In cold blood
Rarely have I read a news headline that's given me such a chill. (Second version here.)
When, and under what conditions, will Democrats begin making such arguments? (Not merely an occasional lunatic, but with sufficient emphasis, prominence and frequency that it, somehow, has to be considered part "the discussion"?)
It wouldn't surprise me if there is already such a cohort in Europe.
This is worse than Communists shouting "We will bury you" or Kim Jong Il shouting whatever it is he shouts. This is the kind of thing, that if it's allowed to enter any serious discourse anywhere--and here it is, AFP--could, would unless stopped lead to Armageddon, figuratively at least, and maybe literally.
It can never happen. Never. The Jews can never allow it. Whose word should they take on good faith?
It's not just. The Palestinians aren't the first people to be displaced permanently, nor is their cause the most just. (For that matter, I'm not quite so sure the Palestinians even exist as a people, except as the negative, "not Israeli." But let's pass on that, for the sake of argumentativeness.)
The bottom line is, Israel needed to be a place, and this is a reasonable place and perhaps even (no; almost certainly) the best.
And of course, no sensible person can possibly believe things would somehow resolve if this were done. (And yet, Europe and the Democrats will someday argue it would.)
This is evil, more than the evil of Sept. 11, and as much evil as I will see in my lifetime. At least, I hope it is. It cannot be allowed to enter the discourse. Yet, has it already? My blood chills.
posted by ColumbusGuy @ 1:57 PM
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Jews, of course, have been in the Holy Land for thousands of years. But if you just look at the last century, they moved in (or were already there) in huge numbers, buying land, building up the place, so that even before Israel was created, they were the majority in certain areas (the general areas the UN gave them). Of course, a lot of Jews were then kicked out of Arab lands, but they found a place, whereas the Arabs don't want to take in and give any power to fellow Arabs who decided to call themselves Palestinians.
But the real problem is the racist attitude of the Muslim religion. They laughably call one small Jewish state, democratic and open to other religions, racist, but the numerous Muslim lands are not only unfree, but also either don't allow other religions to practice freely or for Jews and Christians to have full rights. As long as they have this vicious streak, particularly against Jews, no progress can be made. I doubt appeasement is the answer.
God willing, the market will soon enough take care of much of this. Levi's jeans brought down the Berlin Wall; sooner or later they'll send Muslim women to college, too.
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