salon.com— Even for those insisting that Israel's attack on Gaza is both wise and just, what possible interest does the U.S. have in involving itself so directly in this dispute?
Jan 2, 2009View in Crawl 4
FTA: It's one thing to argue that Israel is being both wise and just by bombing the densely populated Gaza Strip. It's another thing entirely to argue that the U.S. should use all of its resources to support Israel as it does so. Those are two entirely separate questions. Arguments insisting that the Gaza attack is good and right for Israel don't mean that they are good and right for the U.S. Yet unstinting, unquestioning American support for whatever Israel does is just tacitly assumed in most of these discussions. The core assumption is that if it can be established that this is the right thing for Israel to do, then it must be the right thing for the U.S. to support it. The notion that the two countries may have separate interests -- that this may be good for Israel to do but not for the U.S. to support -- is the one issue that, above all else, may never be examined.
Yeah, with wealthy bankers having absconded with the wealth of the US, I don't see how we have the money to throw around any longer. If we did, I think we could find better things to spend it on, like taking care of the growing number of homeless people in the US and such.
onyxcoltraneJan 3, 2009
FTA: It's one thing to argue that Israel is being both wise and just by bombing the densely populated Gaza Strip. It's another thing entirely to argue that the U.S. should use all of its resources to support Israel as it does so. Those are two entirely separate questions. Arguments insisting that the Gaza attack is good and right for Israel don't mean that they are good and right for the U.S. Yet unstinting, unquestioning American support for whatever Israel does is just tacitly assumed in most of these discussions. The core assumption is that if it can be established that this is the right thing for Israel to do, then it must be the right thing for the U.S. to support it. The notion that the two countries may have separate interests -- that this may be good for Israel to do but not for the U.S. to support -- is the one issue that, above all else, may never be examined.
Closed AccountJan 3, 2009
Yeah, with wealthy bankers having absconded with the wealth of the US, I don't see how we have the money to throw around any longer. If we did, I think we could find better things to spend it on, like taking care of the growing number of homeless people in the US and such.
affzafJan 13, 2009
This is a good article that puts perspective on U.S. interests in Israel. Forget why the conflict started and who started it. Why are we funding it?!