If Israel comes to be surrounded by democracies then the apartheid in Israel will be brought into very sharp focus. I don't see the apartheid surviving for more than a couple years following such events. I think Israel fears this and I will not be surprised to see Israel attempt to undermine Arab democracies.
You are delusional. Every reason that Bush propped up for invading Iraq was shot down prior to invading (WMDs, Al Qaeda ties, etc) Iraq. hence the rush to war. And if you think the USA should invade countries based on what Joe American knows then you are stone cold stupid as well.
Thank you for your service to our country. I will be calling my congressmen and women tomorrow to let them know what I think about the CIA and Bush White House spying on americans.
When you add into the mix that Jews are a religious group, not an ethnic group, yet many self-identified jews are not religious and therefore not jews it gets really confusing for the hypothetical alien visitor.
The two-state solution simply will not work. The only way Israel will ever accept a Palestinian state is if it is 100% demilitarized. That is not a condition that any state, let alone a Palestinian state, would accept.
The only peaceful way forward is a one-state solution in which all inhabitants of the present country of Israel and the territories it occupies share exactly the same rights. That is the solution is democracy for all.
The two state solution was never a viable option. It is simply time to end the Apartheid in Israel. Democracy and equal rights for all inhabitants of Israel and the occupied territories is the only peaceful solution possible. Most Israelis know this but they and their government can't get beyond the rhetoric and posturing of the past. We will see within a few short years whether the Israelis can save themselves from themselves.
"Blood libel"? No Mrs. Palin. A blood libel is when you accuse somebody or a group of ritual murder. The thoughtful people of America are not accusing you or conservative pundits of murderer. What they are accusing you of is using violence-laced speech that makes these sorts of tragedies more likely. It would appear, through you gross exaggeration of these accusations, that you are intent upon stoking more acrimony rather than using your freedom of speech to respond to the actual accusations in a thoughtful manner.
The heated rhetoric will only get worse as the right continues to grope for something to distract us from their heinous behavior under George W. Bush. Our country was gravely injured by the ghastly actions of George W. Bush that led to the deaths of 10s if not 100s of thousands of human beings. There will simply be no "healing" of those wounds until justice is served.
Jared Lee Loughner started out life as a liberal absent of psychosis. As his disease manifested itself and grew more severe he became a conservative. Need anyone say anymore?
Just a couple days ago the Israelis killed a Palestinian man at a checkpoint on a road to an Israeli "settlement". They killed him because he was carrying a water bottle when walking through the check point.
What a barbaric people, these Israeli apartheid supporters and enablers.
The Israeli apartheid is every bit as wicked as was the South African apartheid. Israel is, with the help of congressmen and women influenced by AIPAC, dragging us into an immoral abyss. If we do not exit this abyss soon the world will never forget that we helped create it.
Six more Americans dead on the Afghanistan war front but does America notice? Nope. Because the real war front is in Washington D.C. and battles are raging there.
Afghanistan and Iraq were proxy wars to America's domestic war over culture, religion and taxes.
These aren't teams. They are armies. These armies aren't American versus non-American. The armies are entirely American and they consist of conservative corporatists versus progressives. Afghanistan is a proxy war for our domestic war and presently it has "fallen off our radar" because it is seen as a distraction from the battles ocurring on the real war front - Washington D.C..
Population growth in Gaza is one of the - if not THE - biggest threat to maintaining the Israeli apartheid. I Would not be surprised to learn that the Israeli objective is to decrease the Gaza population by increasing childhood mortality rates.
I think religion is but one form of mythology that has evolved to organize peoples and nations. If the mythology produces such organization then it survives and may propagate. If the mythology is insufficient to produce such organization then it dwindles.
Sometimes the organization leads to "good" and sometimes it leads to "bad". But peoples and nations can be organized about nonreligious myth as well with the same results.
The trouble with religion is that it is a voracious myth that feeds upon liberty and reality. Will people and nations built upon myth that does not oppose liberty and reality so consequentially as does religion be able to out compete nations built upon religious myth? I think the answer is yes. Religious myth is just too static for such a dynamic modern world.
Problem is, there is no evidence that death by slip-and-fall would not continue to dwarf death-by-terrorist in the US even if all security measures were rolled back to the pre-911 state. In fact the last 250 years of US history blows a gigantic hole in your attempt to create a Chicken Little tautology.
Cowardice and irrationality is a witches brew.
If you want to stop terrorism then stop creating terrorists. The US should withdraw all support of the Israeli apartheid state. It is the right thing to do despite foreign-born terrorism.
Every year there are more deaths do to slip and falls in the US than there were deaths due to terrorism over the last ten years. If the US government wants to protect me then it can by me a nice pair of bathroom slippers ... but stay the hell out of my bathroom!
