http://mondoweiss.net/2008/06/buzz-on-the-new-yorkers-adelson-piece.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Mon, 28 May 2012 01:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://mondoweiss.net/2008/06/buzz-on-the-new-yorkers-adelson-piece.html/comment-page-1#comment-57397 Charles Keating Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/06/26/buzz-on-the-new-yorkers-adelson-piece.html#comment-57397 <p>The ultimate proof that the strength of the anti-war movement during the Vietnam Era was the result of younger male worry about the Draft is that there has been nothing remotely following it during this latest (undeclared) war with Iraq. </p> The ultimate proof that the strength of the anti-war movement during the Vietnam Era was the result of younger male worry about the Draft is that there has been nothing remotely following it during this latest (undeclared) war with Iraq.

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2008/06/buzz-on-the-new-yorkers-adelson-piece.html/comment-page-1#comment-57398 hlmeankin Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/06/26/buzz-on-the-new-yorkers-adelson-piece.html#comment-57398 <p>Charles, I think that's a oversimplification.<br /> Now, we have on campuses the pressence of forces funded by the Lobby, the goals of which are to oppose the withdrawal of Americans from the Mideast and start a new war with Iran. The fact that the Lobby is identified with being Jewish makes it easy for the Zionists to use threats of antisemitism to cloak their pro war actions.<br /> And I may be wrong but I don't think the leaders of the antiwar movement "like" the culture of Islam,which they identify with Hamas and Iran...<br /> The Vietnamese on the other hand were considered to be a nice people, certainly not a threat in any way to Israel...</p> Charles, I think that's a oversimplification.
Now, we have on campuses the pressence of forces funded by the Lobby, the goals of which are to oppose the withdrawal of Americans from the Mideast and start a new war with Iran. The fact that the Lobby is identified with being Jewish makes it easy for the Zionists to use threats of antisemitism to cloak their pro war actions.
And I may be wrong but I don't think the leaders of the antiwar movement "like" the culture of Islam,which they identify with Hamas and Iran…
The Vietnamese on the other hand were considered to be a nice people, certainly not a threat in any way to Israel…

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