Comments on: Potential Obama Envoy Dan Kurtzer Had a Brother Living in a Settlement

By: Colin Murray

Colin Murray — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

This is a 'master-of-the-obvious' thing to say, but I'll say it anyway. P-E Obama's selection of Middle East envoy will be a crystal clear signal to absolutely everyone whether he is serious about pursuing American interests by either forcing Israel to accept a reasonable final-status agreement, or to cut them off completely by using the DoJ to enforce laws that are already on the books. As powerful as the lobby is, its might rests on the slenderest of pillars: an executive branch compliant enough not to impartially enforce our nation's laws. I expect that the behavior of the Lobby over the next year or two will make it abundantly clear whether it is, as I am beginning to suspect through sickening disbelief, the greatest national security threat we Americans currently face. I pray that enough of their leadership come to their senses and make it manifestly clear that such is not the case. They made a mistake, in their haste before the end of the Bush administration, by not cultivating more believable astro-turf before beginning the baying for war with Iran. They stood completely alone, and I, and many other Americans, did not fail to notice.

By: bondo

bondo — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Hey Colin,

You sound like an English/Asutralian faggot to me.
Can you prove that you're an American?

By: Rowan Berkeley

Rowan Berkeley — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Hey Bondo, you sound like a scum-sucking transsexual whore from the ASIO. Care to prove me wrong somehow?

Excellent article by James Petras, so far only found on ICH - "Obama, the first Jewish President" - lots in it about Ross & co.

By: D.

D. — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Petras's article is depressing reading. Here's the Chicago Jewish News article that he mentions–
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By: Rowan Berkeley

Rowan Berkeley — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

yes, Kurtzer would probably be the least worst option. Incidentally, whatever the future holds, I think one should always distinguish the 'dormitory' settlements, so-called because their population commutes across the green line into so-called 'Israel proper' every day to work, from the politically motivated and committed settlers further from the green line. I don't mean that I want to leave Maaleh Adumim and Ariel and so on to their beauty sleep at night. I am just saying, the political sociology is different.

By: Rowan Berkeley

Rowan Berkeley — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Actually, looking at the map, Ariel is half way to the Jordan. Yet in my mind it has a 'dormitory' rather than an 'activist' image, which suggests a more complex problem than I thought. Sorry.