friendly nation WITH OIL TOO.

Hmmm?

How important do you think Israel will be to the US then?

Yep. I thought so too.

Dare print these unspoken truths in any media outlet! Rabid claims of being an anti-semite will be thrown at one in an endless onslaught. Anything to keep people from realizing the BIG PICTURE.

Get well soon Tom...hope I have given you something to think about!

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