George Bush yesterday seemed to ratify the mock peace plan being advanced by Ariel Sharon. Don't watch the right hand, where Israel is unilaterally abandonning its settlements on the Gaza strip. Instead, keep an eye on the left hand that is closing off (with Bush's blessings) all debate over Palestinians' "right of return" to Jerusalem. Meaning there will be no peace, so long as Bush and Sharon are around. But you already knew that.
The latest theme is that Muslims see no difference whatsoever between the Israeli and U.S. occupations of, respectively, Jerusalem and Iraq. Our government's current policies reinforce the message that extremists are pushing into mainstream Islam. Uncoincidentally, Bin Laden seized the opportunity to make an equally hypocritical false peace offer to any European country willing to appease him.
Posted by Vernam at April 15, 2004 10:20 PM | TrackBack