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Israel generally gets very good press in the US. For whatever reason, people here are sympathetic to Israel. What's interesting is that they seem to be blowing some of their good will. There was a picture of a bloodied Palestinian child on page 3 of the Milwaukee Journal the other day. It caught me by surprise, because the US press generally turns a blind eye to suffering on the Arab side. A people which does not exist, cannot exist and will not be allowed to exist as a people is now in America's papers. That's a major change, and indicative of a major fuck-up on the part of Olmert, the Israeli military, and the Israeli right.
The Palin-n-Bush crowd will no doubt incorporate this trend into its persecution complex -- oh poor us, poor Israel we are persecuted so by the communist/nazi press. 1, 2, 3...start the whinge-in!
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