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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
What axe does he have to grind? What's his "hidden" agenda? How is he profiting from his views?
You've made the accusation, now you should back it up.
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unless there's a rule book I've never seen I think you can have an axe to grind without an agenda, though I guess they can be one in the same.
He's very anti-US, and very anti-US foreign policy ... it flows through almost every topic in that lecture you quoted (which I did just read by the way ... or skimmed if I'm to be honest as it wasn't easy to read - partly guilty of rolling my eyes, and the fact that I have two kids and I can't devote three minutes to any one topic).
The man can school me in Israeli history, and in middle east history, but then that's never been my point.
You can't discount history, and certainly you can't forget history, but the now is important too.
One one side you have a democracy protecting it's own self interests and national security. I think as I've said, they've taken it too far, but that doens't change the fact that everyone country within 1000 miles wants them dead, pushed into the sea or disemboweled.
That's what I can't get my head around on this topic. Nobody wants civilians killed but how can anyone take the Hezzbollah or Palestinian side when they use suicide bombers and spout complete ethnic hatred towards the other side.
He points hard to Oil, but doesn't hit the even bigger issues in the region ... religion and intolerance.
And yes I think his anti-US stance clouds the issues for him big time.
Just my opinion.