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Aaron Goldstein took notice of Helen Thomas’s clearly anti-Semitic remarks in Dearborn. It’s important to understand that Thomas was not engaged in anything that might be called a responsible discussion U.S. foreign policy. One may argue about Iraq, Afghanistan or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict without asserting, as Thomas did, that the U.S. is a puppet of “Zionists.” My own reaction to the Thomas video:
Leaving aside any debate about the overall wisdom of Bush-era foreign policy, is it really the case that the root of the world’s problems is the insidious (and allegedly insuperable) influence of a Jewish conspiracy?
Or is it not rather the case, as I am inclined to believe, that the incitement of hatred against Israel by Arab demagogues - whose ranks Helen Thomas proudly joins - is the real root of this problem?
Egged on by bloodthirsty radicals both Arab and non-Arab, Muslim and non-Muslim, Palestinian leaders have made the annihilation of Israel their casus belli for decades, and have recruited killers around the world to rally to that banner… .
You can read the rest of that, which raises the question: Do Democrats want to be the party of Robert F. Kennedy, or the party of Sirhan Sirhan?
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Alan Brooks| 12.5.10 @ 6:18PM
Speaking of Sirhan, Mike Kennedy as a board member (look it up) was in the right to deny Ayers, not merely for his pro-Sirhan remark, but for other reasons.
But PLEASE don't tar Obama with Ayer's brush, that would be as if a Commie would say because Reagan knew some White-Power guys that makes Reagan a KKK member. Obama only knew Ayers in passing. Obama did lie about Rev. Wright, however Wright manipulated Obama for years, and it takes time to get over something like that.
What was Obama supposed to do, say:
"I knew Wright was a racist, but many white preachermen are racist, too?"
And many white preachermen are racists, that is an obvious fact. No one says they are going to give up all their sins; so neither can we expect Obama or Wright to do so.
JohnFLob| 12.5.10 @ 8:36PM
Question for Mr. Brooks: Dose Barrack know Michelle only in passing?
Jeff| 12.5.10 @ 9:05PM
I wonder if even you know what the hell you're talking about.
Warrior | 12.6.10 @ 9:44AM
So what your saying, the smartest President ever, Ivy league educated and editor of the Harvard Law Review, did not have the mental capacity to see through a racist preachers bullshit. What's even better is that you only believe he knew Ayers in passing while his political career was launched in Ayers residence and wrote a forward for Ayers' book.
What was Obama supposed to say? He should have tried the one thing that he runs full speed away from, the truth. You can't be this stupid Mr. Brooks.
Negro X| 12.5.10 @ 7:24PM
Brooks,
You need to look beyond KOS for your research, Ayers and Obama are buddies and you are a useful idiot.
beebop| 12.6.10 @ 4:59AM
With perhaps a touch of Oxy moron?
rrpjr| 12.5.10 @ 8:17PM
"Obama only knew Ayers in passing."
"Passing" enough to ghost-write Obama's book (he admits doing so). Passing enough to secure Obama a lead role on the Chicago Annenburg Challenge (from which Obama squandered $50 million of evil rich white man's money on failed socialist educational schemes).
Good lord, man, pay attention.
Tom| 12.5.10 @ 10:29PM
Right, because zionist lobbying groups such as AIPAC don't control our congress? I am American and couldn't care less about any other country including Israel. We have too many dual-loyalty politicians and businessmen. On the right we loath people that constantly play the victim card, but why are we ok with the screeching of anti-semite anytime someone brings up Israel?
Ken (Old Texican)| 12.6.10 @ 7:52AM
Tom,
I really appreciate you writing that. It helps explain why you are in charge of nothing...but your ignorance.
Bigmo,
(below)
Thank you for that insight into your character, heh, and your reasoning ability. Oh and not to forget...heh, your inability to construct a declarative sentence.
I pleases me no end to realize that anti Jew persons are dumber than dirt.
Mike W| 12.6.10 @ 10:15AM
Not even AIPAC would deny that they have a tremendous influence on US policy. Only someone ignorant or a liar would deny their clout. However, just as with any criticism of Obama being "racism", any criticism of Israel is taken as anti-semitic. I'm sure the survivors of the USS Liberty were just a bunch of anti-semites when they accused Israel of bombing and strafing and killing them.
Quote - "I pleases me no end to realize that anti Jew persons are dumber than dirt." I'm glad you "pleases" yourself while calling someone dumber than dirt.
Lesser Weevil| 12.5.10 @ 11:13PM
I don't think you know what "casus belli" means.
beebop| 12.6.10 @ 5:11AM
I go on the record as hating wikileaks and the poser Julian Assange. However. Among the leaks was the tacit approval by the House of Saud for attacks upon Iran for the purpose of destroying their nuclear projects and the agreement by the government of Yemen to take up the blame (though not the actual responsibility) for attacks upon Al Qaeda strongholds within their borders. Perhaps these revelations were missed by Thomas? In any event, I personally see it as a significant departure from the lock step idealogy that has dominated the "Arab/Israeli" discussion and perhaps might actually result in a more nuanced dialogue whose end result might (just might) further better relations in the region.
Bigmo| 12.6.10 @ 6:40AM
No thew Jews do not control the worl, they control America through a top down group strategy. How else can you explain how a foreign leader like Netanyahu has more support in the US congress, and indeed in the Democratic party than the US President does? Where else in the world is this?
Krystal| 12.6.10 @ 8:58AM
The ones who exert the most influence world wide are those who control the money - the big bankers, in connection with those who finance/own big media outlets. Combine those two and you have major influence on decisions made, how info is presented or not, wars fought and so on. The people have no chance with real representation or with truthful information flow.
martin j smith| 12.6.10 @ 11:50AM
Yes, the anti-semites are out and who are they: Obmaite Isolationist or Ron Paul Isolationists or Anarchists or Communists or you name it.
If you look back during the GWB years as to have the Left behaved including their congress critters you should recall many instances where the Democrat Left sabotaged our war efforts in Iraq. Recall" The war is lost" of Harry Reid or H. Clinton's comments about Patreus before the hearings--oh there were so many -too many to mention. The Left was in bed with the worst Islamic Leaders including our favorite President of Iran. But--
When Obama came into office, they had a real good trojan horse. The thing is people who voted for them--many of them--really were stupid and failed to listen to the truth. Theywere so anti-Bush ( and Bush presented many problems indeed ) that they failed to see what they were getting. That is a Marxist,pro-Islamic Radical who grew up hating this country and acted out on this hatred--and still does BTW. So, yeas as in the 1930s when the CPUSA and commie elites bent to the will of the COMINTERN , now they bend to the moral equivlent. That is the Democrat Party today.
Krystal| 12.6.10 @ 1:20PM
Yes they failed to see who Obama really was, because the media chose not to air true information about him. Also in September 2008, just before the election, some 50 billion was supposedly pulled out of the market yet the media ignored and we never heard anything about it again. Once more you see the power of big money and big media gaming the system.
Jimbo| 12.7.10 @ 2:12AM
conservatives know that Israel is a socialist haven, right?