Comments on: spot the American flag in this picture… http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Mon, 28 May 2012 09:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: americangoy http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html/comment-page-1#comment-39954 americangoy Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/08/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html#comment-39954 <p>Hi Phil.</p> <p>2 words.</p> <p>1st starts with letted 'D'.<br /> 2nd with letter 'L'.</p> Hi Phil.

2 words.

1st starts with letted 'D'.
2nd with letter 'L'.

]]> By: Craig http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html/comment-page-1#comment-39955 Craig Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/08/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html#comment-39955 <p>Not "dual loyalty" -- this is single loyalty, but not to the US.</p> Not "dual loyalty" — this is single loyalty, but not to the US.

]]> By: John Lewis-Dickerson http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html/comment-page-1#comment-39956 John Lewis-Dickerson Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/08/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html#comment-39956 <p>***************************************<br /> "How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business."</p> <p>~ Albert Einstein, self-hating Jew<br /> <br /> </p> ***************************************
"How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business."

~ Albert Einstein, self-hating Jew

]]> By: bar_kochba132 http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html/comment-page-1#comment-39957 bar_kochba132 Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/08/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html#comment-39957 <p>Mr J L-D,</p> <p>Wasn't Einstein the guy who sent the letter to FDR in 1939 advocating developing the Atomic Bomb? Wasn't he also pro-Zionist? Wasn't he offered the job of President of Israel?</p> Mr J L-D,

Wasn't Einstein the guy who sent the letter to FDR in 1939 advocating developing the Atomic Bomb? Wasn't he also pro-Zionist? Wasn't he offered the job of President of Israel?

]]> By: Judy http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html/comment-page-1#comment-39958 Judy Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/08/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html#comment-39958 <p>Geez, we *always* fly the American flag at Palestinian solidarity rallies in Philly!</p> Geez, we *always* fly the American flag at Palestinian solidarity rallies in Philly!

]]> By: Paul Malfara http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html/comment-page-1#comment-39959 Paul Malfara Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/08/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html#comment-39959 <p>@bar_kockba132</p> <p>"Wasn't he also pro-Zionist?"</p> <p>PM: Well, no, he wasn't</p> <p>The oft-quoted Mr. Einstein said "Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.” He lamented, “Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them!” Revealingly Einstein stated: “My awareness of the essential nature of Judaism resists the idea of a Jewish state with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power, no matter how modest. I am afraid of the inner damage Judaism will sustain – especially from the development of a narrow nationalism within our own ranks, against which we have already had to fight strongly, even without a Jewish state.”</p> @bar_kockba132

"Wasn't he also pro-Zionist?"

PM: Well, no, he wasn't

The oft-quoted Mr. Einstein said "Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.” He lamented, “Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them!” Revealingly Einstein stated: “My awareness of the essential nature of Judaism resists the idea of a Jewish state with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power, no matter how modest. I am afraid of the inner damage Judaism will sustain – especially from the development of a narrow nationalism within our own ranks, against which we have already had to fight strongly, even without a Jewish state.”

]]> By: Paul Malfara http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html/comment-page-1#comment-39960 Paul Malfara Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/08/spot-the-american-flag-in-this-picture.html#comment-39960 <p>More words of wisdom from Einstein, who really was a genius.</p> <p>In his testimony in January 1946 before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, and in answer to the specific question whether refugee settlement in Palestine demanded a Jewish state, Einstein stated: "The State idea is not according to my heart. I cannot understand why it is needed. It is connected with narrow-mindedness and economic obstacles. I believe that it is bad. I have always been against it. He went further to deride the concept of a Jewish commonwealth as an "imitation of Europe, the end of which was brought about by nationalism."</p> <p>PM<br /> </p> More words of wisdom from Einstein, who really was a genius.

In his testimony in January 1946 before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, and in answer to the specific question whether refugee settlement in Palestine demanded a Jewish state, Einstein stated: "The State idea is not according to my heart. I cannot understand why it is needed. It is connected with narrow-mindedness and economic obstacles. I believe that it is bad. I have always been against it. He went further to deride the concept of a Jewish commonwealth as an "imitation of Europe, the end of which was brought about by nationalism."

PM

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