Posted on 06/12/2009 3:15:33 PM PDT by Shellybenoit
Generally, liberals are not big fans of Israel or Judaism. Especially when you look at the liberal websites.
Israel used to be the darling of the liberal, an underdog nation fighting against a bunch of ruthless dictators, the Kibbutznick working as part of a collective economy...it was the liberal ideal. Two things happened to change that "love affair" the first happened forty years ago, when Israel crushed its Arab neighbors in the six-day war. That's when Israel began to lose its underdog status. It was however, still liberally acceptable to support Israel.
The second blow to Israel-Liberal relations happened in 1977 when Menachem Begin was elected Prime Minister. Most people saw Begin as a "hard-liner," whatever that means. If being a hard-liner means whenever he made a security decision he thought of the six million killed in the Holocaust and was determined not to let it happen again, well then its true Begin was a hard-liner. But that's not why Begin was a blow to the left wing.
Every Prime Minister before Begin came from the Labor Party. Every Prime Minister before Begin helped foster a socialist economy. Menachem Begin was a Capitalist. On top of that he talked about God a lot. Liberals do not like when you talk about God. Israel's image (to the liberals) changed from that of a socialist underdog to a capitalist, bible thumping, war monger and it remains that way today.
The Huffington Post is one of the largest websites around. Its writing is generally left-wing and it attracts liberals of all kinds, especially the kind that hates Jews and hates the Jewish State:
(Excerpt) Read more at yidwithlid.blogspot.com ...
It will be interesting to see how the left with their talk of the religion of peace and Israel bashing, how the secular left or even much of the religious left with their Jeremiah Wrights will try to spin it as if it’s a problem from the “right.†Of course the media will be on board with any liberal nonsense, but will people buy this line?
Geez, I’ve posted this ‘till I’m blue in the face, as my Dad would say:
There are over three hundred million Arab Muslims in the twenty-two states of the Arab League, most of whom desire the extermination of the Jews.
There are five million Jews in the state of Israel.
(Deep breath)
WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE DO THE #$@#ING MATH!!?
Von Brunn’s real leftwing home was right next to Arianna’s and Rev. Wright’s abodes.
It seems that they all had a number of leftwing ideological ‘things’ in common. Irony or coincidence? Perhaps they can clarify......
There are five million Jews in the state of Israel.
That is so unfair.
The Muslims don't stand a chance.
Three hundred million versus five million.
That’s what angers Arab Muslims most, because they have had their @sses handed to them every single time they attack the Jews in Israel.
This tiny sliver of land in the Middle East is a splinter up the @ss of every wife beating Arab Muslim, and they are really p!ssed off and that is why they blow themselves up with such reckless abandon.
“Who blesses the Jews, him shall I also bless. But whosoever curses the Jews, him shall I surely curse!”
The left sees Arabs and Muslims as not able/willing to appreciate freedom and democracy. Remember the slew of arguments just a few years back to that extent although never really outright saying it that way?
Or consider this. When has Obama once said that he supports freedom and a democratic process in the Middle East? On is apology tour, he's essentially kissing up to regimes and despots.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.