Israel: an unwinnable argument

Look. I don't know every nuance of the history of the Middle East, particularly as it applies to the State of Israel. I don't know who "really" owns this land. I don't know which religion laid the first claim, and guess what: I don't really care.

But I do know that when you put a cat in a dog pound (or a dog in a cat pound, if you prefer) you shouldn't be surprised when the result is not harmonious.

It seems to me that in the "Israeli Problem" we have a 2000 year old disagreement, the basis of which can never be conclusively proven one way or the other, and even if proof were available, one side or the other would reject it.

I could certainly be wrong on the facts, but my unenlightened impression is that the People of Israel more or less abandoned the land in question for well over a thousand years - way past any statute of limitations that I've ever heard of - and only began their effort to "reclaim" it in the 1940's, at which time the basically Christian alliance who won WWII honored the claim and began the longest running peace effort in history.

The Jews do not acknowledge anything that happened between (approximately) 1000 BC and 1935. The surrounding Muslims don't count anything that has happened since the 7th Century. Tough to find common ground. Personally, I'm more of a "last hundred years" kind of guy in case you were wondering.

The solution - the only solution that doesn't wipe out one civilization or another - is to move Israel out of the dog pound. Whereas Muslim "civilizations" - who, in the past 1500 years or so, have contributed absolutely noting but oil to the advance of civilization - are demonstratively and permanently mired in the distant past, the Jews - who already control a vastly disproportionate percentage of the world's wealth - are a demonstratively resilient people, who will survive and flourish wherever they end up.

Surely there is a comparable, or even better, patch of land somewhere - Florida for instance - where the Jews would be free to pursue their future without constant attacks from their neighbors.

If the sticking point is some little piece of "Holy Ground", who cares that much?

If it's a matter of principle - who wins, who loses - both sides can claim victory: The Muslims can return to their 7th Century existence, and the Jews can devote the 50% of their wealth and energy that they now spend defending themselves, to further advancement.

We've all walked away from an unwinnable argument.

Really, why not?

Can we be this stupid?

The talk from most of the Democrat talkers and the LeftMedia is that the Democratic Party is about to win big in November and (most likely) in 2008 as well. I don’t see how this talk can be anything but i-think-i-can optimism.

Say something enough and people believe it. This is the new tactic of the Left and it has changed the face of news/politics forever – just as suicide bombers and civilian targets have changed warfare.

We are deep within World War IV and, unless we find some way (ie: some WILL) to win in Iraq, our future involvement in warfare will be merely as victims. So has the Left’s hollow campaign against American interests convinced enough voters to the point where they will turn their country over to a group who has no problem backing out of a commitment (Iraq), who will consult with France before making a decision (Kerry), who will viciously attack those who risk their lives to defend us (Murtha), whose most important issue during this the most dangerous time in our history, is raising the minimum wage?

Every logical bone in my body says that this can’t happen… but… those same bones said the same thing about Clinton in 1996? Was it possible that the voting public would re-elect this likely rapist… this proven liar… this obvious slimeball? And we all know the answer to that one.

And now… in 2006…

Is it possible that the Left has convinced a majority of the voters that there is no threat?

Is it possible that the voters do not see the importance of defeating Terrorism?

Is it possible that the voters do not believe that Iraq is the place where the first major battle of WW4 is being fought?

Is it possible that the voters truly believe that the Democrats will protect our interests in the world?

Is it possible that the majority of us do not realize that the Democrats are not the solution but are instead a large part of the problem?

Is it possible that we will give real control to the party whose only contribution to the war effort since Day 1 has be to obstruct it at every single turn?

Again… every bone says “no way”. And that scares me.

H.L.Menken once said “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.” If the Dems win back a significant number of Congressional seats in 2006 that slogan can be officially changed to ““No one ever lost an election underestimating the intelligence of the American voter.”

If that theory is proven correct by GOP defeats this year, then expect the attacks and the content-free promises to “do things differently” to be even more relentless (yes, it could) leading up to 2008. And if they succeed in recapturing the White House, say goodbye to the United States as we once knew it.

Just as it did in 1996, it seems impossible to me that we, the People, can be that stupid; but I’m not betting on it.

There is no threat.

Having used the "no threat" argument successfully against the Iraq War, the LeftMedia has decided to expand the Denial Approach to virtually everything else that the President is involved in.

Recent ramping up of airport security is "kabuki security" and totally unnecessary according to CBS News.

Bush is mongering fear in an effort to gain support for his bogus war, according to Newsweek.

Efforts to monitor terrorist activity (NSA, data minint, etc.) are thinly veiled progams whose main intent is to spy on ordinary Americans.

Those who strap bombs on themselves and their children to blow up a wedding party, a bus, a coffee shop, a plane, a building, are described as "insurgents" or "disillusioned youth" or anything but the murderering, cowardly, fanatical Muslim animals that they really are... and never, NEVER as Terrorists.

And of course, if it weren't for George Bush, the idiot cowboy and puppet master Dick Cheney, none of this would have ever happened.

We all remember the LeftMedia's big push to downplay the danger of having open borders and (bonus) turn any effort to tighten border security into a racial issue; just like they do with Katrina, airport security, law enforcement, intelligence gathering, poverty, personal responsibility, education, political elections, and on and on and on and on. (The Racism charge ALWAYS works, because the mere denial of the charge is PROOF of it.)

Challenge: Name one subject that the Left hasn't turn into a racial issue.

America is committing suicide.

not peace... but power

Democrats believe that if they can force us to leave Iraq, they will have proven that everything they have ever said about George W. Bush was right.

No concern for the people of Iraq, who will be left at the mercy of the tyrannical sect who will immediately take over their country upon our departure.

No concern for the standing of America's military might, which - unfortunately (for the Dems) but undeniably - has averted any number of confrontations over the past 60 years.

No concern for the Americans who will be attacked and killed by the jihadists once the "distraction" of Iraq is gone.

No. The Democrats concern has only two aspects: Bush Hatred and recapturing political power. I'm not sure which comes first. Both are truly obsessions.

The argument - implied by most and stated by many - is that there was no threat to begin with and will be no threat once the U.S. withdraws (surrenders) from the War on Terror.

If by chance some threat arises, it will, of course, be a residual result of Bush's previous aggression; and the Democrats will deal with it after the fact with their attorney army.

The enemy's stated and demonstrated cause is to kill all Infidels. Not just the ones "invading" their lands. Not just the ones who voted for GW. ALL Infidels must die.

To deny this threat is to deny reality.

All Americans want Peace; it is our fondest desire. So it is hard to blame those of us who have swallowed the line of crap coming from the Left. But those who should and do know better... John Murtha, Ted Kennedy, Carter (worst of the worst), Nancy Pelosi, et al, should be ashamed of themselves. They have tried, for five years, to undermine our security and sell out our future... for votes. Their goal is not peace but power... at any cost.

Joe Lieberman

In CT the single-issue Democratic Party has proven itself to be even more self-destructive than the Republicans. Next session the one and only sane Democrat in the Senate... will be an Independent.