Just heard a short news clip on the radio that ticked me off. The gist was that fighting broke out between Israelis and Palestinians. Over 50 Palestinians were killed and “only” two Israelis. The Palestinians were threatening to call of peace talks.
Let’s break this down. The Israelis kicked butt so they’re the bad guys since liberals hate success. The Palestinians are still acting up despite getting everything they’ve asked for including the Gaza strip. Is anyone really surprised? The press loves the Palestinians which is why they can keep acting like this and getting away with it.
The Palestinians may just be the most useless bunch of people to ever inhabit a section of this Earth.
[...] The professor’s foolish distaste for the American way of life (his own words), as opposed to his preference for the secure life on borrowed time present day EU citizens enjoy - coupled with his weird but intellectually fashionable victim-worship - is in keeping with Professor Judt’s internationalist universalist distaste for Israel. Israel is morally at peace with decisions to defend itself, not mournful and apologetic about it, so he is not at all pleased by Tel Aviv/Jerusalem. It too follows the American model in refusing to be apologetic about its own existence in the way fashionably detached trans-national ‘educated’ elites like journalists (thank you John, an excellent point) and the good professor would prefer. [...]
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Your an idiot and you obviously know nothing of the Palestinian Israeli conflict. Why don’t you do some research and find out exactly how horrible the Palestinians are being treated.
(idiot doesn’t even come close to how wrong you are)
Comment by chris — November 20, 2008 @ 8:53 pm
Ah, Chris provides the typically liberal response. Actually Chris, I have researched the issue. That is why I know the Palestinians kill more of each other each year than the Israelis do. I know King Assad of Syria killed more in one day than the Israelis have in the last 15 years. I know Palestinians actually have more civil rights in Israel than in most Arab countries where they are outcasts. I could go on, but I suspect nothing could change that “open, tolerant” mind of yours.
Let me guess, you’re in college right now, right?
Comment by john — November 21, 2008 @ 1:22 pm