22-02-2010, 09:41 PM
I think that the Israeli psy-ops people will twist anything and everything they can into fodder for their propaganda war.
The most strategic thing to do is to anticipate your opponent's methodology in advance and be very, very thoughtful about what you do and do not say.
So, essentially Peter, you and I are in agreement- I do not doubt that the Israeli State enjoys a great deal of help from without, and I do think this is a very important moral and political concern. I just think that, in retrospect, we can see that Gordon Thomas's statement gave them an opening, and this should be a lesson to us all.
The most strategic thing to do is to anticipate your opponent's methodology in advance and be very, very thoughtful about what you do and do not say.
So, essentially Peter, you and I are in agreement- I do not doubt that the Israeli State enjoys a great deal of help from without, and I do think this is a very important moral and political concern. I just think that, in retrospect, we can see that Gordon Thomas's statement gave them an opening, and this should be a lesson to us all.