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I recently made a private vow not to use the term “Israel Firster” again,
BS at the beginning, if he made a "vow" not to use the term, he wouldn't use it. I suspect the accusations of antisemitism against MediaMatters and CAP were the issue.
for two reasons: it’s derogatory (and it was, initially, my vituperative response to being called “anti-Israel” by assorted neoconservative blowhards)
An admission of using a derogatory term against Jewish and Christian supporters of Israel
and it’s inaccurate–most of those who are, I believe, unduly aggressive about Israel’s national security believe that the national security of Israel and the U.S. are identical.
An admission that his use of the term was inaccurate, simply a convenient libel that gets the anti-Israel left excited. Not to mention Jewhaters.
Quality guy, this Joe Klein. I can see why he's at Time's Swampland. Nasty slimey things in the swamp.
When Joe Klein goes to the “Jewish Cultural Center” on the high holidays, does he think those security guards are there to protect him from:
a) Likudniks
b) Neocons
c) Sheldon Adelson
d) Iranian terrorists like those who killed hundreds at the Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires?
No matter which way you slice it, only Iranian government officials and Iranian backed agents want him dead for who he was born as. Even most Arabs have given up the “kill all Jews” cause. Iranians foment it.