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To: LarryLied
Is there anything Israel does you will not defend?

That question got me to thinking. The only thing I consistently defend about Israel is its right to exist. I only posted to this thread because you pinged me and I only made the comments I did because the only posts I've seen of yours are similar to this one.

Curious, I searched your posts. You say this is your position;

I also have a problem with Israel's actions in other areas than the mid east and Israel not shutting down the criminal activities for recent arrivals from the Soviet Block. I could, and do, make similiar criticisms of many more countries which are allied with us. Israel is in the news, that is why I comment on these threads.

I'll take you at your word.

Don't start slandering Americans for helping Nazi Germany. We defeated Nazism. There is more than enough stuff to throw back at those who try to pin Hitler on us.

Ford and IBM have been criticized for just such actions - for doing business with the Germans during the war. I can't vouch for the truth of the allegations, but if they are true then they should be criticized and it's not slander. Furthermore criticizing them is not the same as criticizing America, anymore than criticizing Russian Jewish criminals is the same as criticizing Israel. To the extent that either government was complicit in criminal actions they too should be criticized.

That is, if you believe in applying the same standards to everyone.

45 posted on 06/24/2002 8:17:43 PM PDT by liberallarry
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To: liberallarry
I do apply the same standards to everyone. That is why I get upset when I see American companies smeared for doing business in Germany while DeBeers, Nachman Dushanski and Shlomo Morel are untouchable. Thing about egregious double standards is once you notice one it is hard not to look for more. And there are a lot of them out there.
46 posted on 06/24/2002 8:45:40 PM PDT by LarryLied
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