Truth To Power wrote:But somehow, that didn't work in Cuba, Venezuela, Laos, Tibet, etc.
IMHO: The sanctions, foreign interference and isolation/containment policies are the cause for Cuba, Venezuela and Laos's woes (less the sanctions/isolative policies wrt Laos).
Venezuela; Required Reading:
http://cepr.net/publications/op-eds-col ... -venezuelahttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes ... world/amp/Quick tidbit on Hmong CIA backed rebels abandoned in Laos;
https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/ge ... 57448.htmlIt's a bit like giving with one hand and taking with the other.
The cause for Tibet's woes is clearly China's policy of total oppression.
I suspect the long-term prospects for Israel aren't good unless Muslims can be persuaded to renounce their hatred of Jews.
That and the Israeli govt withdrawing from its genocidal policies.
"A senior Israeli politician has called for the “conquest of the entire Gaza Strip” and the deportation of Palestinians to make way for Jewish settlers. Moshe Feiglin, the Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and a member of the governing Likud party, outlined his plans in an open letter to Benjamin Netanyahu published on Facebook.
Writing last week after the reported abduction of an Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, he called on the Prime Minister to vastly increase the aggression of Operation Protective Edge, which has already killed more than 1,800 Palestinians and destroyed thousands of homes.
Demanding the end to the two-state solution, Mr Feiglin called for the “annihilation” of Hamas and its supporters and the creation of camps where civilians from Gaza will be “concentrated” until they can be deported to other countries."
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 49103.html“If political leaders and military experts determine that the only way to achieve its goal of sustaining quiet is through genocide is it then permissible to achieve those responsible goals?”
https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/57000"They have to die and their houses should be demolished so that they cannot bear any more terrorists. They are all our enemies and their blood should be on our hands. This also applies to the mothers of the dead terrorists. …
[The terrorists] are all enemy combatants, and their blood shall be on all their heads. Now this also includes the mothers of the martyrs, who send them to hell with flowers and kisses. They should follow their sons, nothing would be more just. They should go, as should the physical homes in which they raised the snakes. Otherwise, more little snakes will be raised there." - Israeli Justice Minister
https://www.haaretz.com/amp/.premium-wh ... -1.5360885"A terrorist, like those who kidnapped the boys [in the West Bank on June 12] and killed them, the only thing that will deter them, is if they know that either their sister or mother will be raped if they are caught. What can we do? This is the culture that we live in."
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/indepth/o ... 29540.htmlTimes Of Israel Publishes Op-Eds Calling For Genocide Of Palestinians the deletes it
(The UK newspaper the Independent's 100 most newsworthy items twitter feed )
https://archive.fo/RPf3M#selection-1087.359-1095.36And..
'Ayelet Shaked is a member of the ultra-nationalist Jewish Home party and justice minister'
: “They have to die and their houses should be demolished so that they cannot bear any more terrorists . . . are all our enemies and their blood should be on our hands. This also applies to the mothers of the dead terrorists.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.middle ... error/amp/MEMO an internationally respected organisation
Haaretz
Times of Israel ..... etc ...