Comments on: Aboelela: ‘detribalize’ the narrative and Americans will start to empathize with Palestinians

By: average american

average american — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:09:42 +0000

Not at all. We need to cut off all aid so the spoiled bully brat has a chance to grow into a responsible adult. That's the only way to rescind the current USA-Israel death warrant issued to the Palestinians.

By: Citizen

Citizen — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:03:03 +0000

I was asserting that the USA MSM constant picture to the public is one-sided on the I-P conflict. That's obvious to anyone but you. You never capture this fact in anything you say. You avoid complexity, mirroring the MSM propaganda organs.

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:46:15 +0000

Ismail, when you get what you deserve, who will care?

By: ismail

ismail — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:26:33 +0000

Thank you for signing the Palestinian death warrant.

By: ismail

ismail — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:25:51 +0000

But Todd, you are an immoral asshole. What's to lecture?

By: Richard Witty

Richard Witty — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:58:34 +0000

I capture complexity. There is NO clear answer to this. To assert that a particular radical position is "obvious" is to lie.

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:40:43 +0000

If 61 years negates a claim, 2000 years ceratinly does the same. By that logic, I shouldn't have to hear another word of the damn holocaust. You know very well that Israel/Zionism has been the aggressor since the beginning of the conflict i Palestine. Without Zonism, there would be no conflict. If Israel and its supporters get what they deserve, who would care? Who makes excuses for America's treatment of its natives? I love how Zionists always turn the table on their host and benefactor when pressed–it let's us know where their loyalties really lie. And I seriously doubt that your ancestors came to America for the opportunity to live in wigwams, anyway. America's past doesn't obligate me to support Israel's HORRIFIC crimes. You can support what you wish, but don't lecture the rest of us on morality when you support something as rotten as the state of Israel for no other reason than tribal loyalty.

By: Richard Witty

Richard Witty — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:43:09 +0000

Sure, no one's obliged to enter into a compromise. But, they are responsible for the consequences caused to civilians that they propose to govern, as a result of their decisions and policies. Only those over 61 years old were alive in 1948. Are individuals that have lived their whole life in a locale interlopers? I hope not, otherwise the VERY VAST majority of Americans are homeless and have no basis of rights where they live. Democracy is a PRESENT phenomena.

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:59:03 +0000

"They each NEED the "revolutionary" chaotic status for their validity." I also heard the claim in Israel that Israelis need external enemies in order to prevent a civil war among Jews. The claim was half serious, but there is truth to it. Agree with Hamas or not, no Palestinian is obliged to accept any offer that has ever been offered by Israel. If Palestinians wish to fight until Israelis are pushed into the sea, that's up to those who wish to do so. As it is, Israelis have always been the interlopers and aggreessors, and have no serious or just plan for peace.

By: Richard Witty

Richard Witty — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:08:10 +0000

I'm rooting for the civilians, in opposition to the opportunistic fanatics. Why are you rooting for revolutionary change rather than mutual acceptance and fair negotiated reconciliation?