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The War of Ideas in the Middle East
> The acts carried out by Roeder and Tsarnaev were done ..
ahem .. the acts have been *attributed to* Tsarnaev .. even though an authorized narrative has been cast in concrete.
lol .. the Carter protesters imply that, to support Human Rights is to be a "defamer of Israel". So their message is becoming a little muddled. Is it: "Human Rights are a bad thing", or "defaming Israel is a good thing"?
Is Biden showing his anti-semitism by encouraging the excesses of Israel?
seafoid > Israel is like the boy whose 0.0001% CEO dad buys him some top model’s time as a date. Couldn’t manage it himself and of course Dad won’t be around forever.
That's a cozy image. All we need to do is wait til Israel is all grown up and all will be right.
But, really, the Hagel shenanigans show Israel is in control.
If you like the analogy of the family, then a better analogy would be the Mafia family. Israel is the Mafia Don in control 0f the weapons bearing US muscle.
We shouldn't wait .. the time to push against Mafia Government is always *now*.
didn't Biden say: "There is absolutely no space between the United States and Israel in terms of Israel's security." ?
which means, where Israel leads, the US will follow. Ie. Israel is the signal, the US is the power amplifier.
modern, de facto definition of "anti-semitic" = "seeking truth; protecting the dis-empowered"
surely someone must have come up with a good strategy to deal with the "anti-semitism" gibe. It's such an obvious, manipulative diversion-into-defensiveness that it shouldn't be treated at face value. Except everyone seems to do just that.
the next stage will probably be to concentrate all Muslims into camps.
> "[I]t’s ours, it’s always been ours for 3,800 years we have Jewish sovereignty over Judea and Samaria since we first got it, 3800 years ago."
Poor deluded fellow. God has since promised it to the people of Wales. I have proof in the form of a hand written, dated statement signed by God himself. He clearly states that all previous agreements are null and void.
.. and for kids there are the Batman/superhero cartoons. Batman is always ready to use righteous torture to get the evil criminals to spill their secrets. And it always gets results. Get the indoctrination in early.
> “antagonistic toward the State of Israel”
they say "antagonistic" .. what they mean is "uppity"
Denis > "Please to calm down, Annie."
Troll!
Your plan is to divert reason into an emotional squabble. Why is that?
But your dirty little scheme is transparent. Give it up.
> "‘By God’s promise this land is ours!’"
I'm afraid whoever said this is mistaken.
I have in my possession a document that gives all lands claimed by the people of israel to the people of Papua New Guinea as their playground. This document, signed by god personally, witnessed by himself, and dated a.d. 1973, explicitly states that it supersedes all preceding documented promises.
given the dire financial straits the US finds itself in and the casual attitude to murder, i'm surprised the Drone terror strikes aren't the basis of some kind of lucrative, sponsored Game Show.
> "surrender to them or try to run…. or resist and die."
lol .. looks like you and israel get your ideas about law and order from watching saturday morning cartoons 8-)
... on the other hand, the ridiculous Holocaust as Sacred Religious Event nonsense needs to be pricked. It has to start somewhere, somehow.
If nothing else Holocaust as Sacred Religious Event is as insulting to the *actual* event as outright denial. Denying questioning of the details of the holocaust is a form of holocaust denial - ie. denial of the *actual* holocaust by denying examination.
Events like the mass organized killings in europe and the forced mass starvation of indans in the middle of last century need to be examined with an interest in evidence and context - not as the basis of myth building for propaganda purposes. (Lord knows we're sick and tired of India endlessly guilting us about how 6 million died of forced starvation and excusing them of atrocious behavior because of it ... oh wait! ... they don't. Why is that?)
> .. "There is no question that there is anti-Semitism in the Muslim world" ..
yeh .. "they don't like us because they're anti-semitic" is a very weird kind of mindset .. it's very much like the "they hate us for our freedoms" mindset.
Party politics is mere theatrics, tho.
The real political activity is about about managing the theatrics to get the guy elected who would best progress the meta-(party political) war agenda.
> "Romney has a high pandering coefficient: he will say whatever he believes those listening want to hear. What he will do if elected is another matter"
so .. he will be pandering in his actions too. Why believe otherwise?
It's astonishing the number of times "Israel" is misspelled as "Iran".
Where's the one with Bibi's good buddy, Barack?
> Palestinian statehood "can only be achieved via direct negotiations with the Israelis"
=
cop forcing everyone back and saying: "the situation can only be resolved by negotiations between the mugger and the muggee"
Bibi illustrates how deep is the shit in which he stands.
what symbol do Palestinians use to remember *their* holocaust?
.. oh .. they don't need a memory aid .. it's ongoing.
indeed ..
what if, while Bibi was distracting everyone with laughter, antisemitic nazi ants crept into Israel and ate everyone alive!
i think they spelled "zionism" wrong ..
in any war between the civilized man and the savage,
support the civilized man.
* support israel *
defeat zionism
the meaning of "anti-semitism" is morphing into "the exposing of embarrassing truths".
> "America .. has a far more tolerant DNA"
lol ... what?
DNA? .. i think she means culture. But, isn't America steeped in intolerance. Maybe she isn't concerned with intolerance in general, but intolerance against Jews.
Intolerance can switch in an instant. It isn't founded on logic, it's founded on frustration, emotion and the need to vent on a victim. The intolerance against Muslims is only a hair's breadth away from intolerance against Jews.
A firestorm of intolerance that engulfs Muslims can just as easily engulf Jews.
> "Yes, I still think Jews want and need their own particularity. And that Jews need some special protection in the New Diaspora and in society at large."
and who will protect us from Jews who have special protection?
The US is a power amplifier and Israel is the signal.
.. on the other hand ...
Mr. Ellis is doing exactly the right thing if he wishes to obscure history (and the essential sophistication of reality) and replace it with good v. evil religious mythology (which serves the purpose of eternally validating whatever actions we take, no matter when or what reason, as innocent reaction to the evils of Nazis)
Nazis .. they appear to be elevated from human figures in history to religious mythological beings.
.. and the people attacking Palestinians certainly are.
so, really, it's an anti Israeli message?
You once dumped an empty paint can in the garbage? .. you evil, monstrous *#^%#@!!
blatant anti-semanticism
all this "clever" use of the "anti-semitism" accusation to bludgeon minds away from uncomfortable truths will end up associating anti-semitism with having a conscience
does it count as "civil war" if the vast proportion of energy and will is being channelled in from outside Syria?
> "would Iran supply good weapons to Taliban? If the priority is to hurt USA, why not."
That takes the assumption that Iran's attitude to the US is that of US's attitude to Iran.
However, not so. The US regards Iran as a runaway slave and is keen to return Iran to its former servitude. The US will trumpet any hint of active self-defence by Iran as justification for an attack by the US. (Cowboy justification: eg. Syria and NATO)
Iran would just like the US to go away. Prodding the US with a stick won't work. ... and anyway, the US is hurting itself just fine.
> "any respectable journalistic organization would publish a map with the multitude of U.S. and other Western bases that encircle Iran which show clearly the country is safely contained"
it's not that Iran needs to be "safely contained" in any case. Iran doesn't have a habit of aggression and conquest.
It's the US and Israel that need to be "safely contained".