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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 12:00 AM

The Israel rules

America's support of the Gaza attack proves once again that our mythical image of Israel has blinded us to its faults -- a myopia with devastating consequences for both countries.

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  • Tuesday, January 6, 2009 03:10 PM

    wrong analogy

    If you are going to invoke the US-Amerind relations as an analogy to the Israel-Gaza conflict, you'd need to fantasize a situation in which the Navajo Nation (or choose any tribe living on a reservation) rejects the treaty signed many decades ago, and shoots rockets daily into Sidonia. Should the US renegotiate the original treaty with the tribe? Or, perhaps, send in armed forces to eliminate the threat to the citizens of Sidonia? Most US citizens would insist on actions to protect it's citizens. The citizens of Israel expect no less from it's nations leaders

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