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FINALLY! Biden goes after Israel!!!

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Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:32 PM

Despite the liberatorS' desires to help the surviving European Jews after WWII, I believe when you look at the 65 years of "recent" history since then, the whole Israel "statehood" thing was a gigantic mistake.

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Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:20 PM

In their defense, Jong - it seemed a good idea at the time.

Historically, the Muslims had often sheltered Jews against Christian persecution, you see, and even now, even still, have a LONGER history of solidarity than they do conflict - this bloodbath is a fairly recent development, and what sparked it in the first place was the desperation of fugitives and refugees needing a place to LIVE, and when it became clear no one else wanted them due to... well, lets cut the bullshit, no one else wanted them because despite the Muslim tolerance of them on occasion, they acted a hell of a lot like this even BACK THEN too, which is why ole Adolf found it so easy to rile folk up against em - doesn't justify it, but fuck, man, someone has to say it, they *DO* shit like this, they always have, which is also what set the Christians to persecuting them in the first place.

But anyhow, they needed X amount of room for Y amount of refugees, and being that no one else would take em, and they didn't HAVE that room, in desperation they resorted to taking territory the only way it's ever successfully done in the middle east - by killin every living soul on it.

That's the root of the hatred, cause Muslim religion and culture is very strong on hospitality rights, privledges and behavior, and to have someone you've offered sanctuary then betray you in such a fashion is justification for Badal (total revenge) against them and everyone from that moment who offers them so much as a sip of water, it's "just not done" to a degree I don't think I can really explain to americans.

Worse was how the damn Irgun tried to drive out the foreigners who might call them on their bloody handed terrorism - by bombing them and trying to pin the blame on Muslims, they got caught on this a couple times, not just the Lavon Affair... but again, the history of backstabbing and deceitful conduct caused most of the folk who supported em at the time to pull out and let them swing, save for the dumbass Americans, who supported them at the time, and even to some degree now, more out of religious intolerance and racism than any justifiable reason.

But thing is, no one wants to look at the history prior to WWII and is often discouraged from doing so by a pathetic sympathy ploy which is such an overblown and tattered rag that it's now all but outright illegal to even QUESTION it ?
(Zundels a fucknut, but he's got a right to ask stupid questions and say stupid things!)

Even in the light of them more or less committing the same abuses against Palestine ?

Eff that - what most folk don't realize is that the particular religion and culture has well over a thousand year history of Chronic Backstabbing Disorder, and that is how and why they wound up shoved on the only folks who would tolerate them DESPITE the outpouring of sympathy over concentration camps and mass graves, because they were still seen en-masse by everyone else to be about as trustworthy as Lu Bu - which is rather borne out by the situation at hand...

Although that's less Judaism in particular than the Zionist faction thereof, but so long as that faction is tolerated in the same way Christians tolerate their own fucking lunatics just cause they claim to be Christian, that ain't gonna be changing any time soon, especially when the tolerant folk who COULD pull the rug out from under then don't dare, since due to the Zionistas behavior, the rest of the middle east is so enraged that were they to do that, their whole nation would be obliterated in retaliation before they could even TRY to negotiate.

Now if we were to cut out unthinking and reflexive political, military and financial support though, those Zionista assholes would be forced to do something other than talk shit, backstab everyone in sight and then come crying to us when folk get pissed off about it - and once they REALLY start getting their ass kicked, prolly go whining and begging to the UN, who (having SOME sense) wouldn't give em the time of day, and they'd be stuck with two options, make peace, or get pacified.

At which poin

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Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:08 PM

Thanks for all that information. I never really cared too much about Israel and the Middle East conflicts. I'd like to continue that fine record of apathy on the issue, but it's gettin' harder to do that when it seems everything in the world is related to it somehow.

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Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:17 PM

Mr Frem: "due to... well, lets cut the bullshit, no one else wanted them because despite the Muslim tolerance of them on occasion, they acted a hell of a lot like this even BACK THEN too, which is why ole Adolf found it so easy to rile folk up against em - doesn't justify it, but fuck, man, someone has to say it, they *DO* shit like this, they always have, which is also what set the Christians to persecuting them in the first place."

with all due respect, WTF are you talking about? this is the awful liminal space, where legitimate discussion about israel crosses over into blood libel and anti-semitism. one could infer from your statement that, i dunno, jews have been persecuted over the centuries because they deserve it.

if you are right, and "somebody had to say it", I would expect this from PN.

