from Informed Comment
In the weeks leading up to Palestinian President Yassir Arafat’s death American politicians and pundits have repeatedly called on the Palestinian people to use the opportunity of his passing to transform the intifada from a violent uprising into a non-violent, democratic and pragmatic program for achieving independence. This is very good advice, needless to say, except for one small problem: Palestinians have been trying to build such a movement for the last two decades, and the Israeli Government, IDF and American policy-makers have done everything possible to make sure it could not be heeded.
3 comments:
At the risk of sounding alarmist, the world is going to hell. :(
I, unfortunately, will have to second that.
And if only most American's realized it.
I could be wrong, but I think that on some level they do realize it, but they think that if they ignore the problem it will go away on its own.
I often worry that Americans don't realize that everyday people don't just have a right to power, but a civic responsibility to be involved. Our country has left things in the hands of a small minority for too long.
Ryan's right when he talks about the elite. This is our government, even if it is bankrupt.
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