> Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In a message dated 8/16/2005 11:32:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > An honest question: had Sheehan not used the words "to benefit > > Israel" in the first sentence or "not Israel" in the second, would > > this still be anti-semitic? The still flows without those words, I > > believe. > > You are correct. if she just blamed the neocons it would not > have been > anti-semitic but she brought Israal and the neoncons into > this. By the way quick > name one christian neo-con intellectual.
Prior to this thread I would have said "George Bush, Dick Chenney and Donald Rumsfeld". But that would be because I had no idea what the *official* definition of "neo-con" actually was. I wonder if Cindy Sheehan thought the same... > > > > Also, someone asked how the war in Iraq benefited Israel. I > > believe it was our own John Giorgis who stated as one of the > > justifications for the war the fact that Saddam was financing the > > Intifadah. I'm not saying I agree with that but there you go... > > > But he did not do this. He didn't give a crap about Isreal Didn't he pay something to the families of the suicide bombers? I believe that was mentioned onlist in the past. I don't recall if I ever saw a cite or anyone denying this... - jmh _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
