I read this on another site and it's very thought provoking. You may want to pass it on as well:
Do you marvel at the blind eye turned to evil by many “intellectuals” today? Does the creeping anti-Semitism that condemns Israel for defending itself against Hezbollah rocket attacks stun you? Are you baffled by the moral equivalency given to Israel and the blatant terrorist fanatics of Hezbollah?
Recently, I suggested in conversation that the world is recreating the precarious conditions of the 1930’s that led to the deaths of millions in the Second World War. Victor Davis Hanson, in National Review Online, has explored that very premise in a lengthy and illuminating article.
Some excerpts:
When I used to read about the 1930s — the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, the rise of fascism in Italy, Spain, and Germany, the appeasement in France and Britain, the murderous duplicity of the Soviet Union, and the racist Japanese murdering in China — I never could quite figure out why, during those bleak years, Western Europeans and those in the United States did not speak out and condemn the growing madness, if only to defend the millennia-long promise of Western liberalism.
Our present generation, too, is on the brink of moral insanity. That has never been more evident than in the last four weeks, as the West has proven utterly unable to distinguish between an attacked democracy that seeks to strike back at terrorist combatants, and terrorist aggressors who seek to kill civilians.
These past few days, the inability of millions of Westerners here and in Europe, to condemn fascist terrorists who start wars, spread racial hatred, and despise Western democracies is the real story, not the “quarter-ton” Israeli bombs that inadvertently hit civilians in Lebanon who live among rocket launchers that send missiles into Israeli cities and suburbs.
The growing turbulence of the 1930’s went largely unchallenged by those in power in Europe who instead sought to appease, smooth over, and get along with evil instead of condemning or combating it. As a result, roughly fifty million people died in the vast war that followed, and millions more would suffer for decades under the scourge of Communism that rose from the destruction.
The evil history of man is poised to repeat itself. Who will stand to prevent it?
If one listens to talk radio in the west, you will hear pure hate of America and all jews.
Even on the best of the conserative shows, the hate caller will get on the air and spew the hate.
At my age, WW2 is still clearly a part of my memory and as I see what is happening today, there is little difference.
If you can listen to radio on the computer or live in the west, you will hear it pure and uncut for hours, from 1 am, at:
kgo.com
It is 810 on the AM dial, the Ray Talifero program, you could still get last nights program, until he comes on again.
No, my nerves do not want me listening to it, but i have in the past.
I do listen to Dr. Bill Wattenberg and John Rothman from that station, Dr. Bill calls it like he sees it. John is a democrat, but does have a good grasp on history and knows Israel.
I do hope you will continue to read this thread, and continue posting.
Our present generation, too, is on the brink of moral insanity