In a message dated 11/24/04 2:18:49 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.counterpunch.org/miller11062004.html J.A. Miller: The Cults of the Jealous God Weekend Edition November 6 / 7, 2004
The Balfour Decision Reconsidered The Cults of the Jealous God By J.A. MILLER Mr. Miller's conclusion about divorcing religion and politics is quaint. It may even be worthy of discussion as an independent topic. However, his basic premise is erroneous. The Balfour Declaration was a gift to Chaim Weizman. The facts are as follows: Weizman was a chemist at Manchester University in England in the opening years of the 20th century. . Today, he would be identified as a biochemist. He studied Clostridium acetobulilium, an organism that fermented various substrates into acetone and butanol. Along came WWI. Britain was at war with Germany. Until the war, Britain's supplies of acetone were imported from Germany. Acetone was vital to the manufacture of munitions. With the war, Britain's supplies were cut off. Weizman notified the British government that he could manufacture acetone from corn. He demonstrated the process and was authorized to set up manufacturing plants. He did so and produced the acetone necessary to make munitions. After the armistice, the British singled out Weizman to express the nation's gratitude, for it was due to him that the war could be won. He was offered anything and everything. Weizman, an ardent Zionist, said simply, "Give my people a homeland." THAT is what led to the Balfour Declaration and the eventual establishment of the State of Israel. -- Jay Stern _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