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Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:32 PM

That's an old one, Mincing, don't let your emotions run wild. I'm pretty sure Frem didn't mean anything by it...many cultures are guilty of just the things he's talking about, there's no monopoly on it from the Jews. I'm not quite sure why he has such a hard-on for them, but it's not the first time we've seen him head-up about something.

However, I do think your view is skewed pretty dramatically, Frem. I realize you're talking mostly about the Zionists, who are about on equal footing with the IRA in my opinion, but to lump everyone together like that...and how many cultures do you think have done exactly the same things throughout history?? Backstabbing, etc., is POLITICS--everyone does it and I don't think the jewes have the monopoly you seem to indicate.

I'm not sure what you mean about America backing them "more out of religious intolerance and racism than any justifiable reason", given the intolerance Jews faced in this country for so long...

Mind you, I'm not pro-Irael myself, mostly because of the blind eye America has turned to the situation and how we've kept pouring money and backing in. But "nuke 'em"??? That's no solution to anything; I'd say your statements on that come very close to mirroring Wulf's "guns solve everything" attitude, and I don't think it's fair.

Shall we talk the Christian Crusades? If you want to talk about doing some bad shit, we can find it right there, not to mention what we did to the Native Americans. No country or peoples are any better in their way.

And no, I didn't get indoctrinated into the "Israel is always right" mentality, I was pretty unaware of all the history until after I read/saw Exodus, then went on to read QBIV and especially The Source. Our Israel backing has a LOT to do with the money Jews contribute to campaigns, etc., just like many other stances.


"I'm just right. Kinda like the sun rising in the east and the world being round...its not a need its just the way it is." The Delusional "Hero", 3/1/10

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Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:39 PM

emotions? i don't have any.

this is not the first time I've heard such stuff, believe it or not, and certainly not the last. far be it from me to defend a theist state.

i'm not surprised that we can't talk about israel without getting into the broader historical narrative of the perfidy of the jews.

its disappointing, though, coming from a free-thinking anarchist type, as opposed to the batshit crazy PN type...

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Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mincingbeast:
emotions? i don't have any.

this is not the first time I've heard such stuff, believe it or not, and certainly not the last. far be it from me to defend a theist state.

i'm not surprised that we can't talk about israel without getting into the broader historical narrative of the perfidy of the jews.

its disappointing, though, coming from a free-thinking anarchist type, as opposed to the batshit crazy PN type...




I'm with both of you on this one, looking at the guys in Zimbabwe or Frems previous example of Messina people with all three religions have gotten along in the past and are capable of it.

The current problem is that one side ( Israel ) has total control over the other and are not at all benevolent. No peace is possible under those conditions...

As for groups of people acting like assholes to the point where people cheer their decline... lets picture the United States if it continues its course in another fifty years if it is still around...

already Americans pretend to be from somewhere else when traveling abroad and in many places they are not welcome to travel at all... due to individuals paying the cost for the actions of the group.

But that is an entirely different conversation


Biden, and the US are blowing smoke right now...

but the positive move I think has come from the EU

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/03/201031115544623320.ht
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" The European Parliament has backed the findings of a UN-backed report into last year's Gaza war, which heavily criticised Israel and accused both Tel Aviv and Hamas of war crimes. "


Israel went into a near panic recently when several European countrys began to require Imported products be labeled Product of Israel, and Product of Occupied West Bank ( or words to that effect ) taking foreign policy out of the hands of the politicians and allowing people to decide whether or not to buy goods from Israel... and without violating trade agreements, etc. In exports other than weapons, the Israeli economy depends on the European market, as their neighbors don't buy their exports... some of these moves could have an effect to force Israel to the table... but only if the US quits handing over cash.




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Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:13 PM

Another editorial


http://blogs.aljazeera.net/imperium/2010/03/11/us-middle-east-policy-r
etreat



US in Middle East policy retreat



The US vice president's visit to Israel has to a large degree clarified the Middle East imperatives of the Barack Obama administration in its second year.

Joe Biden's cornerstone speech at Tel Aviv University is a major downgrade and retreat from the bold commitments made by President Obama in Turkey and Egypt.

The two-part speech will no doubt be read selectively. Israeli leadership will underline the appeasement, commitment and support in the first two-thirds of the speech, whilst the Palestinian leadership will emphasise the overtures and support for independence made in the last third.

The first part underlines the Obama administration's and Biden's own adulation and commitment towards Israel. It checks all the boxes.

