On 3 Apr 2002 at 21:24, gavin gee-clough wrote:
> interview with noam chomsky (who is an american jewish professor of
> linguistics at MIT). from Znet -www.zmag.org/weluser.htm
Hi Gavin
(first: In what "mode" do you write your messages? My machine labours
heavily trying to open them and usually must invoke the browser)
I read with great interest the Chomsky inteview and will just show this
piece that I originally wrote to Rasheed, but dropped because ....
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....I had promised myself not to enter any political discussions except in
a MOQ context, but (so much for my word) regarding the said conflict
I think Israel now has the chance of its life to come to terms with the
Palestinians and the neighboring states.The Arabic League offer of full
recognition in exchange for the occupied territories is after all what
they always have (said that they) wanted. Not that I think the involved
regimes and leaders has turned more trustworthy than before (it
involves Saddam Hussein among other) but the Golan Heights and
other positions that were so vital in the Six-Day and Yom Kippur War
days aren't so any longer. With the present surveillance technique none
of the involved countries can build up forces or carry out deceptive
action, and with a collective American, Arab and UN guarantee what is
the risk? Syria which controls Lebanon must take action against the
rocket lobbing Hisbolla and the least threat is a classic invasion, left is
the well-known terror, but with the Palestinians inside their own West
Bank state and the breeding ground of resentment - the refugee camps
- dismantled the cause itself is removed - they are caught in the
responsibility net (and may feel the boredom of that :-). The danger now
is that the international anti-terror effort is undermined by the Israelis
comparing the desperate actions of displaced people with the perverted
ideas and actions of a "caveman" in Afghanistan. Besides the Israelis
seem blind to the enormous provocation that the "Judea & Samaria"
adventure is, I have tried to find an explanation for this folly - I mean
why the democratic government gave in to their own extremists - but
am still uninformed.
Bo
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