tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post699277600682681191..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Who's Afraid of Islam?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-8420646198609682272016-01-11T00:31:17.294-08:002016-01-11T00:31:17.294-08:00p.s. Speaking of fear of Islam and "the presi...p.s. Speaking of fear of Islam and "the president is siding with Islam", I saw Frontline has a history of the rise of Netanyah in Israel and then shows the hostile relationship between him and President Obama. It's almost 2 hours long, but worth a watch.<br />http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/netanyahu-at-war/<br /><br />If Obama followers saw him as a Messiah, apparently Netanyah has a similar self-image, only he can see the danger that is Iran, so much that he bet his reputation with the United States to play partisan politics with the Republicans and their Evangelical base that sees Israel as the center of their second coming Messiah.<br /><br />http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/john-doyle-always-at-war-a-hard-look-at-benjamin-netanyahu/article27996154/<br />------<br />Almost the first words we hear are, “The PM has a messianic notion of himself.” They are spoken by former adviser Eyal Arad, who adds that his old boss believes he is “a person called to save the Jewish people.” Someone else says, “He wants to be the new Churchill, to stop Iran in the way Churchill stopped the Nazis.” And this, too: “He believes he will go down in history as the person who warned us all it would come true.”<br />------<br /><br />Hopefully the program makes it clear to all that Obama was naive over middle east peace talks, as well as being disrespectful towards Israel from the start. It is curious he still managed to get 69% of Jewish vote in his reelection.<br /><br />And I can see how Netanyah gets his confidence, a certainty that no Muslim nation should be trusted in any circumstances, but its a big bet to make, and Israel has a lot more to lose by alienating the U.S. that we have in alienating Netanyah's far Right leadership in Israel.<br /><br />On the other hand, it does seem like fear of survival makes Israel dangerous, and if the U.S. ever decided to abandon support for Israel, that Israel's paranoia might make it the first nation since WW2 to use their undeclared nuclear weapons. Of course it would require a dramatic moment.<br /><br />Israel wants nuclear weapons for the same reason that North Korea wants it, and the same reason Iran wants it. The only difference is Israel is willing to leave their nuclear capability up to the imagination of their enemies.<br /><br />How many Muslims could Israel kill with its 75-400 nuclear weapons?<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction<br /><br />I wonder if this potential nuclear apocalypse is what the Evangelical Christians have in mind when they use their mythology for unconditional support of biblical Israel? But the scary thing is the U.S. Christians Right (and Left) are safely out of harm's way. The U.S. is WAY too geographically isolated to be a trustworthy ally whomever is leading.<br /><br />http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/End-Times/On-The-Road-To-Armageddon.aspx<br />-------<br />Millions of Americans believe that the Bible predicts the future and that we are living in the last days. Their beliefs are rooted in dispensationalism, a particular way of understanding the Bible's prophetic passages, especially those in Daniel and Ezekiel in the Old Testament and the Book of Revelation in the New Testament. They make up about one-third of America's 40 or 50 million evangelical Christians and believe that the nation of Israel will play a central role in the unfolding of end-times events. In the last part of the 20th century, dispensationalist evangelicals become Israel's best friends-an alliance that has made a serious geopolitical difference.<br />--------<br /><br />If we're looking for fear, there's lots bigger ones that a few dozen women getting groped and robbed on New Year's eve.Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-60147034514274470952016-01-10T14:18:22.497-08:002016-01-10T14:18:22.497-08:00My comment at neoneocon.com
January 10th, 2016 at ...My comment at neoneocon.com<br />January 10th, 2016 at 5:06 pm<br /><br />Say what you will, but I’m convinced that multi-culti trumps feminism because leftists take it as a matter of faith that all kinds of what might be called “westernism” is hateful and must be hated. Feminism is a westernism, so multi-culti wins, and wins BIG.<br />Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-46230182747111694762016-01-10T12:00:03.228-08:002016-01-10T12:00:03.228-08:00Germany is lost. Even after what took place in Ger...Germany is lost. Even after what took place in Germany, half the population still believes assimilation is still possible ( and worth the effort). <br /><br />UNLESS, the other half can rise up and throw Merkel out on her ass, and take her place, establishing laws that secure their borders and rid their land of rapeugees. What they need is a persuasive leader, who can lead them through this. They need a Trump.Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16250976248077712248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-85269276543362331282016-01-10T10:46:34.694-08:002016-01-10T10:46:34.694-08:00Ross Douthat: It means giving up the fond illusion...Ross Douthat: It means giving up the fond illusion that Germany’s past sins can be absolved with a reckless humanitarianism in the present.<br /><br />That's an interesting point in multiple ways. Under normal criminal activity, your ancestors crimes are not your crimes, but mass-murder is something different. There are surely many defense mechanisms to deal with such guilt, but perhaps all of them make people less rational, whether more gentle or more aggressive, less able to deal with facts at hand.<br /><br />And strangely, Germany's economic successes has failed to convince people to have children. Immigration was supposed to be a partial solution, but also a frightening one if you imagine the consequences of rapid change of racial and religious demographics.<br /><br />http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32929962 Germany passes Japan to have world's lowest birth rate - study<br />http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-land-without-children-why-won-t-germans-have-more-babies-a-779741.html <br /><br />Clearly conservatives have reason to be afraid. A person might even be considered rational these days to stab mayoral candidates in the neck with a pocket knife in hopes of making a point.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.com