Posted on 07/27/2015 2:09:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
“We really haven’t even heard language like that from Prime Minister Netanyahu,” CNN’s Elisa Labott noted yesterday after Mike Huckabee’s comments to Breitbart on the Iran deal. On Saturday, Huckabee told Alexander Marlow on their Sirius-XM show that the deal would “take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven.” The Holocaust reference provoked an immediate backlash in the political world and on social media, but it didn’t bother Huckabee:
Governor Huckabee didn’t pull any punches when talking about Obama’s Iran nuclear deal: “This president’s foreign policy is the most feckless in American history. It is so naive that he would trust the Iranians. By doing so, he will take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven. This is the most idiotic thing, this Iran deal. It should be rejected by both Democrats and Republicans in Congress and by the American people. I read the whole deal. We gave away the whole store. It’s got to be stopped.”
Despite an avalanche of criticism, including for “politicizing the Holocaust,” Huckabee doubled down a day later:
Tell Congress to do their constitutional duty & reject the Obama-Kerry #IranDeal –> http://t.co/SaIyuq4w01 pic.twitter.com/2rFJgdDHhV
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) July 26, 2015
A number of people may have considered this an inappropriate reference, but Jeff Dunetz is not one of them:
I happen to agree with Debbie Wasserman Schultz, cavalier analogies to the Holocaust are unacceptable, in the past I have criticized both Republican Randy Weber (R-TX), and Democrat Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) for caviler and inappropriate holocaust analogies.
On the other hand Governor Huckabee’s analogy is very appropriate.
The Iran deal leaves Israel under the threat of a nuclear holocaust. At best it allows Iran to develop nuclear weapons in ten years. If it cheats the weapons will be built earlier. Since Iran has threatened to destroy Israel over and over again during the past decade, yes this deal may lead to the death of the 8.3 million people living in Israel. Or to put it another way the P5+1 deal will “take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven.”
Analogies work only as well as the relationship between the two scenarios analogized. It’s nonsensical to claim that opposing an Israeli policy — let’s say the wall, for instance — is the same thing as turning a blind eye to the Holocaust. The Iran deal hits closer to the mark, although it may still be a bit overwrought, as the Israelis have a lot more resources now than they did in 1930s Europe to defend themselves.
A better analogy, at least in my opinion, would be Munich, with Israel having been assigned the role of Czechoslovakia. The West created Czechoslovakia as a redoubt to blunt future German warmaking, a mountain fortress to guarantee stability and a firm defense against Germany. Czechoslovakia played its part well, becoming a relatively bright spot of multicultural democracy. Just as soon as Germany became a real threat, though, the West threw its ally to the wolves to relieve themselves of the burden of having to enforce a post-Versailles order in order to gain a few more months of an illusory peace.
Barack Obama and John Kerry aren’t marching the Israelis to the oven door, but they’re pushing them to Munich at the very least. And the Israelis won’t be the only ones to pay for it, just as the Czechoslovakians were just the appetizer at Munich.
The Trump Effect. Republicans growing some balls.
Whole lotta doublin’ down goin on out deah.
exactly! Apologizing is so 2014.
How do we know that JF’N Kerry didn’t agree to get rid of Israel for Iran to save them the trouble?
I just put together why this whole thing about complaining about Huckabee’s colorful language is so bizarre, especially when Obama called him out for it. Obama spent many years listening to the venom spewing from Rev Wright, but nobody else can express themselves? Any hypocrisy here?
Good for you, Huck!
Ovens are so 20th century — obama’s paving the way for open-air incineration on a truly massive scale.
Now on TV: Whoraldo says indignantly he is a Jew and is deeply offended by Huckabee’s statement.
ANYTHING that ticks Obama off is very likely to be a Good Thing.
The Trump Effect. Republicans growing some balls.
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I sure hope so. It is way past time. I am so sick of the gt along clowns like Boehner, Mitch, and Rove. They can rot with obama.
Exactly. For all the nasty things Obama, Hillary, and the other critics have said about their political opponents, they hardly have room to talk. And Huckabee did not insult a person that strongly (called him naive). He insulted a position, a process, a plan. He did so strongly because the plan is outrageous. it is necessary to be just that strong in our fight against it.
Well, considering that probably 25% of Americans under 30 know anything about it, or the entirely of World War II for that matter, it can become a tired and ineffective reference the more it’s used. Many ethnic groups have their own horror stories, for example, the Armenians, the Ukrainians, the Cambodians, the Chinese...I could go on. What makes the Holocaust so exceptionally disgusting was the impersonal industrial efficiency of that particular outrage.
Geraldo is only half Jewish, just like John Kerry.
But speaking for myself as a complete Jew, I’m happy that Mike Huckabee said what he said, and then had the courage to double down on it when he was criticized.
The Trump Effect. Republicans growing some balls.
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Indeed!
It’s also nice to see some Republicans saving their attacks for the Democrats instead of Trump!
Anybody just see Geraldo lecturing Huckabee on “The Five”? Geraldo: “As a Jew, I....”. My first thought was “Jerry’s a Jew again?” When Jerry started telling Huckabee what he couldn’t say, I turned it off. Actually, I always turn off “The Five” when I see Geraldo. I can take Juan’s pig-headed stupidity, but Geraldo’s omniscient arrogance, pro-illegal propaganda and knee-jerk leftism make me yell at the TV.
They’re just copying Trump trying to get fame to sell books or win the election. Trump was the originator and being himself.
I’m not a fan of Huck,but he’s a friend of Israel!
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