There are some morbid attitudes toward Israel. Should we support them? Of course yes! Why? Because they’re our ally!!!!
If you’re not concerned with loyalty or alliance, and are only concerned with American interests, you still want to support Israel because they are a strategic hold in a highly unstable and economically critical geographic area.
And even if you’re such a Liberal hippy your brain can’t quantify the necessity of sound world economic and military strategy – you still have to recognize that the entity at war with Israel, the movement that wants to see them destroyed, also wants the US and all free nations destroyed.
But Hippies like Helen Thomas, due to their illogical style of thought, back the Palestinians and call Israel an oppressor. They choose to see things only from the side of disenfranchised Palestinians, seeing only Israel’s rough treatment and not what makes Israel feel that treatment is necessary.
They use circular reasoning in blaming Israel – and the US for that matter – for any problems that arise. Missiles are fired into Israeli towns from Palestine – Liberals blame Israel for earning it, call them an occupier. Israel moves into areas to take out missile batteries – Liberals call it state terrorism. Seven Israeli commandos kill 50 Palestinian militants – Liberals call it a disproportionate use of force – because no Israelis were killed in exchange…
If Liberals and other ‘friends-of-Israel’ who criticize Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians really wanted to help the Palestinian people, they’d chastise Hamas and the other wack-job militants directly creating all these problems. They’d talk the average Palestinian out of the irrational idea of driving the chosen people into the Mediterranean and teach them some lessons from past Liberal super-stars like Gandi and Dr. King. If an oppressed people strikes out at the majority, kills and destroys, they’ll never see freedom. But if they line up and take a turn letting the majority hit them with sticks, and not retaliating like vindictive children, they’ll find themselves making salt at the beach in no time.



Raging Kitty