Thank you, James. I know far less than karlof1, but I have knocked around revisionist history off and on the past few decades. I think part of the problem - and we see it in both Ukraine and Israel - is one side blaming the other whilst painting them as monsters is never better than partially justified and never does either side any real…
Thank you, James. I know far less than karlof1, but I have knocked around revisionist history off and on the past few decades. I think part of the problem - and we see it in both Ukraine and Israel - is one side blaming the other whilst painting them as monsters is never better than partially justified and never does either side any real good - apart from providing favorable propaganda for the home team. The Ukraine crisis, though it has multi-century tangled roots, basically developed steadily since the US-backed coup in 2014. Eight years until the SMO started, during which time the Russians were unable to prevent what has now resulted in the deaths of about a half a million Russian speakers - their own people. Similarly in Israel they were involved in its creation - going against the votes of the Arab nations in the region who did not approve - and have basically enabled this catastrophe without, though they say all the right things now, being able to fix the injustice which they helped perpetrate. Lecturing the world about how bad the US Empire is, though justified, does no good for anybody on the ground, hundreds of whom are dying every day, just as in Ukraine.
I think ordinary folks should be critical about all world leaders on all sides. They don't have a great track record.
Random I make a point to carefully read your comments that interest me. My comment was meant for general discussion on the posted topic, cheers.
"A two state solution today is no longer a viable solution. Attempting to sell the idea is akin to a used car salesmen. Israel is a illegal militant state with its power base in the US Congress. Untill those dynamics change radically there can be no peace."
Any comments or reading suggestions are willfully excepted, thanks in advance.
thanks.. i was asked a few days ago what my solution for israel-palestine was and i said - get the usa out of israel... simple idea, but all this will have to be worked out in a much more complicated way then the simplicity of my statement.. i agree with you - ordinary folks need to be more critical about all the news information they receive and question whether they are getting a complete view on any or at least both sides of it.. generally we/they are not.. on that topic - here is my favourite link-article from today that i encourage others to read..
Thank you, James. I know far less than karlof1, but I have knocked around revisionist history off and on the past few decades. I think part of the problem - and we see it in both Ukraine and Israel - is one side blaming the other whilst painting them as monsters is never better than partially justified and never does either side any real good - apart from providing favorable propaganda for the home team. The Ukraine crisis, though it has multi-century tangled roots, basically developed steadily since the US-backed coup in 2014. Eight years until the SMO started, during which time the Russians were unable to prevent what has now resulted in the deaths of about a half a million Russian speakers - their own people. Similarly in Israel they were involved in its creation - going against the votes of the Arab nations in the region who did not approve - and have basically enabled this catastrophe without, though they say all the right things now, being able to fix the injustice which they helped perpetrate. Lecturing the world about how bad the US Empire is, though justified, does no good for anybody on the ground, hundreds of whom are dying every day, just as in Ukraine.
I think ordinary folks should be critical about all world leaders on all sides. They don't have a great track record.
Random I make a point to carefully read your comments that interest me. My comment was meant for general discussion on the posted topic, cheers.
"A two state solution today is no longer a viable solution. Attempting to sell the idea is akin to a used car salesmen. Israel is a illegal militant state with its power base in the US Congress. Untill those dynamics change radically there can be no peace."
Any comments or reading suggestions are willfully excepted, thanks in advance.
thanks.. i was asked a few days ago what my solution for israel-palestine was and i said - get the usa out of israel... simple idea, but all this will have to be worked out in a much more complicated way then the simplicity of my statement.. i agree with you - ordinary folks need to be more critical about all the news information they receive and question whether they are getting a complete view on any or at least both sides of it.. generally we/they are not.. on that topic - here is my favourite link-article from today that i encourage others to read..
https://swprs.org/why-israel-created-hamas/