05-13-2008
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President
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Re: The Road Map.
Bush might like to read this as he prepares to congratulate Zionism for sixty years of ethnic cleansing and the souring of a region;
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Why Bush must recognise the Nakba
Sixty years later, the Nakba lies at the core of the Palestinians' identity and of their view of history and justice.
Official US ignorance of that, passed down through generations and embodied in Bush's visit only to the Israeli side, has, unsurprisingly, angered Palestinians.
"It is a slap in the face," said Diana Buttu, a prominent Palestinian analyst in the West Bank, told The New York Times, adding that the US is essentially saying: "You have no history and your past does not matter."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...94A39E3D51.htm
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Quote:
WASHINGTON, 12 May (IPS) - While this week's trip by US
President George W. Bush to Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt
was never conceived as a triumphant "victory lap" around
the region, the swift rout of US-backed forces by
Lebanon's Hizballah Friday has provided yet another vivid
illustration of the rapid decline in Washington's
influence in the Middle East during his tenure.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9535.shtml
Indeed, five years after the White House declared "Mission Accomplished" on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, virtually all analysts here agree that almost everything Bush has done in the region -- from invading Iraq and ousting Saddam Hussein and then rejecting an Iranian offer to negotiate a settlement on all outstanding issues; to pressing for the total isolation of Hamas after it won (US-backed) democratic elections in the OPT and egging on the Israelis in their attack on Lebanon and Hizballah in 2006 -- has undermined US standing and influence, even as it enhanced Tehran's.
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Last edited by moon; 05-13-2008 at 10:51 AM.
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