| As an American jew i have followed Dr. Finkelstein`s scholarship and career. I don`t think anyone can doubt he is a serious scholar and a good one at that. However he essentially has the same problem as those he ideologically disagrees with. He sees in things in terms of moral black and white where one side is completely justified and the other is pure evil. If history shows us anything in most cases conflicts are shades of grey. I have no problem with him meeting Hezbollah, i do have a problem with him acting as if Hezbollah is the symbol of innocence and hope. It can be argued that Hezbollah did try to defend Lebanon, but it cannot be denied that they too are guilty of atrocities, the only way to reconcile such a fond view of hezbollah is to accept a completely non-moral view, that in wars of survival, their is no moral actions, only necessary ones. |
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