Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The limits of a victim narrative



Bush is in Israel today, celebrating that country's 60 years. Soft spoken Tony Judt asks, how long will U.S. support for Israel last? Loads slowly, but worth viewing.

2 comments:

Nell said...

Tony Karon has a recent post along the same lines, though he doesn't pose the possible future quite so chillingly.

janinsanfran said...

Yes -- I found this terribly chilling, so much so that I hesitated to post it. But he's really saying what friends, Jewish and Arab, have been saying for 20 years. Israel's failure to make itself into a responsible, law-abiding state threatens its very survival. And that's awful -- and nonetheless true.