'To imprison even more of their neighbors, to destroy their homes, to kill, to arrest, block roads and exact more revenge. ...Their own wild militias raid the Palestinians, throw stones at their vehicles, set their fields on fire and wreak terror on their villages. ...Not satisfied with the collective punishment imposed by the army and the Shin Bet security service, exercised with cruelty and criminality. The settlers’ lust for revenge is never satisfied. How is it possible to identify with the grief of people who behave like that?'
The announcement by President Trump that US troops would be leaving Syria has been met with anger not just by neo-con-artists, but by Hollywood ‘feminist SJW's’ too. Aren’t progressives supposed to oppose wars and illegal occupations?
Of course, we have to be cautious. Trump’s announcement of a troop withdrawal from Syria, for now at least, is just words. We need to see evidence of soldiers leaving before we start to celebrate. We need to read the small print with a large Sherlock Holmes-style magnifying glass.
Even so, it’s a positive development as it marks a further winding down of the conflict. Some though don’t see it that way.
We knew neocons would be upset by the news. They want the US to be in Syria forever. We knew Britain and France – who have invested so much in trying to bring down the Assad government – wouldn’t be happy either. But it’s the reaction of Hollywood liberals which is the interesting thing.
I’m old enough to remember when liberals hummed Pete Seeger songs and marched against wars and illegal occupations of global south countries. When they denounced imperialism and the racist attitudes which underpinned it.




