Occupiers

So I was reading a piece from a Palestinian author about what it's like to have grown up in Tel Aviv, and how everything that was there before the formation of the Israeli state was more or less systematically wiped off the face of the earth. Everything, that is, but the indigent people. And I don't want to totally derail the blog with the backstory and inspiration here, because Lord knows that the only difference between the American Indian and the Palestine situation is population density and overwhelming numbers, rather than "morality" (and since the only indigent population on the earth that wasn't decimated by the introduction of Foreign Guy might be the Maori in New Zealand, and oh my, what a digression, I'm amazed you even finished this sentence).There's also this: the Iraqi people, despite the recommendations of their own government, are taking to the streets to celebrate the removal of American forces from their cities, as part of the drawdown ...