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- From: dan@barkley.berkeley.edu (dan graves)
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- Subject: Re: Schmidling is simply wrong.
- Date: 31 Jul 1992 15:36:58 GMT
- Organization: University of California Berkeley
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- In article <EGGERTJ.92Jul30165655@moses.atc.ll.mit.edu>, eggertj@moses.atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert x6127 g41) writes:
- |> In article <159680INN7pj@agate.berkeley.edu> dan@jonas.berkeley.edu (dan graves) writes:
- |> > We support Israel
- |> > because it is in our interests to support the only democracy
- |> > of the region. Democracies make better allies and
- |> > Israel has been one of USA's most steadfast allies.
- |>
- |>
- |> I don't understand what you mean when you say that Israel has been one
- |> of the USA's most steadfast allies. Do you mean that the US has, in
- |> time of need, been able to go to Israel for help? Do you mean that
- |> Israel has done its best to do what the US wants it to do? Please
- |> explain.
- |> --
- |> =Jim eggertj@atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert)
-
- Israel always supported us diplomatically when our
- incompetant president Ronald Reagan wanted us to
- do something stupid like negotiate with terrorists.
- They even abstained from retailiating against their
- enemies when their citizens were murdered by rocket
- attacks, just because we asked them to. I would
- call this very steadfast. I doubt any of the brutal
- dictatorships of the region would do the same. The
- current administration is willing to accept much of
- the smoke and mirrors of the Arab dictatorships
- as support. Israel has supported us with concrete and
- (in the case of the scuds) potentially dangerous action.
-
- Now i ask you to comment on the most important point i made
- in the earlier post. Israel is not (unlike these brutal
- dictatorships) motivated by conquest or the politics of hatred.
- Israel defends itself, every nation's right.
-
- dan
-
- by the way, thank you for a courteous and civil post.
- i hope that i have responded in kind.
-