I appreciate reading this morning Prof. Brands’ update to his “Founding Partisans” (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2023-11-07) pointing out the parallel irony in today’s United States political environment with the Israel/Gaza situation and that in the 1800s with the British/French foreign war when the Republicans displaced the Federalists. While reading his book, I marvelled at so many parallels that my mind could draw from those times to these.
[To other readers: the book is well worth the purchase and read if you have not done so already.]
Well said. I note that Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) says Biden's unconditional support of Israel and the Netanyahu government "could become his Vietnam." Netanyahu didn't hesitate to support Trump in two previous elections, and probably will in this one as well. Why can't Biden ally with the Israeli opposition? A ceasefire and change in leadership in Israel, along with a joint Arab-Israeli plan to rebuild Gaza quickly and provide representation, might be a way to stave off disaster both in the region and at the U.S. ballot box in the fall. The Israeli notion of completely eliminating Hamas is a pipe dream. Current conditions are producing more potential terrorists. The way to insure Israeli safety is massive electronic surveillance of the kind the UAE employs against all residents, with a well-paid police force.
I appreciate reading this morning Prof. Brands’ update to his “Founding Partisans” (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2023-11-07) pointing out the parallel irony in today’s United States political environment with the Israel/Gaza situation and that in the 1800s with the British/French foreign war when the Republicans displaced the Federalists. While reading his book, I marvelled at so many parallels that my mind could draw from those times to these.
[To other readers: the book is well worth the purchase and read if you have not done so already.]
Well said. I note that Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) says Biden's unconditional support of Israel and the Netanyahu government "could become his Vietnam." Netanyahu didn't hesitate to support Trump in two previous elections, and probably will in this one as well. Why can't Biden ally with the Israeli opposition? A ceasefire and change in leadership in Israel, along with a joint Arab-Israeli plan to rebuild Gaza quickly and provide representation, might be a way to stave off disaster both in the region and at the U.S. ballot box in the fall. The Israeli notion of completely eliminating Hamas is a pipe dream. Current conditions are producing more potential terrorists. The way to insure Israeli safety is massive electronic surveillance of the kind the UAE employs against all residents, with a well-paid police force.