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Originally posted by Dragonlich
Question to some of the guys here (you know who you are): When Sharon says Jews control US politics, do you believe him?
Could this have been a simplification of reality: that the US supports Israel because they need a friendly state in a middle-east full of US-hating Arabs. As a result of this mutual need for support, the Israelis can make some demands of the US, in exchange for all kinds of Israeli support, both visible and secret. Thus, when Sharon says Jews control US policies, he's saying they have influence; perhaps there was a context where this comment was perfectly logical, or perhaps the audience made the comment seem reasonable.
Quotes taken out of context can be very misleading, and perhaps this quote isn't quite as controversial as it seems to be.
(Oh, and my comment still stands: either everyone is put on trial, or nobody. Sharon is a saint compared to some other people in the middle-east, or even on the Palestinian side alone...)
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Has he said that? Could you please provide a link with reasonable credability you saw that.
I found this excerpt interesting from the debka site:
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Determining Israel’s permanent frontiers
This objective Sharon hopes to achieve in partnership with US president George W. Bush, with whom he enjoys a close rapport. In expectation of the US-led war against Iraq and Saddam Hussein’s overthrow being but one tile in America’s redesigned ethno-geopolitical mosaic for the Middle East and Persian Gulf – as DEBKAfile has been reporting for more than a year – he expects Israel’s frontiers with regard to the West Bank and Gaza Strip to be part and parcel of the wholesale transformation of an entire world region. An American victory might even stretch Israel’s frontiers, not shrink them, as dictated in every peace plan put forward to date.
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I wonder how far he would like them stretched.
I also agree everyone should be put on trial; but should any that are recieve the same pass as the rest?
I went to a site that truly has me bothered; I need help discrediting the material here and substance that shows it to be inaccurate.
www.indybay.org/news/2003/02/1572736.php