A favored myth that is detrimental to our country: Israel is a weak and threatened state which can do no wrong and which must be supported at any cost (see hot debate on Galatea's diary).
Reality: Israel is a nuclear power that the U.S. must coax and coerce into a peace settlement.
Cost of believing myth: 9/11, two wars and their inestimable costs.
The sine qua non for any negotiations: Israel must accept that it is a colonial solution to a European problem; Arab states and parties must accept that, despite this, Israel has won the right to exist.
This comment is about American national mythology, please discuss Israel, middle east, wars, elsewhere.
Reality: Israel is a nuclear power that the U.S. must coax and coerce into a peace settlement.
Cost of believing myth: 9/11, two wars and their inestimable costs.
The sine qua non for any negotiations: Israel must accept that it is a colonial solution to a European problem; Arab states and parties must accept that, despite this, Israel has won the right to exist.
This comment is about American national mythology, please discuss Israel, middle east, wars, elsewhere.