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If Caroline Kennedy Thinks Ladymag Writers Are Stupid, What Does She Think Of Their Readers?
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It's not even like Israel HAD to declare Gaza a closed military zone. Israel has controlled Gaza's borders since 1967, and since the 2005 withdrawal, has essentially treated them like a noose, to tighten or loosen a bitty-smidge, at will. No one and nothing goes in or out without Israeli military say so, down to and including the plastic bags which the international food agencies use to distribute emergency food to the hundreds of thousands of Gazans who are hungry. And if that's not occupation, I don't fucking know what is.
And just to clarify, for all those who skipped Saturday and/or are foaming at the mouth right now: I'm Israeli-American Jewish, lived in Tel Aviv for 14 years, witnessed Hamas terrorism up close and personal, go back to visit at least once a year, and am an active member of a Conservative shul outside of Chicago. And am married to a Jerusalemite, to boot.
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Yesterday, my husband (the Jerusalemite!) was fulminating about how sick he is of people needing to say that they condemn Hamas, when a) duh, and b) the power imbalance is so insane. How much he wishes people could just talk about that, because that is the salient fact.
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Sure, the Palestinians have been saddled with/have saddled themselves with truly terrible leaders over the years. Absolutely, no argument from me.
But the damage done to Palestinian society, infrastructure, families, culture, etc, etc, not to mention sheer number of dead by Israeli hands is so enormous that Palestinian culpability positively pales in comparison. And we (Israel and America in this case) often just compound the problem.
Arafat is a great example, in fact: By the time that Israel had Arafat under siege, he was deeply, deeply unpopular. But one sure way to make a hero out of someone is to trap him in his home and shell it -- virtually no Palestinian would have been willing to turn on him under those circumstances. (Look at the Democrats on this very site who said "Hey, I hate Bush, but no one throws a shoe at my President!" Then imagine you're Palestinian, and it's Arafat).
Oh, and in an aside, Arafat wasn't personally corrupt. He used aid to hold on to power, but not to buy fancy cars or whatever. It's a very small point, I know, but I'm a geek, so these things come out.
Anyway, didn't I say I wouldn't obsess about this today...? I'm a liar.
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--Condoleeza Rice
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Yeah. Cuz that worked out really well for Johnson.
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Next time maybe try doing your civic duty first and VOTING...which you neglected to do even when it was for the seat you want. Oh also, Carolyn Maloney is a much much better choice than you. MUCH.
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So let's get them all together and be like, hey guys, remember how your god says that you're not supposed to kill each other? There isn't an asterisk. You're just not supposed to do it. Eh-eh-eh-eh! No. No killing. Not even if you're very very mad.
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Maybe we just need twenty-five hundred years of perspective before Bush stops looking like a complete and utter shitsucker?
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B) They're not terrorizing a terrorist group. They are terrorizing the whole of Gaza. (Note, among other things, that the bombing started when kids were going to and from school)
And I re-iterate, for the record: I'm Israeli.
You might want to go to websites like that for Combatants for Peace, Israeli and Palestinian ex-combatants who work together toward a two-state solution [www.combatantsforpeace.org]
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Sheesh.
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Such a bad taste in my mouth. I don't like this at all.
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Also, haven't they figured out that bombing people doesn't really stop rocket attacks. I mean let's be honest, did they learn nothing from The Untouchables: when you pull a knife, they pull a gun. When you send one of their guys to the hospital, they send you to the morgue.
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And don't think for a second that just because some Arab nations have been peaceful for a while does not mean they cannot change. Mubarak cannot hold onto power forever, anymore that Saddam Hussein could. It only takes a well-organized cadre of fanatics to overthrow the current order (see Iran, circa the late 70s).
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