It's better to be the president of Iraq than Palestine!

Palestine and Iraq are remarkably similar - they've both got foreign armies running around, trying to prevent violence and shooting people fairly indiscrimitately. However, when a local blows himself up, look at the difference. In Iraq, the US response is to support the president more. But in palestine, Israel's response is to sever ties with the president.

Imagine if Israel tried the US's Iraq tactics - after a bombing, they'd put even more money and troops in, and just try even harder to negociate and promote democracy. Or if the US tried Israel's tactics - after a bombing we'd sever ties with the gov't and insist that nothing could be done until the president stops in violence. I think it's obvious from Iraq that the so-called president of a country doesn't in fact have the ability to stop all violence.

It's absurd for Israel to insist on the cessation of violence before negociating, when it's obvious from Iraq that billions of dollars, 100,000 troops, and a puppet regime aren't enough to stop violence.

"chinese style" DVDs

I just bought a bunch of DVDs. They cost about 75 cents each at "Zhuzhou book market"
Alive - might be good for chinese students.
Bad Education - "a film by almodovar"
Blood on the Sun - I've never seen a james cagney movie before.
Boyz N the hood - I should have seen this before
Bubba Ho-Tep - wanted to see this for a while now
Chemical 51 - I think I've seen part of this before... in the tradition of Snatch, but not as good?
Children of the Corn - steven king
China Syndrome - nuclear disaster, etc
Codice 46 - Tim Robbins - quote from the back "it is a film of great style and little substance.... There are several good ironic laughs and impressive futuristic aspects. But the attraction between the leads seems too quick and never really grabs as authentic"
Dead End Run - random japanese movie
Disco Godfather - I'm not sure if this is genuine blaxploitation or not, but I loved "baddddasssss"
Dumb and Dumber - should be a riot with my students
Edward Scissorhands
Emma - bbc thing
Employee of the Month - might be good
Equus - maybe...
Fanfan - 18th century french historical thing? cause I'm reading "madame bovary" now.
Fletch Lives - cause i felt so happy when I realized that the fletch movies aren't comedies, they're just all about pretending to be someone else.
Foreign Correspondent - hitchcock wartime in japan movie. should be interesting.
Hana something alice - japanese movie. looks like natsukashiiiii stuff.
The Hi-Lo country - taking a chance here.
Indochine - also random
Ivan's Childhood - tarkovsky - hilarious english on the back "first work,tower that childhood that ten thousand is a tower can man the this war the movie is a beginning for minister slice,scribinging his uncommon business of his head."
Kitchen Stories - random. from the front - "HILMRIOUS" -the philadelphia enquirer"
Long Day's Journey into Night - random, old BW
The Motorcycle Diaries - che guevarra thing
Perdita Durango - spanish flavor road crime spree movie
Ronin - Can't remember if I've seen this. But I loved Heat.
Running on Empty - old, 70s
Saboteur - hitchcock wartime
Shadow of a Doubt - early hitchcock?
SOB - 70s hollywood comedy - was this pre or post "the producers"?
Supersize Me - yeah, i've wanted to see this for a while
Swept Away - Italian castaway movie. I've seen parts of this in italian with japanese subtitles.
True Believer - Robert Downey Junior, 1989 crime lawyer movie
Year of the Gun - a shot in the dark