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0 pointsVivtek13y ago0 comments

Now this is the kind of comment I come to HNN for.

(1) From the point of view of a liberal American, it seems a given. To have any negative opinion of Israeli politics in the States marks you as Not The In Crowd.

(2) I dunno - all I know is that American politicians represent the situation in this way. I know a few Israelis, but we've never talked politics and I've never been to Israel, sadly. So I'm woefully ignorant.

(3) We're never supposed to talk about that, are we? Only Evil Rogue Nations violate nuclear treaties they didn't sign, after all.

On your final paragraph - now I'm going to have to go read some things.

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nir13y ago

(1) Well, Chomsky is doing alright.. And I wouldn't say The Nation or the New Yorker have any qualms about criticizing Israel (and they shouldn't).

(2) I agree, the situation is represented in the US in very simplistic terms, by both sides.

(3) IMHO Israel, along with Pakistan and India, took the only respectable option by not signing that treaty. When my wife was doing her MA she'd often tell me how her professors mentioned various UN human rights treaties the US didn't sign and which many dictatorships did sign. It amazed me how her ivy league teachers didn't realize the signature of most nations is meaningless, as they have no intention of committing to it.

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