Mr Galloway Presents
While watching this clip that K had sent to me, it dawned on me why the American public is so willing to support Israel. While it is easy enough to rattle off factors, such as relatively low Arab immigration, a strong Jewish lobby, etc, I could not help but feel as though I were missing the most basic piece of that puzzle. Now I realise the exceedingly obvious fact that I had suppressed. The American public possesses no long term memory. The short term memory that it does have does not exceed four weeks in most cases. In other words, the Americans have ungracefully taken this attack by Israel out of context.I have also been marveling at the skill and deftness of Israeli propaganda, both at home an abroad. The death of each soldier is emphasised and dutifully mourned by Israeli media. Such tactics have a strong effect on the national psyche, allowing Israelis to feel that they are indeed the victims of this conflict. Moreover, Israel has managed to keep at least one key proposal from the headlines. Prior to the bombing of Qana, the Lebanese government floated a proposal which would have included such measures as sending Lebanese troops to the south to prevent a vacuum from being created by the withdraw of Israeli troops and *gasp* the release of the two Israeli soldiers whose capture provided the Israeli government with the excuse it needed to launch its attack in the first place.
Come to think of it, this clip of Mr Galloway reminds me of this clip from British CNN.
posted by vesna @ 07:35
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