It’s impossible to imagine this even six months ago. At Salon, Sandy Tolan uses the Palestine Papers as the pretext for Uncle Sam to go into a therapist and confess that he’s been on Israel’s side the whole time (thanks to the Lobby, which Sam says is both Christian and Jewish, well, OK maybe, I don’t know).
And what does the doctor tell him? He tells him the news from Egypt and the West Bank and Gaza– that the idea of partition is simply not realistic.
Dr. Weller: Then maybe one constructive step in redefining that relationship would be to acknowledge the truth about the “peace process” and the “two state solution”: that they just aren’t working. Do you think you can do that?
Sam: (alarmed): Abandon the two state solution? Are you kidding? Do you know how much time we’ve spent on this? How many decades? How many thousands of hours, maps, plans, resolutions? Are you crazy? I mean, what kind of therapist are you? For crissake! Have you completely lost your senses?… I’m sorry. It’s just that … I mean … what you suggest is so …
Sam (now brightening): Wait! Do you think I could get a prescription? Something to make me at least feel a little better? Maybe it could help me just put this issue on hold — I could always deal with it down the road. After Afghanistan, for example. And the 2012 elections.
Dr. Weller: I’m sorry, Uncle. What you’re dealing with is not just depression — it’s confronting delusion. You need to be mindful of what the Buddhists say: End your attachment to what is not real. Accept the truth as it is, and let go. Prozac won’t help you do that.
