Stoner James wrote:
>
> My apologies, Mr. Cox.
>
> Normally, I would be reticent to comment on political issues on such a
> LISTSERVE, but considering Pound was an "ex-patriot" it is probably
> appropriate to engage in such useless ramblings about the Palestine
> issue.
>
> My final useless comment is that I am not certain that peace can come
> about in the Middle East without getting the U.S. under control in that
> region of the world.  I suppose this is all I have to say about the
> issue.  A few meager saplings planted within a forest of evergreens
> don't get enough sun -- they quietly die.
>

I don't disagree with any of this. But sometimes the tentacle of the
octopus must be cut off inch by inch! Saving some Palestinian lives is
not a bad place to start. (Of course the IMF slaughers by the millions
rathr than by the hundreds or thousands.)

Carrol