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From: mokhtar@ubc-vision.UUCP (Farzin Mokhtarian)
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Subject: Re: A question of Allegiance
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Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 19:07:14 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  6 19:07:14 1985
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Subject: Re: A question of Allegiance
  
>> In view of last week's spy scandal (An american jew spying for
>> Israel, against the US) a question should be raised:
>> Are american jews allegiant to the US ? or to Israel?
>> The fact that some of them are ready to betray their country
>> the US, for Israel -even when the US is the strongest ally
>> and defender of Israel- sheds some doubts as to their allegiance.
>> Any comments??

> Only one:  The above trash is racist.  If I were sure of the
> ethnic heritage of its poster, I could make the same inference
> about every member of his nationality because, after all, if
> "some of them" are bigots then they *all* are, right?
> ken perlow 

I partially agree. So what if we find some American jews who might spy against
the U.S.? So why don't we ask the following more interesting questions:
  
Why has the government of Israel chosen to spy against its closest ally and
defender? Isn't that the kind of thing you expect from an enemy or at least
an unfriendly government? Would Israel risk a very close, beneficial
relationship with the U.S. over a silly spy game if it truly expected a more
critical reaction from the U.S.? 
                                                                      
    Farzin Mokhtarian
      
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