DOWN WITH ISRAEL! Cato Institute's take on the Gaza war and on the Israeli state is an embarrassment to the American right

Powerline ^ | 03/29/2024 | John Hinderaker

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

People who support Hamas also support the IRA.

And for the same reason.

Fascists of a feather flock together.

[HighSierra5]

Genesis 12:3

[faithhopecharity]

where did Cato dig up this evil POS?

[UnwashedPeasant]

Et tu, Cato?

[Nervous Tick]

Cato Institute is now dead to me.

But libtards gotta libtard.

[Dogbert41]

“Israel Is a Strategic Liability for the United States,”

Why would ANYONE take advice from people completely ignorant of the Bible when it comes to the Sate of Israel?

[Nextrush]

The Gulf Arab money must be flowing deep in American politics right now.

[SaveFerris]

When he breaks the confirmed covenant of 'Peace and Security' in the middle of the 7 years, the Antichrist will bring the world's armies against Israel to destroy her.

This will bring on the real Armageddon and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ Himself to Earth 🌏🌎🌍.





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[SaveFerris]

(Why would ANYONE take advice from people completely ignorant of the Bible when it comes to the State of Israel?)

Exactly

[jonascord]

The Cato Institute has been a mainstay of country club Republicans since it was founded.

It's got to be frustrating to see their power waning as REAL Conservatives reach their gag limit.

[pigeoninthepark]

Remember the USS Liberty

https://www.usslibertyveterans.org/

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Genesis 12:3

Given that the Christians are the heirs of Abraham, and that the Jews who do not recognize Christ as Messiah were henceforth cast out, I don't think applying that passage to a manmade state is as appropriate as you think it is. (Besides, the Muslims revere and bless Abraham, and certainly do not curse him; would you apply Genesis 12:3 to them? I don't think so.)

Why would ANYONE take advice from people completely ignorant of the Bible when it comes to the S[t]ate of Israel?

You'd have to be ignorant of Scripture to think the modern state of Israel has anything to do with the Scriptural Israel, beyond a shared name.

Anyhow, insofar as the Foreign Policy article is concerned, it's rather sober in its assessment of how fundamentally different Israel is in terms of American foreign policy compared to other countries (and not wrongly at that). What Hinderaker of Powerline gets bent out of shape about (namely, Hoffman's lack of emphasis on Hamas) misses the point: "October 7th" was not the starting point of Israel-Palestinian tensions, and pretending otherwise doesn't make for sound foreign policy.

(This is also notwithstanding fundamental weaknesses of Hinderaker's attempted rebuttal: for example, who are these "real experts on urban warfare" that claim Israel has maintained a "historically low ratio of civilian to military deaths"? Hinderaker doesn't provide any citations, which is bad form for someone who was an attorney as long as he was.)

[thegagline]

From the original article in Foreign Policy Journal:

“Israel is the top recipient of U.S. military aid, receiving more than $300 billion (adjusted for inflation) from the United States since World War II.

Washington continues to provide Israel with roughly $3.8 billion annually in addition to other arms deals and security benefits.”

[pierrem15]

Cato isn't part of the American right: they're libertarian kooks who support "free" trade so the entrepreneurial Ubermenschen can rule over the rest of us meritless slaves.

The make occasionally useful arguments on internal markets and civil liberties, but that's all.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Ummm... the CATO Institute is libertarian, not conservative.

I guess no one got the memo from Russell Kirk decades ago.

Also, I believe that CATO gets funding from Arab sources, so there's that too.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

We need a good dispensationalism vs covenant theology debate!

[Ultra Sonic 007]

We need a good dispensationalism vs covenant theology debate!

And what if you don't necessarily subscribe to either one (insofar as they're commonly understood within evangelical circles)?

[dadfly]

‘Given that the Christians are the heirs of Abraham...’

humm. better be careful brother or sister. we aren’t heirs of Abraham. the Bible actually says,

Rom 8:16,17 KJV The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

maybe go back and check a few things.

[metmom]

I don’t know that Israel needs to have a “long-term political strategy in Gaza.

Actually they do and they have. And they are executing it, so to speak.