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- Doha Debate Mch 25, 2009
An often heated discussion at Georgetown University in which a 450-strong mainly student audience voted 63-37 percent in favour of a new Israel policy reflected a sharp mood swing in America, commentators said.
The motion ‘This House believes it’s time for the US administration to get tough on Israel’ was carried convincingly despite passionately-argued support for the status quo from Dore Gold, a former Israeli ambassador to the UN, and Alan Dershowitz, a prominent Harvard law professor. The vote came at a time when President Obama’s administration is seeking to implement fresh initiatives in the Middle East. It delivered a message to Capitol Hill that America may be ready to ditch decades of virtually unqualified support for Israel.
Arguing in favour of the motion, Michael Scheuer, founder and former head of the CIA’s Bin Laden tracking unit, suggested that the present US-Israel relationship undermined national security and Israel should be left to its own devices. He referred to a ‘pro-Israel fifth column of US citizens’ that ‘corrupt US politics’ and subordinate US interests to those of Israel. That support had turned Israel into the most ‘arrogant, avaricious and treacherous American ally’. Mr. Scheuer said America should cut all ties with Israel and the Palestinians, leaving both sides to settle their disputes without support or interference from outside on the principle that ‘no nation has a right to exist and the war’s outcome is irrelevant to America’. Supporting him, Avraham Burg, former speaker of the Israeli Knesset and a senior member of the Labour Party spoke of the ‘cowboy, isolationist, indifferent, arrogant policy’ of the Bush administration which had achieved nothing but a stalemate in the region. Only a ‘dramatic turnaround’ could change the situation. He likened America’s attitude to Israel to that of a ‘bad parent’ who never says ‘no’ to their offspring. ‘If it calls for tougher measures to unlock the locked horns of both sides, then so be it’.
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Breakbeat Remix of one of the best urban soundtracks + a little video I made with Windows Movie Maker.
BBtv online: http://tv.boingboing.net Café Tacvba (MySpace, Wikipedia) are one of the most, if not the most, imaginative and recklessly experimental indie rock bands ever to come out of Latin America. They formed in near Mexico City in the late ’80s, and have been happily mutating ever since. I’m always kind of surprised when non-Spanish-speaking American friends don’t know who they are — they’re sort of like the Radiohead of Mexico. Anyway, Boing Boing tv caught up with the tacubos backstage after their set at the Outside Lands festival, and our UK-based music correspondent Russell Porter asked them important questions about their excellent shoes, and why lots of ladies run screaming to stage-rush them during shows (Answer: because they’re awesome).
Dan Rather discusses comments made by Katie Couric on the Kalb Report with Carol Joynt.
A movie to inspire you to take action in your community and spend time with your family.
Dorothy was a popular local band based out of East Lansing Michigan in the mid-90’s. This early single called “The Garden” was filmed at Rick’s American Cafe along with the MSU gardens and was produced by Jerry Jodloski and Chris Vecchio.
This is the AG cafe I made! I worked really hard on this, and so did my dad trying to get the parts together. Sooooo……ENJOY!
Eddie Van Halen’s brief appearance on Valerie’s sitcom “Cafe Americain” 1993
Call your congressman and tell them to vote no on HR 45 – the bill that infringes on your 2nd Amendment Rights!