This is another fine example of technology degrading humanity. When art becomes the experiencing of that which is created rather than the experience of creating then we will have lost contact with what we are.
If america is stupid enough to think austerity is the solution to our current economic troubles then we will doom ouselves and our children to a generational recession. The Paradox of Thrift is at work big time! The only way to prevent near permanent crippling of our economy is for the government to spend. We will eventually have to pay the price for this spending but the alternative - a permanently depressed economy - is far more ominous. This much should be made clear to the austerity yahoos: If the Paradox of Thrift leads to the demise of major industries - which it will if austerity is implemented - then those industries not return ... ever. This will deepen the recession into a full scake depression from which we may not exist as a nation.
The piper must be paid. The question is one of limiting damage.
Soon we will all be forced to deal with techological reciprocity. Each "advance" in technology must be balanced with the new hazards and costs it presents. As the world's population grows the balance to be struck becomes more and more unstable.
Luddite will not be a derogatory term much longer.
Would you please explain to the american voter what you mean when you say that Iraq has not formed a government yet. There are many americans that think once an election has been held and the votes counted that a government is automagically formed. If they understood more clearly just what a failure this war for democracy has been then perhaps this disasterous occupation will be brought to an end sooner.
Of course sanctions wont stop Iran's nuclear weapons program nor will a military strike. Because Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapons program! No more analysis is required. Are there really any WMD stooges left. How many times can America be fooled by the same neocon-AIPAC ruse.
And this could happen to anyone that resists the machinations of the Israeli apartheid state:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/11/israel-admits-responsibility-1988-assassination-.html
That's a really good one!
We best try Cheney soon before mother nature rids us of him.
That looks like Limbaugh from his brief and fleeting thin-days. These days he's back to looking like a blow fish with liver problems.
Oh that is a nice one!
Hi Juan
I have really enjoyed your translations of Omar Khayyam's work.
Thank you
Let them eat derivatives. Eh, Mitt?
If Israel comes to be surrounded by democracies then the apartheid in Israel will be brought into very sharp focus. I don't see the apartheid surviving for more than a couple years following such events. I think Israel fears this and I will not be surprised to see Israel attempt to undermine Arab democracies.
Perfect. Number 2 is always the best of the top 10 list.
You are delusional. Every reason that Bush propped up for invading Iraq was shot down prior to invading (WMDs, Al Qaeda ties, etc) Iraq. hence the rush to war. And if you think the USA should invade countries based on what Joe American knows then you are stone cold stupid as well.
Sue Rupert Murdoch until he has nothing left but his Social Security check and Medicare and then we will have real news again.
Dr. Cole
Thank you for your service to our country. I will be calling my congressmen and women tomorrow to let them know what I think about the CIA and Bush White House spying on americans.
When you add into the mix that Jews are a religious group, not an ethnic group, yet many self-identified jews are not religious and therefore not jews it gets really confusing for the hypothetical alien visitor.
You are talking about a police force not a military. Israelis will not accept a Palestine with even a weak military.
One solution. One state. Equal rights.
The two-state solution simply will not work. The only way Israel will ever accept a Palestinian state is if it is 100% demilitarized. That is not a condition that any state, let alone a Palestinian state, would accept.
The only peaceful way forward is a one-state solution in which all inhabitants of the present country of Israel and the territories it occupies share exactly the same rights. That is the solution is democracy for all.
Professor Cole
What do you think of Paul Sullivan's perspective on Libya given here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/world/africa/22tripoli.html?_r=1&hp
Thanks!
Dr. Cole
Do you think the revolts are more about democracy or standard of living?
The two state solution was never a viable option. It is simply time to end the Apartheid in Israel. Democracy and equal rights for all inhabitants of Israel and the occupied territories is the only peaceful solution possible. Most Israelis know this but they and their government can't get beyond the rhetoric and posturing of the past. We will see within a few short years whether the Israelis can save themselves from themselves.
Doesn't look the definition of "free" to me.
What is a free tribunal?
Hello Dr. Cole
What on earth is "religious ethnicity"? Does one's ethnicty change if one changes religions?
"Blood libel"? No Mrs. Palin. A blood libel is when you accuse somebody or a group of ritual murder. The thoughtful people of America are not accusing you or conservative pundits of murderer. What they are accusing you of is using violence-laced speech that makes these sorts of tragedies more likely. It would appear, through you gross exaggeration of these accusations, that you are intent upon stoking more acrimony rather than using your freedom of speech to respond to the actual accusations in a thoughtful manner.
Tell me where I am wrong Mrs. Palin.
