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the devil is in the details, as the old saw goes.
as one of a series of benalities in a speech made up entirely of them (regardless of who delivers it---the state of the union is pseduo-democracy at its height--congress is at its most politburo--coverage at its most sycophantic)....it is fairly meaningless.
as an idea, it is obviously a good one in principle.
but there is nothing more to say about it at the moment, really.
nothing about what kind of pressure might be brought to bear on israel for example.
nothing about how this idea might be situated in any policy context.
a side note: it is more than surreal to see references above to arafat, particularly now that he, like general franco, is and remains quite dead.... as if arafat was to blame for the miserable history of israeli-paelstinian relations, to the exclusion of things like the policy of settlements, a brutal occupation, etc etc etc....the terms of debate on this question are debilitating.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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