Islamists Are Not Driven By Israel-Palestinian Problem - Daniel Finkelstein
Prime Minister Blair's thesis...that the Israel-Palestinian dispute is the core issue...is quite wrong.
[Blair] has accepted the idea that the behavior of Israel is the underlying grievance that drives Islamists... The truth is very different. The existence of so many dictatorships, kleptocracies, and violent thugs in the Middle East is what drives on the conflict, in Israel, as elsewhere. The Palestinian crisis...is an effect, an outcome, not a cause.
(Times-UK)
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For sure, that is not the core of all disputes. There are many reasons, and while many are not Americas doing, we cannot forget all that were...which i have mentioned many times (our propping up the brutal Shah of iran, our propping up the brutal Saddam Hussein against Iran, and thus against many of his own people, our propping up the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden against Russia, etc. Plus, little wavering support of israel is a factor, as well as a cover for other violence. This is why new ideas are needed moving forward. No, it is not all about israel, but America is far more culpable then our leaders lead us to believe. To paraphrase, again, Santayana: those who do not remember and learn from the past are condemned to relive it....
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