The heated rhetoric will only get worse as the right continues to grope for something to distract us from their heinous behavior under George W. Bush. Our country was gravely injured by the ghastly actions of George W. Bush that led to the deaths of 10s if not 100s of thousands of human beings. There will simply be no "healing" of those wounds until justice is served.
Bush must be tried for his war crimes.
GOP messaging: You liberals are being hateful by talking about how full of hate we are.
Jared Lee Loughner started out life as a liberal absent of psychosis. As his disease manifested itself and grew more severe he became a conservative. Need anyone say anymore?
Just a couple days ago the Israelis killed a Palestinian man at a checkpoint on a road to an Israeli "settlement". They killed him because he was carrying a water bottle when walking through the check point.
What a barbaric people, these Israeli apartheid supporters and enablers.
The Israeli apartheid is every bit as wicked as was the South African apartheid. Israel is, with the help of congressmen and women influenced by AIPAC, dragging us into an immoral abyss. If we do not exit this abyss soon the world will never forget that we helped create it.
Six more Americans dead on the Afghanistan war front but does America notice? Nope. Because the real war front is in Washington D.C. and battles are raging there.
Afghanistan and Iraq were proxy wars to America's domestic war over culture, religion and taxes.
These aren't teams. They are armies. These armies aren't American versus non-American. The armies are entirely American and they consist of conservative corporatists versus progressives. Afghanistan is a proxy war for our domestic war and presently it has "fallen off our radar" because it is seen as a distraction from the battles ocurring on the real war front - Washington D.C..
Population growth in Gaza is one of the - if not THE - biggest threat to maintaining the Israeli apartheid. I Would not be surprised to learn that the Israeli objective is to decrease the Gaza population by increasing childhood mortality rates.
I agree with Madrid. I have never heard any other religious leader but jewish ones express such delusions of servitude.
I think religion is but one form of mythology that has evolved to organize peoples and nations. If the mythology produces such organization then it survives and may propagate. If the mythology is insufficient to produce such organization then it dwindles.
Sometimes the organization leads to "good" and sometimes it leads to "bad". But peoples and nations can be organized about nonreligious myth as well with the same results.
The trouble with religion is that it is a voracious myth that feeds upon liberty and reality. Will people and nations built upon myth that does not oppose liberty and reality so consequentially as does religion be able to out compete nations built upon religious myth? I think the answer is yes. Religious myth is just too static for such a dynamic modern world.
Problem is, there is no evidence that death by slip-and-fall would not continue to dwarf death-by-terrorist in the US even if all security measures were rolled back to the pre-911 state. In fact the last 250 years of US history blows a gigantic hole in your attempt to create a Chicken Little tautology.
Cowardice and irrationality is a witches brew.
If you want to stop terrorism then stop creating terrorists. The US should withdraw all support of the Israeli apartheid state. It is the right thing to do despite foreign-born terrorism.
Every year there are more deaths do to slip and falls in the US than there were deaths due to terrorism over the last ten years. If the US government wants to protect me then it can by me a nice pair of bathroom slippers ... but stay the hell out of my bathroom!
This is another fine example of technology degrading humanity. When art becomes the experiencing of that which is created rather than the experience of creating then we will have lost contact with what we are.
If america is stupid enough to think austerity is the solution to our current economic troubles then we will doom ouselves and our children to a generational recession. The Paradox of Thrift is at work big time! The only way to prevent near permanent crippling of our economy is for the government to spend. We will eventually have to pay the price for this spending but the alternative - a permanently depressed economy - is far more ominous. This much should be made clear to the austerity yahoos: If the Paradox of Thrift leads to the demise of major industries - which it will if austerity is implemented - then those industries not return ... ever. This will deepen the recession into a full scake depression from which we may not exist as a nation.
The piper must be paid. The question is one of limiting damage.
Iraqi Parties reject US Power Sharing Proposal
Is it possible that Sunni guerillas are not behind this bombing?
Soon we will all be forced to deal with techological reciprocity. Each "advance" in technology must be balanced with the new hazards and costs it presents. As the world's population grows the balance to be struck becomes more and more unstable.
Luddite will not be a derogatory term much longer.
Netanyahu Warns of Eastern Front
Dr. Cole
Would you please explain to the american voter what you mean when you say that Iraq has not formed a government yet. There are many americans that think once an election has been held and the votes counted that a government is automagically formed. If they understood more clearly just what a failure this war for democracy has been then perhaps this disasterous occupation will be brought to an end sooner.
Israel's strategy appears to have been one of provocation followed by brutality.
Of course sanctions wont stop Iran's nuclear weapons program nor will a military strike. Because Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapons program! No more analysis is required. Are there really any WMD stooges left. How many times can America be fooled by the same neocon-AIPAC ruse.