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Victor Davis Hanson: When Should We Stop Supporting Israel?
VDH ^
| March 28, 2004
| Victor Davis Hanson
Posted on 03/28/2004 10:46:43 PM PST by quidnunc
The recent assassination of Sheik Saruman raises among some Americans the question at what point should we reconsider our rather blanket support for the Israelis and show a more even-handed attitude toward the Palestinians? The answer, it seems to me, should be assessed in cultural, economic, political, and social terms.
Well, we should no longer support Israel, when
Mr. Sharon suspends all elections and plans a decade of unquestioned rule.
Mr. Sharon suspends all investigation about fiscal impropriety as his family members spend millions of Israeli aid money in Paris.
All Israeli television and newspapers are censored by the Likud party.
Israeli hit teams enter the West Bank with the precise intention of targeting and blowing up Arab women and children.
Preteen Israeli children are apprehended with bombs under their shirts on their way to the West Bank to murder Palestinian families.
Israeli crowds rush into the street to dip their hands into the blood of their dead and march en masse chanting mass murder to the Palestinians.
Rabbis give public sermons in which they characterize Palestinians as the children of pigs and monkeys.
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(Excerpt) Read more at victorhanson.com ...
TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: israel; palestinians; unnecessaryexcerpt; vdh; victordavishanson; zionist
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posted on
03/29/2004 6:44:19 AM PST
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Alouette
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posted on
03/29/2004 7:21:54 AM PST
by
SJackson
(A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity, Sigmund Freud)
To: general_re
American interests bump.
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posted on
03/29/2004 7:31:50 AM PST
by
headsonpikes
(Spirit of '76 bttt!)
To: American in Israel
Off topic, but I am glad to see you are still ok.
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posted on
03/29/2004 7:33:45 AM PST
by
Bahbah
To: quidnunc
at what point should we reconsider our rather blanket support for the Israelis and show a more even-handed attitude toward the Palestinians?
when they stop killing Israelis eating pizza, riding buses,...
I'll get back to you when this happens.
Don't hold dinner waiting.
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posted on
03/29/2004 7:53:59 AM PST
by
Valin
(Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)
To: Tolik
He does it again, BUMP!
To: SJackson; Tolik
Thanks for the ping
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posted on
03/29/2004 7:57:08 AM PST
by
Valin
(Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)
To: PigRigger
Nonsense! there is a diference in scale: Israel is very small in area and is immediately affected by terrorist
attacks.
To: PigRigger
The BIG question is why Hanson had to write this article at all. Is not all he said is an obvious truth? It is very sick world that it's not.
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posted on
03/29/2004 9:58:18 AM PST
by
Tolik
To: upcountryhorseman
Not sure I get your point. Do you agree or disagree with my comment?
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posted on
03/29/2004 10:19:33 AM PST
by
PigRigger
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To: Tolik
"The BIG question is why Hanson had to write this article at all..."
If you live or work in NYC you would get a better understanding of why. Most people in the Northeast are totally clueless when it come to the reality of the world we live in.
There are times I almost lose all hope that people will finally wakeup and see that we in the west are under attack for no fault of our own other than for the freedoms we embrace. One would think that 9-11 would be the wakeup call; bring reality to the forefront. To some it has; to a lot of others it appears they still believe we asked for it.
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posted on
03/29/2004 10:26:22 AM PST
by
PigRigger
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To: PigRigger
I have few childhood friends who drive me nuts the same way. Otherwise smart people, who come they don't get it?!
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posted on
03/29/2004 10:32:06 AM PST
by
Tolik
To: quidnunc
The answer is never. Now why don't you crawl back under the rock you came from, Mr. Hanson.
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posted on
03/29/2004 10:34:53 AM PST
by
Paulie
To: Paulie
Please, confess, you did not read this or any other article by Mr. Hanson.
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posted on
03/29/2004 10:39:09 AM PST
by
Tolik
To: Tolik
Yeah, I tried to take that post back but it was too late. I spoke (typed) too soon.
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posted on
03/29/2004 10:41:31 AM PST
by
Paulie
To: Paulie
Paulie wrote:
The answer is never. Now why don't you crawl back under the rock you came from, Mr. Hanson.Are you a donky?
Are you a complete lackwit?
Hanson has penned an article which is 100% pro-Israel.
In the future you might find it useful to actually read an article before offering stupid commentary.
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posted on
03/29/2004 10:41:33 AM PST
by
quidnunc
(Omnis Gaul delenda est)
To: quidnunc
Yes, quidnunc, I realize I did wrong. In the future I will avoid shooting from the hip.
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posted on
03/29/2004 10:45:01 AM PST
by
Paulie
To: quidnunc
When Should We Stop Supporting Israel?How about when:,
1) the entire Arab world learns to live in peaceful co-existence with a nation that does not conform to their religion (yet still allows more freedom to its Arab citizens and does more to protect their rights than basically any Arab country);
2)does not inflict its youth with rabid anti-Jewish/anti-Israel rhetoric in lieu of education;
3)does not give money to the families of those who murder innocent men, women, and children;
4)does not try to invade Israel (although they seem to have given up that idea after the last few attempts haven't turned out so well);
5)adopt official positions of recognizing Israel's right to exist, rather than calling for its annhilation;
6)and gives up the silly and ignorant notion that there was once a country called 'Palestine' and accepts the fact that the Arabs calling themselves 'Palestinians' were sent out of their homes in the UAR and/or Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt, then weren't allowed to return when initial attempts to crush the fledling state of Israel failed.
So, in other words, probably never.
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posted on
03/29/2004 10:45:32 AM PST
by
HenryLeeII
("The war on terror is not a figure of speech, it is an inescapable calling of our generation." -GWB)
To: quidnunc
bump
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posted on
03/29/2004 10:48:59 AM PST
by
Tribune7
(Arlen Specter supports the International Crime Court having jurisdiction over US soldiers)
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