[lit-ideas] Re: Flotilla Qhoir: "We Con the World"
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 11:01:40 -0700
Mike,
I took up your second paragraph (below) at some length at
http://www.lawrencehelm.com/2010/06/on-islamist-desire-to-destroy-israel.htm
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Lawrence
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On Behalf Of Lawrence Helm
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Flotilla Qhoir: "We Con the World"
Mike,
Exceeding Lit-Ideas length-limit once again, I posted my response at
http://www.lawrencehelm.com/2010/06/flotilla-adventure.html
Lawrence
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On Behalf Of Mike Geary
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 8:29 AM
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Flotilla Qhoir: "We Con the World"
Well you certainly should have been surprised, Lawrence, not only surprised,
but as much amused as I am by your post, given that I have no such sympathy,
nor did I write anything or have I ever written anything to suggest that I
feel sympathy for the Muslim Brotherhood. You make me nostalgic for the
late 50's to middle 60's when Commies roamed the halls of Congress,
infiltrated all the universities polluting the minds of our young with the
poison of Marxism, ran Hollywood propaganda machine, fluoridated our water
and contaminated our precious bodily fluids. Having a purely evil adversary
is both scary and uplifting. Come, Papiols, let's to moral clarity! I
have no life save when I have an enemy to fight.
I am fanatically opposed to fanaticism of any shape. I am my own worst
enemy. I despise Islamic fanaticism as well as Zionist fanaticism as well
as American fanaticism -- you get the picture, I'm sure. Is Hamas an
offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood? Could be. Don't know. Don't care.
They are the democratically elected leaders of Gaza Strip. The IDF is not,
nor the Knesset, nor Washington. If I were king of the world, I'd outlaw
Likud and Hamas, in fact, I'd kill just about everybody, but I'm not king,
so you'll just have to live and let live.
I have no desire to revisit the crimes of Israel vis-a-vis the crimes of the
Pals and other Arabs. All are at fault. I accuse Israel of being Third
Reichian, because like the Third Reich, Israel is pursuing a Labensraum
policy, a land grab inspired by fanatical Zionists who want to reclaim all
the "Holy Land" as the Jewish Homeland deeded to them by God. But the only
God I recognize is the UN who in 1948 established the State of Israel with
set borders. If you think Israel hasn't committed atrocities of the same
scope and scale as the Pals, I can only assume that you follow a very
different moral code than I do. If Israel wants peace over property, then
they must return to the pre-1967 borders, then all can talk. But I don't
think that's very likely to happen. There's no Rabin around to lead Israel
out of the jungle. That's why Iran feels it imperative to acquire nuclear
weapons. And why Saudi Arabia will, and Egypt and Syria, even Burma now
wants one.
Re: Noam Chomsky. I do have great admiration for the clarity of his thought
and his courage to tell the world to fuck off. But I'm no Noam. He's
about a 100 IQ points ahead of me. But I certainly share more of his values
than Cheney's.
Unfortunately, it doesn't surprise me that you would have no problem with
war in the Middle East. You may well get your wish very soon:
Report: Erdogan considering visiting Gaza to 'break blockade'
"Erdogan reportedly raised the idea in conversations with close associates
and even informed the United States of his intention to ask the Turkish Navy
to accompany another aid flotilla to Gaza. The Americans asked Erdogan to
delay his plans, in light of tensions on the region, the Lebanese report
said."
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/report-erdogan-considering-vis
iting-gaza-to-break-blockade-1.294326
Mike Geary
Memphis
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