Comments on: A country lost in its own region http://antonyloewenstein.com/2006/11/10/a-country-lost-in-its-own-region/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:39:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Israel, the try-hard state at Antony Loewenstein http://antonyloewenstein.com/2006/11/10/a-country-lost-in-its-own-region/comment-page-1/#comment-22141 Israel, the try-hard state at Antony Loewenstein Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:59:13 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2006/11/10/a-country-lost-in-its-own-region/#comment-22141 [...] Following my article on Israel/Palestine in last Friday’s Age newspaper, two letter writers respond in today’s edition: [...] [...] Following my article on Israel/Palestine in last Friday’s Age newspaper, two letter writers respond in today’s edition: [...]

]]> By: Paul Walter http://antonyloewenstein.com/2006/11/10/a-country-lost-in-its-own-region/comment-page-1/#comment-22054 Paul Walter Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:43:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2006/11/10/a-country-lost-in-its-own-region/#comment-22054 Firstly, concur with Orang's reading. Am actually off on a tangent over another comment you made, about Israel "in decline", though. Judging by the daily reports about the cesspit that is Australian politics at fed, state and local level,anybody calling themself an Australian this ought to be circumspect in pointing at any other nation, including even Palestine and Israel, who at least can point cite the tensions of their region as a contributing factor. Elsewhere, at online op. a blogger called Chris Shaw has run a commentary on the state of Australia at the moment, involving its loss of identity and sovereignty due to globalisation and the US "alliance". What the politicians, with a chutzpah only politicians can conjur, pass off as the anzac or gallipoli nation, has actually not been left the functioning reality of a colony, let alone any sense of identity, judging by the soul-less looting of the Commonwealth going on just now. Firstly, concur with Orang's reading.

Am actually off on a tangent over another comment you made, about Israel "in decline", though.

Judging by the daily reports about the cesspit that is Australian politics at fed, state and local level,anybody calling themself an Australian this ought to be circumspect in pointing at any other nation, including even Palestine and Israel, who at least can point cite the tensions of their region as a contributing factor.

Elsewhere, at online op. a blogger called Chris Shaw has run a commentary on the state of Australia at the moment, involving its loss of identity and sovereignty due to globalisation and the US "alliance". What the politicians, with a chutzpah only politicians can conjur, pass off as the anzac or gallipoli nation, has actually not been left the functioning reality of a colony, let alone any sense of identity, judging by the soul-less looting of the Commonwealth going on just now.

]]> By: orang http://antonyloewenstein.com/2006/11/10/a-country-lost-in-its-own-region/comment-page-1/#comment-21580 orang Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:31:20 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2006/11/10/a-country-lost-in-its-own-region/#comment-21580 Good point Ant; "Israel’s long-term future lies not with a superpower thousands of kilometres away, but in the Arab world." -However how do you explain that to a bunch of racist, Arab hating Moldovian and Polish settlers ? Instead of embracing their neighbours they think the answer to their problems is for the US to bomb Iran - as if that's going to get them out of the shit. Good point Ant; "Israel’s long-term future lies not with a superpower thousands of kilometres away, but in the Arab world."

-However how do you explain that to a bunch of racist, Arab hating Moldovian and Polish settlers ?

Instead of embracing their neighbours they think the answer to their problems is for the US to bomb Iran – as if that's going to get them out of the shit.

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