tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135100.post2832817781734805840..comments2024-01-21T02:42:13.447-05:00Comments on Middle East Reality: So what happens after two states?Arnold Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11445744338502151561noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135100.post-64499940472878241282009-11-12T10:46:47.537-05:002009-11-12T10:46:47.537-05:00The World stood by and the American Occupation acq...The World stood by and the American Occupation acquiesced as Baghdad was cleansed from a large part of its Sunni population.<br /><br />That was a couple of a hundred thousand people. The West Bank is only a couple of orders of magnitude above that. Would the Israelis get away w/ cleansing the West Bank? How do they get away w/ what they do in Gaza?<br /><br />WILLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135100.post-27656795536999984042009-11-07T20:50:59.561-05:002009-11-07T20:50:59.561-05:00Left to their own devices, the powerful members of...Left to their own devices, the powerful members of the international comunity would indeed tolerate ethnic cleansing if there were no consequences to it and if it could be porttrayed as a matter of Palestinian intransegence, terror, etc. Those same members will likely not tolerate it if there are powerful voices to oppose it. That means a nuclear Iran, a Turkey that is not aligned with Israel and a Russia and China that are trying to make alliances in the Muslim world. Also, the US position has to be too weak to offer the political diplomatic cover for mass ethnic cleansing.<br /><br />If these changes do not take place, you cannot count on an antiapartheidt movement being successful. Israel<br />enjoys too much international legitimacy and has a well organized network of supporters.Lysandernoreply@blogger.com