Re: NYTimes.com Article: Europe's Chance in the Mideast

On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 threehegemons@aol.com wrote:

> This article from NYTimes.com 
> has been sent to you by threehegemons@aol.com.
> 
> Two articles in today's times suggest that Wallerstein's prediction that 
>Bush's policies may erode US power might be correct.  The other is about the 
>friendship agreement signed by Russia and China.

This article does, however, put in question Wallerstein's claim (made in
an FBC commentary just a few days ago) that the reason the Palestinians
don't get the same kind of worldwide support as the blacks in South Africa
received has to do with the lingering Western guilt about the Holocaust.
If that were the only reason, the Europeans would tread more softly around
Israel than does the US.  The present reality suggests that the case is
quite different - lack of sympathy for the Palestinians has more to do
with US power and Israel's role as a US client than with residual guilt
about the treatment of Jews.

-- 
Boris Stremlin
bstremli@binghamton.edu