b@99: That the public mind did not perceive the PLO as a Soviet puppet is a testament to our MSM.

It’s obvious to this member of the public that violence in the ME is being sponsored by agents who have a vested interest in maintaining a hot slow bleed on western resources and psyche. One can cite the long list of Israeli accomplishments, and one can cite the slow drip of Palestinian culture, but the reality behind the conflict is the financial and geostrategic benefit accrued to foreign agent(s). It is for this reason that I think the state of Israel would be better off someplace else. The violence will never end. The risk premium is too lucrative. In a way, the violence is it’s own market exchange.

I don’t know if this is a valid defense of the MSM, but one might consider the number of Russian reporters who fall, lunge, disappear, choke, or slouch to their deaths and find the latest school district fund misallocation less life threatening.