Comments on: Same Khara, Different Administration

By: ami

ami — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:48:59 +0000

very well said sean.

By: BozoCracker

BozoCracker — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:02:51 +0000

haha! … thats wat u theenk.

By: pineapple87

pineapple87 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:36:35 +0000

In the quote you pointed out, she actually specified Palestinians over Israelis. She didn't say that all twenty-some Arab countries together don't beat out Israel in human rights abuses--she said that Palestinians have a better case for being victims of human rights abuses than Israelis do. Which is hard to contest.

By: Sean2009

Sean2009 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:01:42 +0000

The idea that Israel has the moral high ground over the Palestinians is absurd. You don't get to steal someone else's land, ethnically cleanse hundreds of thousands of people, deny them their legal Right of Return, shoot kids and peaceful protesters in the streets on a regular basis, imprison without charge and torture thousands of people, including children, bomb hundreds of schools, hospitals and other vital civilian infrastructure in two wars of aggression in less than two years after willfully violating ceasefires, institute a brutal siege preventing even the bare necessities of life from entering Gaza (Itself a war crime and an act of war under international law), spread racist hate propaganda against your victims for decades through your media outlets in the US and Europe, and then claim the moral high ground because your victim was forced to fight back with a pathetic collection of oversized firecrackers.

Thieves don't get to claim the moral high ground over the people they've robbed.

By: cynic8

cynic8 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:41:39 +0000

by the recognition of the State of Israel, peace is possible. That is the change requisite. The vow to eliminate Israel will bring down everyone. Or is that the martyrdom desired?

By: Los

Los — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:27:25 +0000

I agree with you on this point: the President can't just snap his finger and instantly change the course of things o rmagically make them better. But to say that the President has limited power to change policy? Every president has had a set Foreign Policy agenda or has mapped one as time went on. When they pushed long and hard enough, they saw the fulfilment of their drafted foriegn policy plan of attack and have reached their ultimate goals.

At the same time, I think Mr. Obama is a in tight squeeze, with just 10 months as President and a economy in shambles. He can't just piss off those with the money and he can't shoot himself in the foot politically.

Obama is a smart individual, but when it comes to playing the deadly game of high-stake politics, he's a rookie with no real clue as to how he's going to proceed. Netanyahu on the other hand, knows exactly what he's doing and how he's going to play his cards.

By: Los

Los — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:00:50 +0000

PC: I had no hand in erasing your comments.

If it was erased (since you're saying it was) it was probably super offensive and derogatory in some way and pulled by the administration.

Let's stick to the topic at hand and come to debate.

By: programmer craig

programmer craig — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:59:25 +0000

And your comment is utterly non-sensical. Jillian and others are making arguments based on the assumptions that Palestinians (and Arabs in general) have the moral high ground on human rights and other social issues, when in fact they don't. What purpose does that serve, other than unfairly demonizing Israelis? Is that a basis for a negotiated settlement?

By: OooKhalid

OooKhalid — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:37:36 +0000

Loved the title of this article……

By: OooKhalid

OooKhalid — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:22:14 +0000

Craig has a point here; even though he flew passed the gist of Jillian's post as is his signature style.

Middle East is full of despot regimes. Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Saudi,etc… Bulk of which are Arab nations. Interestingly, Israel controls America and America controls Egypt, Jordan, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Saudi, etc.. who all have atrocious human rights records (of course, if it is of any consolation, Israel is the heavy weight champion of human right abuses). And it is all to the interest of Israel to have weak, corrupt Arab governments, with little real support from its population. But that is no excuse for the Arab population not to revolt against their puppet governments. It has already been way over-due.

There should be Security Council Resolutions against all American puppet Govts. along with Israel. Let them all go to hell.