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.
Oy chico.
yah no kidding....took a Donald Trump for idiot politicians to figure out that everyone likes a fighter...
Yep! I first noticed it in Cruz with his speech attacking McConnell and now Huckabee.
Trump is really amazing and getting these candidates to finally go on the attack is what needs to be done. It is the only way to go.
They saw the success Trump had with saying conservative and non-PC anti Washington things and then doubling down.
Are they being honest and will actually do what they are saying now?
Or are they trying to get donations to their pack,sell books and or win the election?
Hmmmmmm #2
Iran is going to vaporize us Americans too.
Take heart.
Donald is saying what most people are yelling at their TVs and radios.
Yes and you see politicians trying to copy Trump now. How fake they are.
Let’s take what we get in this matter. And cheer them on.
Who knows, they might, just might, be for real.
They just needed a leader.
What in the world is the ADL thinking, they blasted the language Huck used as being disgusting. No , ADL what Iran has planned for Israel is disgusting another genocide. ADL stands for American Democrat Leaches. If this were Menendez saying it he would not get the ADL reaction because he is a Dem.
Are politicians obligated to do anything with the money donated to campaigns or pacs?
Yep - Trump is rubbing off on everybody!
RE: They are going to VAPORIZE Them from Space.
I can assure you Israel is not going to wait for that to happen, USA or no USA.
They always squeal like pigs when they walk near a mirror that shows their true self. Europe is being overrun by Islamists. They have infiltrated their governments. Jews are leaving because of Europe’s changing demeanor. They are anti jew and anti Israel. More so every day. They were a major architect of this deal. And who can doubt now that the same takeover is happening in the US. And we all know how Obama has treated Israel. Russia and China support the deal for business reasons.
Good for the HUCK.
The left just gave Iran the weapon to nuke Israel and Huckabee is the bad guy for pointing that out??
Huckabee’s statement was an understatement. Iran want to march the US to the nuclear holocaust ovens so much more.
Yes! For example, Cruz attacked McConnell. McConnell counter attacked and now Cruz is doing nothing. Were it Trump playing this out he would be attacking McConnell even more by every means possible. Cruz is silent. This is a mistake if Cruz does not keep pummeling like Trump would.
If I am not mmistaken, Cruz responded on the Senate loor yesterday and has been all over conservative talk radio today and will be on Hannity tonight.
How, may I ask, is that "doing nothing".
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