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British Polite Society Has Found a Not-So-New Target
Wall Street Journal Europe ^
| 12/24/2001
| Melanie Phillips
Posted on 12/24/2001 10:11:49 AM PST by l33t
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:45:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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By Melanie Phillips, a columnist with the Daily Mail in London.
Since the war against terror started, polite British society has found an enemy to target. It's neither the Taliban nor al Qaeda, however -- it's the state of Israel and Jews in general.
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posted on
12/24/2001 10:11:49 AM PST
by
l33t
To: l33t
This is getting old.
2
posted on
12/24/2001 10:14:14 AM PST
by
LarryLied
To: l33t
The BBC is worse than CNN when it comes to kissing up to the Arabs. Its one step below Al-Jazeera.
3
posted on
12/24/2001 10:14:42 AM PST
by
weikel
To: vrwc54;aculeus;veronica;anapikoros;theotherone
Bump.
4
posted on
12/24/2001 10:17:22 AM PST
by
l33t
To: l33t
Bump to follow.
To: LarryLied
The stories about the little crappy french amsassador were getting old. This is quite a bit different.
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posted on
12/24/2001 10:19:17 AM PST
by
l33t
To: l33t
I could scarcely believe what I had heard. Will Self (who claimed to be Jewish himself) was seeking to make the wider world aware of two things: first, that I was a Jew, and second, that therefore my views on Israel could be disregarded since Jews had double loyalties. The problem with this question (as well as when applied to the U.S.) is that it assumes that the Israel and the UK or US could face-off in war, as the countries presently exist.
If the U.S. and Israel ever came to war, it would mean that the change in at least one, if not both, countries had been so large as to make that nation (or those nations) unrecognizable from how they exist today.
But as the question presently stands, it's rather like asking "Have you stopped beating your wife?" And just as fair.
Comment #8 Removed by Moderator
To: Celtjew Libertarian
That's like asking someone who has family in in another state if he'd be loyal to his own state if it were went to war against the former. In other words it is a moronic question with a jew-baiting component.
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posted on
12/24/2001 10:42:06 AM PST
by
l33t
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: Tropoljac
There is a difference between constructive criticism and blatant hatred and propaganda based disdain.
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posted on
12/24/2001 10:47:17 AM PST
by
l33t
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: l33t
British Polite Society Has Found a Not-So-New Target
"Actually, anti-Semitism was rather fashionable, until Hitler came along and overdid it."
---supposedly a quote from a British Military officer who served in WWII
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posted on
12/24/2001 10:51:30 AM PST
by
VOA
To: l33t
The stories about the little crappy french ambassador were getting oldAs this unfolds from the ambassador's comment to this latest "everyone hates me" whine, I am getting an Al Sharpton moment. I remember 1967 when High School kids like myself were in awe of Israeli Air Force pilots. What we are seeing here now is pathetic.
To: Tropoljac
From what I've seen on this board, most "critics" of Israel are either motivated either by dislike for Jews (i.e. the jews control the media,etc, and are used by Mossad to spy on Americans) or by a grossly distored understanding of the middle east conflict.
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posted on
12/24/2001 10:53:36 AM PST
by
l33t
To: LarryLied
European Jews don't have the Israeli Airforce to protect them. Naturally they are concerned when their neighbors revert to the language last heard 65 years ago.
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posted on
12/24/2001 10:55:51 AM PST
by
l33t
To: l33t
Yeah..yeah..yeah...it's going to be 1938 all over again. As I said at the start, this gets old.
To: l33t;LarryLied;snopercod;Celtjew Libertarian;brityank;dennisw
Socialist agitprop.
Indeed, "getting old."
To: Tropoljac
Actually, my first loyalties lie with God, liberty, and my family. As long as the U.S. is a nation with a system of government, under which I can uphold those loyalties without undue burden, the U.S. is worth defending.
To: l33t
Good column. I used to look for her writing in the Sunday Times, but I haven't been able to find it lately. I thought this was due to the "reorganization" of the Sunday Times website, but this piece says she's now with the Daily Mail, so I'll look there. Most her stuff deals with family, crime, and education, and it's very good.
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posted on
12/24/2001 11:11:19 AM PST
by
TheMole
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