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gamahuche11 months ago

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For whatever reason Israel has a permanent "get out of jail free" card in the monopoly game of world politics.
How will the Middle East ever cease to be a turbulent zone when one odd-man-out country has a monopoly on [illegal] nuclear weapons and receives 100% support from the US, regardless of what it does?
This most recent escapade in Gaza being a perfect example with the equation of 13 Israelu deaths - 3 by friendly fire - being equated with over 1200 Gazan deaths and most of the strip of land that they lived on turned into a heap of rubble.
And the total official US response something like "Carry on Boys".
Will Obama be willing to go head-to-head with the Israelis?
Big, big question..

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  hyperbola11 months ago
  
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  Israel has had a "get out of jail free" card since they helped Reagan commit treason in the 1980 election. That "neo-con" strategy (which Clinton, like in many things, largely went along with) has now died a natural death and Israel is weaker than ever. This article has a particularly good summary of history most Americans don't know and of the paradigm shift which may be possible now.
  
  Israel's Looming Catastrophe
  http://www.propeller.com/story/2009/01/06/israel39...
  
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