I'm not sure exactly how to characterize what I am thinking here, because it is both convuluted and anal at the same time.
Israel. I care about the people of Israel. Most people there are just like everyone else, they work, they eat, they fuck and they do it all over again the next day. They don't see the big picture either.
there is one thing that bothers me about the israelis. they expect their gov't to be corrupt. they understand it. it almost seems like they are very adult about this whole corruption issue. By comparison, we are idealistic teenagers with yearning glands, out spinning our tires and driving our political car very recklessly.
But I also know that Israelis lack enlightenment. Even among individuals that I know and their gov't. Their gov. is not based on the elightened principles like ours is (was?).
We are gonna be forced to look, like a man not like a reckless teenager, at ourselves and decide what do we think is important. Do we REALLY believe in the American state documents or not?
If we don't, then carry on as you were.
But, if we do, we really really do, then we have got some soul-searching and some sacrifice to do. We have connected ourselves with philosophical undesirables and have let them seduce us. And the way they captured us was by using our flaws against us; arrogance, racism, party politics, agression, greed, religion, ignorance and innocent naivete.
My whole bitch is this. Israel has a very strong need to retain whatever control they have in the world. They fight tooth and nail for it. One almost has to admire their creativity and determination. That desire has caused retribution against them throughout history.
But that history is the history of religion. Religion is now dying. Mass communication has raised the whole level of discourse worldwide, and it's killing religion. In the world of religions, there is no distinction between religion and culture and gov't. That real distinction only came about when America came into existence. Even ancient Rome or Greece wasn't as enlightened as the american idea. But we have let that philosophy wither on the vine due of neglect.
We are sorta free, and most men, well some men are created equal, some more than others. we believe in justice, well, ya know, if you don't have money and power. we believe in peace, well, that is, if you don't have oil concerns.
This Aipac spy thing is just another example of politics and religion and bribery overiding the american idea of blind justice. The american guy involved in this is already in prison.