John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY PHILIP M. GIRALDI IN SOUTHFRONT
“The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has just completed its annual summit in Washington”
"But, in the long run, everyone knows deep down that loyalty to Israel is not loyalty to the United States. And what Israel is doing is evil, as is becoming increasingly clear. It is trying to convince Washington to make war on Iran, a country that does not threaten the U.S., while the willingness of the American people to continue to look the other way as Benjamin Netanyahu uses army snipers to shoot down unarmed demonstrators who are starving will not continue indefinitely. “
Well said indeed.
I am generally an optimist for the long term, although forced to be a pessimist for the near future.
Such abuse and oppression just cannot go on forever.
Even the mighty Soviet Union finally collapsed, leaving a peaceful and reasonable Russia in its place.
And, while not generally noticed, there are many parallels between modern Israel and the USSR.
You cannot go on proclaiming democracy when half the people you rule cannot even vote. They could all vote in the USSR, but their votes meant nothing.
You cannot claim to represent our great Western values when oppression is an integral part of your society.
Millions of prisoners cannot be kept without rights indefinitely. Only a tyranny such as the USSR is capable even of attempting it.
But in the meantime, many must suffer terribly while the nightmarish events which represent Israel’s behavior play themselves out.
If you are willing to use brutality regularly to get your way, as the USSR did and as Israel does, you can continue for quite a while, but not indefinitely.
