29-07-2009, 02:23 PM
Ed Jewett Wrote:Mark, gather your facts and information and write it up for John and present it in depth and detail for him and others, and don't be too quick to prejudge the product in its early phases.
Already did Ed, well the bones of it anyway in post #10. The info is pretty widely available on the net anyway. John already said he doesn't buy it in post #7, although his reasoning for dismissing it is a tad hazy. There's a chance (very small in my view, but that's only my opinion) Mossad and Israel was not involved in DP. There's an even smaller chance (none in my view) that the change in US policy toward Israel is irrelevant, especially in light of what has happened in the subsequent 46 odd years. If someone can nominate a more profound foreign policy change coming out of DP, then I'm all ears. We all know about Vietnam and the strong possibility that the MIC played a role in DP. I can't see why this is incompatible with the sudden capture of US foreign policy by Israel which emerged out of DP. The fact it occurred beneath the media radar (with good reason as far as LBJ and Israel were concerned) seems to strangely justify its complete omission from historical significance in the minds of some researchers. In my view, they are wrong.
John seems to think the Israel issue is not worth mentioning. That's his call. I think this kind of omission will diminish the final product--that's my call. Í'm not here to tell people how to make docos or lecture them. I'm just expressing my opinion.
I liked your post. Some helpful hints for John there. I hope we can talk plenty more, Ed.