[Rhodes22-list] We're all Jews Now?

[Brad Haslett]

Robert,

Not a lot of time available today to solve the worlds problems - late sim
followed by an early show.  I volunteered for the job so no whining from
this corner.  We agree, Iran must not be allowed to have nukes.  Israel must
be defended!  I'm personally too ensconced in worshipping earthly delights
to bother with 'other world' issues, and frankly, don't care what direction
anyone prays, or doesn't.  There are no non-guilty parties in religion or
politics.  But this I do care about.  Western civilization is under attack!
Israel doesn't have the luxury of debating while being fired on.  We think
we in the US do, but we really don't.  It doesn't matter what party prevails
in the next election cycle as much as what party has a long term vision.
Neither one gives me much hope at the present time.

Brad


On 7/24/06, Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:
>
> Brad Haslett (and Mark Steyn) wrote:
> >
> > "Meanwhile, Kofi Annan in a remarkable display of urgency (at least when
> > compared with Sudan, Rwanda, Congo et al.) is proposing apropos Israel
> and
> > Hezbollah that U.N. peacekeepers go in, not to keep the "peace" between
> two
> > sovereign states but rather between a sovereign state and a usurper
> > terrorist gang. Contemptible as he is, the secretary-general shows a
> shrewd
> > understanding of the way the world is heading: Already "non-state
> actors"
> > have more sophisticated rocketry than many EU nations; if Iran has its
> way,
> > its proxies will be implied nuclear powers. Maybe we should put them on
> the
> > U.N. Security Council.
> >
> > "So what is in reality Israel's first non-Arab war is a glimpse of the
> world
> > the day after tomorrow: The EU and Arab League won't quite spell it out,
> > but, to modify that Le Monde headline, they are all Jews now."
>
> To this I would add:
>
> As the terrorists find themselves well-entrenched in any location,
> they seem to broaden their definition of enemy to include Islamic
> sects other than their own bloody interpretation of the Prophet's
> teachings.
>
> So it is evident that the "War On Terrorism" is in reality a
> religeous conflict; not just Jew against Arab, but rather secular
> democratic nations against non-national dictatorial quasi-religeous
> vandals.  Just as some in this country wrap their reactionary
> agendas in religeous language, the terrorists justify pointless
> destruction with Islamic rhetoric -- rhetoric that is only recently
> being vocally disavowed by the majority if Islamic faithful around
> the world.
>
> Conclusion?
>
> Iran is providing weapons to the terrorists.  Iran is building a
> nuclear capability.  Iran's nuclear program must be stopped.  This
> is imperative since the alternative is whackos with nukes.
>
> And, to be effective in the long run, we need to recruit Islamic
> nations as allies in doing this, if we can.  While Isreal is
> entirely capable of stopping Iran's nuke program, unilateral
> action here will be very expensive -- it will treat a symptom, not
> a root cause.
>
> /Robert Skinner
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