[randita]

The enthusiastic crowd cheered as Silver evoked Elie Wiesel and the lessons learned through the horrors of Nazi Germany, enunciating the reasons for America's humanitarian intervention in Iraq.

A substantial number of the anti-war crowd are anti-Semitic, so the example of Nazi Germany makes no impression on them.

[Enterprise]

"A substantial number of the anti-war crowd are anti-Semitic, so the example of Nazi Germany makes no impression on them."

It still is astounds me how these people can be anti-semitic, and then turn right around and accuse Republicans and conservatives of being Nazis. This a huge disconnect.

[JoeSchem]

A substantial number of the anti-war crowd are anti-Semitic, so the example of Nazi Germany makes no impression on them.

Actually, a substantial number are Secular Jews rather than Believing Jews. They regard their Jewishness as a kind of non-demanding social club, like the Shriners or Freemasons, with the God of Moses as only a faint memory or allegorical reference. Secular Jews resent Israel because it is an historical reminder that Jews are called by a living God to be a chosen people. They resent Christianity not because they perceive Christianity as anti-Semitic, but because Christianity has at its core the worship of the God of Moses through a Jewish messiah.

Into the category of Secular Jews I would place the New York Times and a lot of others in the liberal US news and entertainment media. Of course, there are Secular Jews who are conservative, as well, but in their case they have a certain nostalgia for the God of Moses -- though not outright belief.

[stripes1776]

A substantial number of the anti-war crowd are anti-Semitic, so the example of Nazi Germany makes no impression on them.

A substantial number of the anti-war crowd are Jewish and anti-Israel. Go figure.

[Hildy]

Silver is a cousin of a good friend of mine whom I will be seeing at the end of the month. I'll try to find out the scoop. Unfortunately thought, my friend is a big time Hollywood liberal. Oh well...one at a time.

[OldFriend]

Elie Wiesel has recently been excoriated for supporting President Bush in his mission to free Iraq. Complaining that he became a captive of the right wing.

Pathetic left.

[Redcloak]

A substantial number of the anti-war crowd are anti-Semitic...

A disturbing number are. Listen to them on NPR some time. You'll wonder if you haven't accidentally tuned into a Klan station!