tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9348302.post8359467388910446018..comments2021-12-13T23:12:14.876-05:00Comments on Mike's Nether Land: Israeli Children?Mike Netherlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277682258432084047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9348302.post-69983326737538194152009-02-14T10:25:00.000-05:002009-02-14T10:25:00.000-05:00OM,The opinions on the left are, if anything, devo...OM,<BR/>The opinions on the left are, if anything, devoid of thought. You ned to accept this, I don't know for sure whether the left are motivated by anti-Semitism. How can Jews such as Saul freidman be so motivated.<BR/><BR/>But I can say for sure that what motivates the left's commentary on this topic is politics, pure and simple. Domestic, American politics. American Jewery by and large is a liberal force and in the case of the Arab-Israeli conflict are guided by the Jihadist "enemy of my enemy" approach to alliances and friendship.<BR/><BR/>And so the liberal Jew is allied with Islamist in pursuit of a short-term domestic political agenda, for in the longterm, the victory of the Islamist necessarily means the extermination of the Jew.Mike Netherlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01277682258432084047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9348302.post-87866825272376010442009-02-09T22:48:00.000-05:002009-02-09T22:48:00.000-05:00I didn't read the original piece, so I can't comme...I didn't read the original piece, so I can't comment about that. You make good points, don't get me wrong, but my issue is with this disregard of the Left. Again, I didn't read Friedman's piece, but from what you write I get the idea. I don't doubt that many on the Left use this conflict to mask their Antisemitism, or in this case, a one-sided view that's easy to digest. Really, whenever children are brought into an argument, the conversation ends. It's like comparing someone to Hitler--it's the end of any discussion.<BR/><BR/>But I believe that if you read more opinions from the Left, including those of Obama and even Olbermann, you'll find a much more thoughtful argument.<BR/><BR/>Eight years of Bush, the President many consider "Israel's Best Friend," didn't help Israel achieve peace or security. He turned a blind eye to illegal settlements that only made the Hamas more popular, and he actively championed the Palestinian elections, quickly moving away when Hamas won.<BR/><BR/>Half of the people in Israel (more or less--the center shifts all the time) don't see Bush or the American Right as helpful, and they actually see the Left not as Israel's enemy but as Israel's only hope of achieving peace.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473298272771049857noreply@blogger.com