Mona Pereth wrote:
MaxE wrote:
Now consider which countries have always been the most staunchly anti-Zionist. These come to mind: Russia, Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela. These, and others, seem to belong to an informal coalition of countries that have also been most steadfastly opposed to the aims of the US and its allies. It also happens that these are countries that have unapologetically authoritarian régimes,
Most likely on the basis that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." All these countries hate the U.S.A. for one reason or another, hence hate any and all longtime allies of the U.S.A., hence sympathize with anyone being picked on by either the U.S.A. itself or an ally thereof.
MaxE wrote:
so it leads to the ironic conclusion that to be truly committed to the plight of Palestine, it helps to be authoritarian.
I don't think that's the key commonality, at all. The U.S.A. has had some pretty darned authoritarian allies, too.
I hate to seem like an apologist for US foreign policy, but most of that happened during the Cold War. There are still some embarrassing cases. Consider Saudi Arabia, for example (although I wouldn't consider the US Saudi Arabia to be staunch allies) but if you want to take a roll call of countries that vocally oppose the West and maintain an autocratic form of government at home, it's basically those places.
BTW for the most part, I am ignoring Asia except maybe North Korea as being in the game. Those places don't really care about Israel/Palestine, except for maybe if they can somehow take advantage of the situation for their own benefit. They do care about containing China, but that has nothing to do with what's happening in Gaza.
24 Dec 2023, 4:47 pm
