Posted on 06/03/2009 1:43:42 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator
American Jews overwhelmingly voted for Barack Obama, the Candidate of Change, despite credible warnings and ample evidence that he would obsessively seek to create a Palestinian state at Israel's expense and "engage" nuclear-arming, Islamist Iran.
After four months of Change, Obama's support in the Jewish community seems rock solid. Besides, many Jews say, Obama's appointment of two Jews to key White House positions - Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff and David Axelrod as presidential senior adviser - proves Obama is OK for Israel. So what if the meeting with Netanyahu didn't go as well as first advertised? Bibi's a right-winger, anyway. Under Obama, there was a kosher Passover Seder in the White House. Progress! Hope! Change!
Hmm. The head-spinning, stomach-turning developments make this lifelong Jewish supporter of Israel think Hitler made two big blunders in his quest for world domination. He attacked the Soviet Union - and he did not invite American Jewish leaders to a catered kosher lunch in Berlin before the war.
Seriously. Had Hitler been able to hide his fanatical hatred of Jews for only a few hours, he might have been able to mobilize liberal American Jewish opinion in favor of a policy of appeasement toward Nazi Germany - perhaps, even, a formal pledge of non-interference in Germany's internal affairs.
Admittedly, a free kosher lunch might not have been enough to win over the so-called Jewish leaders. The Nazi madman probably would have had to appoint a Jewish adviser (on Jewish affairs, say) to accomplish his aim.
A high-level Jewish adviser - yes! That would have worked wonders for the Fuhrer. The Jewish leaders would have returned home to reassure their concerned fellow Jews and the American media that Hitler had no intention of starting a war, regardless of Germany's ominous rearmament and military buildup; that he was instead interested in forging a closer relationship between Germany and the United States, one that could possibly even lead to an alliance of some sort to preserve peace in Europe.
As for "the Jewish Problem," the American Jewish bigwigs would have said that while some Jews were indeed suffering in Germany, there really was room for progress - quietly, of course, behind the scenes. Quiet, patient, principled diplomacy - that's the ticket!
And so it would have gone. Dialogue and diplomacy are the answers, the Jewish leaders would have said; no sanctions, no big, public protests - they would only make matters worse for Germany's Jews and needlessly antagonize the Nazis. No talk of armed intervention or future conflict, heaven forbid.
The impact of their meeting with Herr Hitler and call for engagement and dialogue would have been instant (or what passed for instant in the time before television and the Internet). Overnight, the brave minority warning of a rising, imperialist threat across the ocean would have been marginalized -maybe forever. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, there could have been a crucial decision by the U.S. government to avoid or delay declaring war on Germany as well as Japan, perhaps accompanied by a presidential speech reminding the public of Germany's great contributions to Western civilization and culture and to the shaping of American society.
Though the anti-Semitic rabble - the foot soldiers in armbands and jackboots and white sheets - would have been appalled by Hitler's meeting with Jewish leaders, the Fuhrer's more sophisticated American supporters and sympathizers would have understood his diabolically clever move. Influential isolationists and fascists - the Pat Buchanans of that era - would have laughed all the way to the next America First or German American Bund (or Silver Shirts, or Black Legion, or Ku Klux Klan) rally.
The Roger Cohen of that day - there is always a Roger Cohen whenever and wherever Jewish communities are threatened with annihilation and persecution - would surely have written a series of articles for The New York Times about Jewish conditions in Germany being not so bad after all, despite the beatings and racial laws, the persecution and the humiliation, the incessant anti-Semitic propaganda. (In fact, the liberal Jewish columnist Walter Lippmann wrote approvingly of Hitler in the late 1920s, advising his readers that the Nazi leader would "moderate" his views upon achieving power.)
Obama is no Hitler. Obviously. God help us if that were the case. But Obama's policies and actions are giving new Hitlers - the leaders of Islamist Iran - time to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles capable of destroying Israel and bringing America to its knees.
In other words, Obama's appeasement of Iran and betrayal of Israel is effectively helping to prepare the ground for a new Holocaust and a new world war.
And American Jews and Jewish organizations - seemingly slavishly bound to a Democratic Party with a left wing that now views the establishment of Israel as a mistake - are going along for the ride. American Jewish voters overwhelmingly chose Obama over John McCain, a proven friend of Israel, and they don't seem at all ready to jump ship. They are not even close to the exit ramp.
What will it take for American Jews to stand up and be counted? Would a call by Obama for a Palestinian capital in Jerusalem open their eyes? Probably not. In contrast with bible-believing Christians and observant Jews, liberal Jews are fashionably forsaking Israel's capital. Strong support for Israel is so yesterday ... so ... Bush/Cheney.
The time is fast approaching for American Jewry to decide between loyalty to a political party that bears no resemblance to that which their parents and grandparents adored for generations and their professed love of Israel whose security, along with the security of the United States, is being undermined by everything Obama is presently doing, has done, and plans to do.
With whom do you stand, American Jews - America and Israel or Obama and the Democratic Party?
Because they are a democracy in the middle of all those dictators and petty monarchs, and they allow individual freedom for their people, and more contributions to science and technology come out of Israel than all the Muslim nations put together.
If the Muslims were ever leave them in peace, Israel would accomplish even more, and provide even more opportunities for the Muslims in that area.
Because they keep the oil-rich Arabians honest without our having to maintain a "presence".
Like the ACLU?
Like the ACLU?
The same Jews who invested their life savings with Bernie Madoff have invested in B. Hussein al-Bama the existence of Israel. Fortunately, the Jews who actually live in Israel will have something to say about it.
Absolutely unbelievable. No sense of proportion whatsoever.
Don't you suppose the politicians who made Jewish public school students bow their heads might have been Democrats in at least some instances?
That’s the first one that comes to mind.
Yep. Look at the names of the ACLU directors, lawyers, etc., not too many Irish ones.
“And what about all those terrified Jews who reportedly abandoned their progressive heritage to buy into the smears libeling Obama as an Israel-hating terrorist? Obama drew a larger percentage of Jews nationally (78) than Kerry had (74) and – mozel tov, Sarah Silverman! - won Florida.”I hope and pray that many American Jews will now come to see that Obama actually is an Israel-hating terrorist.Frank Rich, New York Times
I wish all the foolish Obama Jews could hear this.
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The Obama=Hitler thus liberal Jews are dumbass' are always fun. Counterproductive, but we don't want those votes anyway.
I think US Jews in general are more afraid of Christians than they are of islamic fascists and Barry. So to answer = Barry.
Lerner wants Obama to crack down on Israel and engage our enemies. It was a good debate and Dershowitz cleaned his clock.
“I believe that that country receives the biggest slice of our foreign aid. We need our money. Let the NY libs support the darned country.”
What?
You shouldn't, can't you think for yourself?
Most of the U.S. Jews voted for obama. That should be a clue to as to the answer.
Lerner wants Obama to crack down on Israel and engage our enemies. It was a good debate and Dershowitz cleaned his clock.
Unfortunately Dershowitz is a lib who thinks support of Israel is the "true radical position" and who believes Obama is Israel's friend (he campaigned for him, you know).
Take it up with the author (his e-mail addy is available at the source site).
Dang. You learn something new every day.
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