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> Elsewhere, presumably, the US is pursuing its own interests and that is as it should be. Where does it say that? Honestly, I'm sick of the Nancy Drew let's-find-Nazis bullshit whenever there are peace activists that aren't waving around their left credentials. CNI is an organization of mostly diplomats and former governmental personnel like Abourezk and Ed Peck, of course they'd talk about "American interests". So what? Ed Peck is probably one of the most interesting people I know, I introduced him at Bard College in 2010. He was on board the Gaza Flotilla. As the former ambassador to Iraq he was searing in his opposition to the Iraq Invasion which killed a bunch of his friends and colleagues, so it's quite obvious why he and others in his unique position would want to tar and feather the neocons and the Zionist lobby. He was also in the CIA, apparently. Quite frankly condemning people like him makes about as much sense as condemning Snowden for making the decision to become a Booz Allen contractor or condemning veterans who become peace activists for having joined the military. The "national interest" rhetoric is also quite normal. How is it different from emphasizing that we need "money for jobs and education (i.e. domestically), not for war and occupation," or saying "Bring our Troops home," or any of the other nationalist rhetoric that dominates peace activism in any given country? I think CNI is a great organization and this is much ado about nothing. - Amith On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 12:27 AM, Louis Proyect via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > On 7/30/15 6:19 PM, Ken Hiebert via Marxism wrote: > >> CNI is committed to the curious proposition that US foreign policy >> needs correction in the Middle East because it does not serve the national >> interest. >> > > There's no reason to view this as sinister. James Abourezk is on the board > of directors and you won't many former Senators as principled as him. I > suppose the fact that he has contributed articles to CounterPunch condemns > him but whatever... > > > AUGUST 5, 2014 > Israel’s Reversion to Old Colonial Tactics > by JAMES ABOUREZK > > It is amazing how quickly Israel has learned the elements of colonial > staying power. It is even more amazing how the American media has taken up > the cause of racism against the Palestinians. > > We can start with how the Israelis, and their lobby headquartered in > Washington, have managed to demonize Palestinians, with the result that > Israel can undertake a massive slaughter and be barely criticized for it > both by our media. We can begin with Israel’s request to the US > government a couple of decades ago to label Hamas as a “Terrorist Group,” > which our government happily agreed to do. Other people in other parts of > the world have tried this tactic, with some success, but for the most part > such rebels are labeled “insurgents.” > > Demonization of those you occupy is an essential first step to allow a > colonial power to do what it wishes with the people being occupied. How > else can one explain the lack of meaningful protests by Americans, who have > furnished the money and the weapons to the maiming and the slaughter by > Israel of thousands of Palestinians in the many wars its Army has conducted > against the Palestinians. > > > http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/08/05/israels-reversion-to-old-colonial-tactics/ > > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/amithrgupta%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
