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Why is Israel's AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) given special status that no other country is given which permits it to lobby on behalf of the national interests of Zionist Jews and Zionist hegemony? Or more pertinent, why does the U.S. permit itself to be the proxy of the Zionist state of Israel?
If the answer is the 'holocaust' then what about the holocausts of non-Jews? Surely genocide has not been meted out only to the Jew. Maybe the answer lies with religion. Perhaps Americans are sympathetic with the Zionist Jews of Israel because part of Christianity is derived from the old covenant literature of the Jews.
Whatever the reason, the Framers of the U.S. Constitution were religiously neutral when it came to religion. This is evinced in The Treaty of Tripoli of 1796 which was signed by President John Adams. In this treaty, Art. 11, states that "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion...."
Right now, the U.S. is not acting in its foreign policy as religiously neutral. It is giving deference to a religiously inspired ideology called Zionism, created by Theodor Herzl, a secular Jew who was a great admirer of German culture.
If the U.S. were consistent at all with its foreign policy why not also support the plight of Tibetans with equal fervor as it does the Israeli Jew? Is there something racially displeasing about Tibetans that turns off Americans? Is it the religion of Buddhism that makes the Tibetan plight less appealing to the U.S. government?
By all measures, Israel is doing quite well both financially and militarily. So why does Israel still require U.S. foreign aid and sympathy? Isn't it time for the U.S. to begin to think about Tibet and helping to preserve its great culture?
Presently, Chinese policies are acting to reduce the Tibetan population by preventing births of a people of a distinct religion and culture. Doesn't this fall within the four corners of the Genocide Convention? Why isn't the U.S. doing anything about it on the same scale that it aids Israel?
Let's be frank. Israel doesn't need anymore U.S. help. Israelis not being threatened with genocide while the Tibetans are, and the U.S. needs to do more about it to change how China thinks about Tibet, Tibetans, and their religion.
Perhaps the U.S. needs to place a tax on imported Chinese goods that will go directly to the Tibetans living in exile in India. This will at least help the Tibetans help themselves of which they are quite adept.
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Save Tibet not Israel
Why is Israel's AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) given special status that no other country is given which permits it to lobby on behalf of the national interests of Zionist Jews and Zionist hegemony? Or more pertinent, why does the U.S. permit itself to be the proxy of the Zionist state of Israel?
If the answer is the 'holocaust' then what about the holocausts of non-Jews? Surely genocide has not been meted out only to the Jew. Maybe the answer lies with religion. Perhaps Americans are sympathetic with the Zionist Jews of Israel because part of Christianity is derived from the old covenant literature of the Jews.
Whatever the reason, the Framers of the U.S. Constitution were religiously neutral when it came to religion. This is evinced in The Treaty of Tripoli of 1796 which was signed by President John Adams. In this treaty, Art. 11, states that "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion...."
Right now, the U.S. is not acting in its foreign policy as religiously neutral. It is giving deference to a religiously inspired ideology called Zionism, created by Theodor Herzl, a secular Jew who was a great admirer of German culture.
If the U.S. were consistent at all with its foreign policy why not also support the plight of Tibetans with equal fervor as it does the Israeli Jew? Is there something racially displeasing about Tibetans that turns off Americans? Is it the religion of Buddhism that makes the Tibetan plight less appealing to the U.S. government?
By all measures, Israel is doing quite well both financially and militarily. So why does Israel still require U.S. foreign aid and sympathy? Isn't it time for the U.S. to begin to think about Tibet and helping to preserve its great culture?
Presently, Chinese policies are acting to reduce the Tibetan population by preventing births of a people of a distinct religion and culture. Doesn't this fall within the four corners of the Genocide Convention? Why isn't the U.S. doing anything about it on the same scale that it aids Israel?
Let's be frank. Israel doesn't need anymore U.S. help. Israelis not being threatened with genocide while the Tibetans are, and the U.S. needs to do more about it to change how China thinks about Tibet, Tibetans, and their religion.
Perhaps the U.S. needs to place a tax on imported Chinese goods that will go directly to the Tibetans living in exile in India. This will at least help the Tibetans help themselves of which they are quite adept.
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This is in reply to post number 7. Israel, by having a few nukes can defend itself while the Tibetan can not stop the ongoing genocide right now. Who is in need of help more?
Like the author said, the US is partial to the Israeli and we know that the government decides this, not the majority of the American people. If the American have a choice, they will cut Israel loose like a bad cancer and you, you should go to Youtube and see who the agressor is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0VVxdR4G6Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slX2kos299M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw_Px5cJIyI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O36KYRFkL30
Trust me, there are more, but these are a few to start. Your dollars at work all right.
Bodhiratna -
One last thing I'd like to say--Tibet, or what's left of it, must be saved. It is the single most tragic cultural genocide of our time. The tyranny of the communist Chinese government towards the Tibetan people must end and the Tibetans must be allowed to determine their own destiny. I don't pretend to know how this can come about, I just know that it has to.
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All beings need protection and nurturing, not just infants. There are many kinds of nurturing. The Buddha nurtures us with his teaching.
I disagree with your statement that Israel is not facing genocide. Israel is very much facing genocide. Without American aid, Israel would soon cease to exist, despite their having a few nukes. They are surrounded by countries who will not rest until they are driven into the sea. They're on record on that point.
I think the solution is reconciliation, not diatribe and name calling. I'm glad to see that you've altered your original position and now support giving Israel money for land reparations. But I think we need to do more. The money needs to go to building trust between people. Israel is a pluralistic country that's controlled by one group. It needs to evolve into a country where all have equal equity in the nation. If we can help facilitate that process, it's worth all the dollars we can scrape together. -
Nurturing a baby, that makes sense. However I don't think Israel is a "baby". It is a sufficient country to defend itself with that nuke arsenal that it has.
On the other hand, giving aid the country that makes war with its neighbors create unwholesome Karma. It is better if the US tells the Israeli to use the money and pay the Palestinian for the land taken away from them when the Jewish state was created. I think that is the only way to peace for that region.
Bodhiratna
4/22/08 5:00 PM
the Palestinians.
After 911, I did the opposite of what most Americans did, I think. I looked into
the reasons why the Muslim world generally does not like America. Most Americans
dismissed those reasons because of 911, I feel. I specifically focused in on how
zionist terrorists stole the land of the Palestinians in 1948, according to
Benny Morris, a zionist historian, and according to Ami Isseroff, a zionist for
peace.
When I found out how my Jewish brothers and sisters violated the ten
commandments in order to form the state of Israel, I was filled with an angry
justice that has not gone away or diminished.
Most Americans do not realize how Israel was formed. Perhaps most don't want to
know. And the US corporate media certainly doesn't want to tell them.
My suggestion to Muslim and Palestinian leaders is to try to give the American
people an education in this history whether they want to hear it or not. They
need to see the context behind those suicide bombers.
On the other hand, in the present times, since the wall was built, there have
been few suicide bombers against Israel, yet the Israelis continue to kill
Palestinians on a regular basis and they continue to build settlements on the
land they stole. These excesses by the Israelis certainly help the cause of a
Palestinian state and the cause of justice by turning some Americans against the
Israelis.
But I feel without the context of history most Americans will continue to be
ignorant and unsympathetic to the victims of this brutal, barbaric and immoral
theft.