Posted on 03/29/2009 5:43:15 PM PDT by chaimke
My late father used to say that the difference between a dictatorship and a democracy is rather small. “In a dictatorship those in power,” he would tell me, “do whatever they wish while the citizenry MAY NOT say a thing! In a democracy anyone is allowed to freely say anything while the power elites still do whatever they want.” Looking at the latest example of Israeli democracy, it seems my father’s half joking remarks are all too true.
In the last elections, the Israeli electorate gave the right leaning parties 65 votes, versus 55 (including 10 mandates to the Arab parties) to those on the left. It would seem obvious that the voting public unequivocally showed its displeasure with the left and the disasters their policies have heaped upon Israel, as a whole.
The elections results, however, have not deterred Bibi Netanyahu from ignoring the popular will by bringing in Ehud Barak from Labor into the coalition. What is wrong with that you ask, gentle reader? The Labor Party went down from 19 mandates in the last Knesset (Parliament) to 13 in the new one. Obviously the Israeli voter expressed a very strong disenchantment with Ehud Barak and his party, for a fumbling policy all along vis-a-vis the Palestinians, for embarking in Gaza’s Lead Cast operation and not carrying it to a logical end with the removal of Hamas from power. In fact thanks to the once glorious, most decorated soldier in Israeli history - Former general and Defense Minister Ehud Barak - Hamas is fast re-arming just like Hizbullah in Lebanon.
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Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on the lunch menu.
Rousseau points out that when we elect representatives we ae slaves un til the next election.
Today Rep. Periello (D) had published that he would be in our town for a meeting with us slaves, uh, citizens. It was supposed to start at 1230. He was not there by 1255, so I went home.
The elections results, however, have not deterred Bibi Netanyahu from ignoring the popular will by bringing in Ehud Barak from Labor into the coalition. What is wrong with that you ask, gentle reader? The Labor Party went down from 19 mandates in the last Knesset (Parliament) to 13 in the new one.Another op-ed about this. G'night all!
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