Israel is a vibrant democracy, check. With moral standing, check. Acts in self-defence, check. Mutual values, check. No better friend, check. US commitment to Israel's security unwavering, check. Their views on security identical, check.

He also underlined how the views of US and Israel on Iran are identical. Iranian leadership a major problem, check. Iran has become more dangerous, check. Iran will not be allowed to go nuclear, check. Its allies Hezbollah and Hamas are threat to Israel, check.

Palestine in return for Iran

Biden substituted Washington's extended open hand towards Tehran with a firm fist, while placing the 'peace process' squarely at the service of US strategy towards Iran.

And he made clear, in no vague terms that the Obama administration needs to keep the diplomatic process alive in order to mount the solid front against Iran which Israel wants so badly.

The Obama administration must give the sense of momentum that makes it possible for "moderate" Arab regimes, such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt, to join in future sanctions or blockade on Tehran.

That's why, as a close Zionist friend and ally, Biden urged Israel to cease making announcements of settlement construction that might derail the negotiations, and support the establishment of Palestinian state.

But the way in which the Vice President packaged the question of Palestine doesn't bode well for a just solution. He made no mention of the illegality of the Israeli settlements, let alone any mention of Israeli occupation of Palestinian and Arab land.

A Palestinian state, according to Biden, is indispensable first and foremost for Israel as a democracy and a Jewish homeland.

Bid for safety

As the Obama administration took stock of its dwindling popularity on its first year and analyzed aspects of its foreign policy failures, it concluded that it's safer for the time being to go back to traditional appeasement of Israel and continue putting pressure on Tehran.

Clearly, the Obama administration feels that it has burnt its fingers, at least publicly, by giving the impression of seeking rapprochement with Iran and distancing itself from Israel.

Although this might have been the right strategy or the necessary bold shift to reinvent the Middle East region, the Obama administration hasn't been ready to pay the political price in terms of the Israeli lobby's backlash domestically or the geopolitical costs in terms of accommodation with Iran.

It's in that sense that the speech at Tel Aviv University is the culmination of half a year of rethinking of US Middle East strategy and actual retreat from the ambitious plans at the outset.

Facing several hot and cold fronts at home and in the Greater Middle East region, the Obama administration hopes to improve the atmosphere with Israel, put the heat on Tehran, and enlist the support of so-called moderate Arabs.

To that end, the Obama administration seems to have abandoned comprehensive efforts towards far reaching global solutions to the region's conflicts, and instead is seeking to maintain the trappings of peaceful negotiations on the Israel-Palestine front in order to raise the h

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Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:59 PM

Yeah, the bastard backtracked and kinda ate his words, damn him:

Quote:

During the opening part of his speech, the vice president spoke warmly of his own personal attachment to Israel and pointedly repeated reassurances that the Obama administration is committed to Israel's security and is paying a price through its active involvement in the region.

"I am here to remind you, and I hope you will never forget, that America stands with you shoulder to shoulder," he said.

Tho' he did reiterate his condemnation in the same speech, at least:
Quote:

Biden repeated an earlier condemnation of the move in his speech today.

"That decision in my view undermined the trust required for productive negotiations, so I, and at the request of the President Obama, condemned it immediately and unequivocally," he said.

The comment incited applause and loud cheers from his audience of mostly Israeli students.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/joe-biden-reassures-israel-us-comm
itment-security/story?id=10070701


Maybe the younger generation is smartening up? Or not...sigh...

"With moral standing"...yeah, riiight!


"I'm just right. Kinda like the sun rising in the east and the world being round...its not a need its just the way it is." The Delusional "Hero", 3/1/10

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Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:54 PM

and the alternative is....what?

as i mentioned earlier, israel is far from the only regressive, backwards theocracy in the region that the united states shores up. its not even the only regressive, backwards theocracy in the region that is currently slaughtering and oppressing its own citizens. not even the only state that is a product of ham-fisted colonialism.

it is however, the only one where the dreaded JOOS are the ones being the assholes. hence, its the only one that is plugged into the longstanding narrative of JOO EVIL. and i firmly believe that the term "zionist", is a dodge, a way for someone to say "kike" without uttering the syllables.

screw israel--i won't defend it, and i won't deny that it is premised on bullshit theism and a sense of historical injury. but lets be honest: a lot of the hostility to israel is rooted as much in the "kosher" character of the state as it is in any sense of injustice. and many folks can not resist discussing the policies of the state, and suddenly transforming it into a discussion of an entire group of people...

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