But you see Jake, it is the blow by blow which gives meaning to the whole.

I beg to differ. Immersing yourself in the blow-by-blow view of a conflict prevents you from seeing most of the picture. Why is the US supporting Israel? (Hint: It's not because Israel deserves support, nor is it because Israel is all that good at playing American media for fools.) Why does Europe support Israel, by action and inaction? (Hint: It's not because Israel is all that good at playing European media either.) Why does Egypt help Israel murder Palestinians? (Hint: It's not because of any deep and abiding love for Israel or hatred of the Palestinian people.)

A blow-by-blow account will never enable you to answer those questions intelligently. A blow-by-blow account can manufacture an emotional response, and if it is done with sufficient rigour it can serve as a resource for historical documentation. But while those are important parts of activism, they are not well suited to the platform and audience you have here.

It is just that, the blow by blow, which is missing from American eyes, and hence their conscience.

You persist in treating European Tribune as if it were a broadcast medium, which is why you keep getting egg on your face. ET is a grassroot medium. The rules are different for grassroot media. The target audience is different too, because you're normally dealing with a non-captive high-information audience where broadcast media target a captive low-information audience.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.