by israelirealities » Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:08 pm
I do agree with you that the main crime is withholding the information so that people cannot form their own opinions. AS for the CIA, I just want to inform you how it is interpreted in our region. The CIA (under Tenet) and Department of State are the "doves" and the Pentagon and NSA are the Hawk. So, in terms of Middle East policies, CIA is considered the "good guys" that we, namely, those who oppose the war in Iraq, should support to lend this group power against the other guys who are the true "villains". <br>00000<br>I am always accused (in Israel as well, among the lefties) as being too lenient on certain leaders like Jackson who don't go all the way. Perhaps it is my life experiences that showed me that sometimes there's a lot of rhetoric but when it comes to reality, not many people will back such a bold action. And then, actually, one wastes their life/leverage on a futile struggle that fails anyway (my personal story, as well). Am I already a defeatist ? maybe. ITs just that I have seen too much suffering, death and pain inflicted on people by the PTB, it can be cruel. And my own suffering shaped my consciousness as well. <br>000<br>Recently, same debates here with respect to weekly protests in a certain west bank village. every week the people come from ISrael to support the locals, the demonstration takes place, a lot of violence and arrests, most of the victims are Palestinians. I am challenging, because the price people pay for a demonstration that really had very little effect on reality, is HUGE. Another death, another life long entanglement with IDF and GSS, this is a life of daily misery and suffering, that will not be recorded in history. Just going down the drain, slowly and tortuously. But of course, if they don't protest, they will also suffer, maybe less dramatically. <br>the real stakes<br>i would say something more. Jesse Jackson and the likes, in order to really change the balance of power have to resort to violence and militant action. This will upset, totally, their expectations and lives for many years, I am not sure the people are ready. If they are not, then half measures are worse than cooperation. Because treading on the tail of the US dragon, with real racial riots, is a serious matter. The US government did not hesitate using the military in the LA riots, and I was there, and I had to evacuate my neighbourhood on a car, like a refugee to the Valley, and in the way I saw it all, I had plenty of time in the traffic that didn't move for hours. It was horrible, and it was nothing compared to what it can be. This was a shock for me, as an ISraeli. Is this the USA ? this looks like Gaza strip. Curfew ? and then I realized the Afroamericans do not know how much power they have, because they know only the USA. But then this is exactly the fact that the government knows also and uses every measure to prevent. So, its a dangerous situation by definition. I don't think this is a <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>coincidence that the riots took place a year after the Gulf War</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->. <br><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>
