originally posted at oldschooltwentysix
Interesting to see Obama's former best friend, Erdogan, reveal once again his fascist, Jew hating heart. Taking away his "Profile in Courage" award would be poetic justice.
And
why is Obama trying to use the Hamas framework for an agreement?
Has
he, or Kerry, ever imagined that interference can also make things
worse?
And why is Obama tying funding for Iron Dome to the US border funding measure?
And why not speaking out over the wave of antisemitism in Europe?
Just
what does Obama stand for? All he seems to do these days is attend
functions where the audience nods in full appreciation as he spreads
negativity about those who don't agree with him. He is in a bubble of
adulation. When offered the opportunity to speak strongly about world
conflict, he equivocates. Many are confused and many are emboldened.
Democrats increasingly do not like Israel. Far too many secular Jews, besides
their overall ignorance and indifference, let their bleeding hearts
reject the Jewish "Zionist" narrative, the one that is factual and based
on the very liberal principles they claim to follow. Instead, they fall
for the fake orientalist version where Arabs reject ANY responsibility
for their fate. It is ALL the fault of the white West, as the situation deteriorates. What a canard.
Will
these secular Jews ever wake up to the fact that even as they reject
the Jewish religion, they will remain targeted just because they are
Jews? It takes little energy for the tyranny of the majority to show its
true self when it comes to Jews. Israel and Zionism and settlements are
merely subterfuge for their intentions. When will they see that the
people they listen to present an incomplete story that cannot see the
difference between aggression and the response thereto?
I wonder
what progressives have to say about this ignorance and apathy of support
among them for Israel, and America, in favor of the most illiberal type
of forces on Earth. Why is this growing among them and whether/how it
should be confronted?
As the USA evacuates Libya, one of Obama's
greatest disasters, the odd approach the
Administration adopts, whether it interferes or withdraws, seems to contribute to every situation growing worse.
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I would agree but question the 'increasingly' part. If anything Democratic non-hatred of Israel is the historical anomaly, not the other way around. Who were the people running the New York Times in WW2 who refused to cover the holocaust? Liberals and democrats. Who were the anti Zionists from the early 1930's all the way up to the present day? The liberal/secular Reform Jews. There may have been a brief blip around 1967 when Jews seemingly rallied round the flag but that lasted about a year. Today it's the Beinarts and Blumenthals and Greenwalds and liberal progressives who want to desperately un-invent Israel at all costs, must like their ideological twins in Hamas, unless you think Jon Stewart isn't an emblematic lodestone for the liberals in America?
ReplyDeleteI meant the Democratic electorate, as compared to some of the leaders., and as the progressives push aside the liberals, animosity increases.
DeleteIt's far from monolithic. The reaction from the liberal crowd to this recent Bill Maher segment was heartening.
DeleteI was glad to note that amongst the speakers at our Israel solidarity rally last week were two (at least locally) prominent Democratic politicians - Montgomery County (PA) Commission Chair Josh Shapiro, and Pennsylvania State Senator Anthony Williams.
As to your above points, Reagan condemned Israel for bombing Osirak in 1981, and I don't think anybody would argue that the George H.W. Bush administration was particularly friendly to Israel.
Of course, that was then and this is now, and the trends School notes are troubling.
Glenn Greenwald would probably more accurately be classified as simply anti-American rather than anything else, and the only politicians he appears to support publicly these days are from the anti-Israel Paul faction of the Republican Party.