Google| Subject | Re: Israel and Palestine; was: Republicanism still an offence in England? |
| From | Jay Random |
| Date | 2002-04-14 16:52 (2002-04-14 08:52) |
| Message-ID | <3CB997B3.3030504@bondwine.ca> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | Raven |
| Followups | Annatar (33m) |
Raven wrote:
RavenPlease keep in mind, I didn't say the _people_ of Europe were pro-Arab. The _governments_, unfortunately, usually make a point of mouthing pro-Arab rhetoric, if not actually having pro-Arab policies. I suspect a lot of this comes from the reflex felt by nearly all Western politicians outside the U.S. to try to make themselves look big by `standing up to the Americans'. (Here in Canada, we have not one, but _two_ political parties that are habitually anti-American as a vote-getting stunt.) After all, it's a lot easier & less dangerous to interfere with your friends than to oppose your enemies. I know a lot of people who think the Israelis must be in the wrong for no better reason than that the Americans support them.
We are not particularly pro-Arab. The paper I got in today cites a Danish survey that indicates that while popular support for Israel has declined recently, popular support for the Palestinians has not increased.
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