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southernleftylady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:12 PM Original message |
Ok enlighten me here please... why is there such a love fest for Israel? |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm not an expert on Israel or the area |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. check out the forum on this |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Huge ? ... |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. but they vote! n/t |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 06:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Jews and union members vote at about twice their proportion |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. White guilt |
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Jawja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 06:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Another |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 06:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. both sides have the same god, who seems to have cursed them |
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PsN2Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not by me |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's complex, but |
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SunDrop23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes please, I'd like to know the same thing. |
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Tardisian (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. Not entirely certain, but... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 07:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. Sometimes reading is a good thing..... |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 01:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
53. Read Exodus |
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OK_DemX2 (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because RW evangelical Christians hold them to be the |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because of all the hatred toward the Jews. |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. When, precisely, did the US help them when no one else could or would? |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 06:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. 1967,1973 comes to mind. |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. 1973, maybe... |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. this land is mine, god gave this land to me |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I wouldn't compare the Jews in Israel to the Europeans in America |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. what exactly makes that tract of land holy? |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Do a google search on "Holy Land" |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 06:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. what about sacred apache land? |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Start a thread about giving land back to the Native Americans |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's useful to the American policy of controlling the Middle East. n/t |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. In my opinion.. |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. And let's not forget us Catholics who are more loyal to the Pope |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. here's is just a short snip of a current article posted over at FTW.com |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 06:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. The statement reminded me of some skin heads that said Jews controlled the |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 06:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. it's unfortunate we can't really discuss this |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 06:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I've already decided |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. It's all so complicated |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 11:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. so you'll be sticking up for Palestinians now then |
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TrustingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. yep. and an amazing amount of them are PNACers...n/t |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. The human race let the Jewish people down in the 1900's |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Maybe it would have been |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 06:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. And if the native Americans had moved to Portugal |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 07:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Because the Holy Land had been such a peaceful neighborhood move the Jews |
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RebelYell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because we'll be called "anti-semitic" if we don't |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. Your kid is a cutie..... |
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demon67 (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. Lots of reasons, I think |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 06:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. I agree - add guilt for letting Anti-semitism in 42 stop our bombing of |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 11:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
50. fwe points |
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Democat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. How long will it take for this therad to explode? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. shhhhhh n/t |
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Ducks In A Row (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
27. it's so tied up with the fundies bible |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. Cold war politics. |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 11:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I agree with most of what you said, except for Iraq. |
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union_maid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
45. Answer: Lots of reasons, depending on who's supporting Israel |
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CaTeacher (983 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 08:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. some people are either uneducated |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
51. my 2 cents |
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jmags (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
52. Mainly for the recipes. |
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