Letters to the Editor
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Electro Robot
But at any rate, when you go on and on and on and on day after day carping and screaming about the evil Jew menace . . . .
If you feel I and mine should be stripped of our votes, citizenship, even residency, then fine. You assert that. We're the enemy, go in peace my son.
It's hard to believe that any sane, psychologically healthy person could write this. In fact, it's so hard to believe that I actually don't believe it.
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These rankings are an attempt to determine who would be the "best candidate for Israel".
As though we don't have enough problems right here in America that every voter's concern shouldn't be who is the "best candidate for America."
Are there any anti-Israel candidates running? Another manufactured threat by the Republicans. The foreign policy we've suffered through from this administration has just made Israel more vulnerable if anything, and it just fuels the more misguided elements of Israel's policies as well.
Unfortunately, fear-mongering works all to well...and we do end up with the government we deserve.
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@ 6:46 Jim White.
Thanks. Often it is as simple as calling forth a Justice and Reconciliation Retreat with humanities well being as preeminently vital. Survival.
Then, it converts into a mule, donkey, or horse farrier convention? A elephant refuses shoes?
I mean a mule, a pony, a donkey, or a ox insist on biting in the thigh the good horse shoe farrier.
It turns into a nasty kicking and biting match?
It's till the Earth Spring season. Plant good seeds.
This is basic common sense survival psychology.
Make hay at the hay time season. Hay! Get honest.
GOPS attend a chess match to turn over a chess board?
These are life and death survival issues. Why toss a wrench?
If Justice may grind slowly....?... People are still suffering unnecessarily!
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Reading and Listening to vile bigotry can make one wonder? Three or more reads, and sips... ?... Ya's can still wonder.... Is what is being GOP right-wing-bias served a daze? `:`
`Is the beverage raw goat milk, chocolate cow milk pumped from the cow's 'tale' crank up and down rear-behind? Is the refreshment some watered down powdered lemon aid? Are citizens sipping daily toxicity from plastic teat baby bottles?
Sometimes after a dozen sips or more, it is damn difficult to tell if we are sipping black coffee, root beer, or wild rye Turkey Whiskey. This reconciliation idea is not supposed to be a Spring Retreat @ a professional wrestling, quarreling, or boxing match. I'll try to learn by lurking. hush up! okay. Thanks for the many great blog sites. Sanity. bamage is correct. Remain Sane. Be sober minded.
Justice roll along like a great river.
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Psychlist
As a member of the tribe, I can testify that Jews may not en bloc exclusively vote based on what they think is "best" for Israel, but it certainly has a major impact. In my observation, the most militaristic, least compromise oriented approach to dealing with its neighbors is the course that most American Jews think Israel (and the U.S.) should follow.
Do you have any evidence for this? I'll leave to the side for the moment the polling data which disproves your assertions (I will never understand why people insist on opining about what "most X believe" based on their own extremely limited, likely distorted anecdotal impressions rather than actual polling data).
How do you reconcile your claim about the political support for "most Americans Jews" for the most militaristic policies possible with the fact that the vast, vast majority of American Jews have long voted, and still do vote, for Democrats rather than Republicans, given that Democrats tend to be at least marginally less militaristic about the Middle East?
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@Electro Robot
Your post made sense and is a logical argument.
Now swap variables and replace the variable "Jew" with the variable "Moslem".
It still makes sense and is a logical argument.
"Jews" are not the problem. "Moslems" are not the problem. "Christians" are not the problem.
The problem are those who wish us to hate each other and kill each other as long as we buy the weapons from them and those people who are stupid enough or crazy enough to go along with them.
Most good people want the same thing - Peace on Earth and Goodwill towards all.
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"Turkey plans to send envoy to Israel for Syria talks"
Don't think this made it into the MSM.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3z5fy6
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is there any balance in any party in the us re: israel?
Dear Glenn,
Excellent article, as usual. I would point out, however, that both of the US political parties are working on the same premise as McCain. The Democrats are just as committed to the right-wing Israeli agenda as the Republicans - it's just a matter of degree, and a slight one at that. American Jews who make support of Israel a matter of supreme importance really don't have to choose between the parties, since both consistently kowtow to Israeli interests. Witness, of course, Hillary Clinton's recent threats about bombing Iran.
What makes the current situation a bit different is that Barack Obama is putting forward elements of a Middle East policy that are somewhat sensible. So, he wants to talk to Iran rather than simply enforce its pariah status or bomb it. That is very unusual for an American politician, especially a leading American politician, and he compensates for this sensible stand in other ways, such as going out of his way to praise Israel.
The fact that 69% of American Jews consider the Israel question to be very important is relevant. People vote on many issues, but there are a few people who vote on single issues. The question would be how many American Jews consider the Israel question important enough that it is the single biggest factor determining their vote? Your information suggests "not many". I hope that is true. Because a sensible US policy towards the ME means being willing to put pressure on Israel and actually pursue a really balanced position. It is hard to see many American politicians actually doing that, as imperative as that need has become.
Sincerely,
Shaun Narine
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So tiresome
Blog after blog after blog supported only by public opinion polls. Frankly, who cares what the public opinion polls say!? If public policy were to be decided this way, just do away with government and put the questions directly to the public.
More important, public opinion poll assume an informed public. And we all know how well that is going.
Give it up already!