tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post9064985381989214981..comments2023-08-05T04:20:38.120-04:00Comments on A New Republican: The World vs. IsraelJosh Grundlegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01827125493183670561noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-55216445848243402372010-07-19T14:26:31.918-04:002010-07-19T14:26:31.918-04:00Jeff,
Thanks for your words Jeff. Common sense i...Jeff,<br /><br />Thanks for your words Jeff. Common sense is one of the aims of this blog. There isn't any point in meaningless rhetoric and talking points. The point, in my mind, of any politics is to reach truthful and rational policy. One way to accomplish this is through the discussion and debate over important topics. Through such interaction one is able to strengthen their ideas and/or change them when confronted with flaws.<br /><br />Thanks for reading<br /><br />JoshJosh Grundlegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827125493183670561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-89314709892435505982010-06-23T16:27:56.497-04:002010-06-23T16:27:56.497-04:00Josh,
Glad you're able to keep your composure...Josh,<br /><br />Glad you're able to keep your composure and offer very salient and dignified responses. "Anonymous" has no interest in drawing you into intellectual discourse. He's simply baiting you. We know he has no idea what he's talking about and is using what he thinks is clever rhetoric to try and lash out and counter your sound arguments with angry falsehoods and blather. You're wasting your time trying to confront his barrage of nonsense . He hates Israel, possibly all Jews, and will make up baseless assertions so he can continue his hateful diatribe. Facts will not dissuade him. Just ignore him and move on.<br /><br />Common sense is with you here.<br /><br />Jeff F. Cornell '85 (and not even a Republican)Jeff F.http://www.mit.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-44055919687066688892010-06-11T11:45:31.452-04:002010-06-11T11:45:31.452-04:00Anon - Absolutely correct and "shooting the m...Anon - Absolutely correct and "shooting the messenger" is never a means to understanding and growth through discourse. Certainly, though the messenger needs to be saying something substantive, and not mere puffery. What, in your opinion, is the message?Josh Grundlegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827125493183670561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-42028648353979294032010-06-11T11:36:40.168-04:002010-06-11T11:36:40.168-04:00If you can't refute the message, attack the me...If you can't refute the message, attack the messenger. If you can't attack the messenger, make false accusations about the messenger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-72599877090572609242010-06-10T08:40:18.599-04:002010-06-10T08:40:18.599-04:00Thanks David. Whatever one things of the blockade...Thanks David. Whatever one things of the blockade or Israel, for that matter, seems irrelevant when the facts of the flotilla incident are so clear.Josh Grundlegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827125493183670561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-36573644107978708762010-06-10T00:04:15.660-04:002010-06-10T00:04:15.660-04:00Sadly, Mr. or Ms. Anonymous seems not only to be f...Sadly, Mr. or Ms. Anonymous seems not only to be full of hate or envy (or both), but completely out of touch at the same time. I have never seen such a clear right and wrong to a debate as I read above. Well said Josh and Publius. It is unfortunate that Isreal, the West and other logical and reasonable peoples have to deal with the Anonymous's we share this good Earth with.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-37144141796711390212010-06-08T11:01:38.574-04:002010-06-08T11:01:38.574-04:00Publius, that is certainly a possibility. Althoug...Publius, that is certainly a possibility. Although I would hope even Iranian media outlets have some content in their arguments.Josh Grundlegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827125493183670561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-35085140561263035002010-06-07T20:09:54.934-04:002010-06-07T20:09:54.934-04:00Sounds like Anonymous needs to stop reading Irania...Sounds like Anonymous needs to stop reading Iranian state-run media outlets.Publiusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-31880147564055071492010-06-04T17:05:19.400-04:002010-06-04T17:05:19.400-04:00It is no secret that victims of abuse later become...It is no secret that victims of abuse later become abusers. This holds true for Israel. Bitter victims given billions of US military aid...used to kill millions of men, women & children and take over their land. The real story doesn't get told in US. When Israelites first came to promised land, they killed every man, woman and child living there. Interesting how history is repeating itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-88519769359438072662010-06-04T16:59:25.398-04:002010-06-04T16:59:25.398-04:00Interesting how the entire world is wrong and Isra...Interesting how the entire world is wrong and Israel is right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-63143263222942113402010-06-04T16:43:32.701-04:002010-06-04T16:43:32.701-04:00Well said Harry. The Jewish victimhood syndrome i...Well said Harry. The Jewish victimhood syndrome is unfortunately a deep problem, both from an internal and external perspective. There is often a knee-jerk drive to give the 'underdog' a higher moral standing, simply for being in the weaker position and to fault the 'overdog' without cause for being an oppressor. Ironically Jewish success over the years has led to rabid anti-Semitism and thus victimization. The 'outsider' Jew has often been punished for achieving success (financial in Europe pre-Holocaust, military and financial in Israel, etc.)<br /><br />The worst, as you point out, are those Jews that can't break this self-imposed role. The JStreeters of the world, who can't in their "liberal Zionist" mentality [See a great article by Jonathan Tobin http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=177306] fit Israel into the mold of victim, tar and feather it as an oppressor. In a world were power and success are automatically tagged as morally reprehensible, the good who use these characteristics will be punished while the bad will drum up propoganda to cloak themselves in the mantle of victimhood.<br /><br />Thanks for positing.<br /><br />~JoshJosh Grundlegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827125493183670561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-26225562204839861632010-06-04T16:29:54.910-04:002010-06-04T16:29:54.910-04:00Dr. Daniel Gordis of the Shalem Center in Israel w...Dr. Daniel Gordis of the Shalem Center in Israel writes to his Jewish-American friend who is critical of Israel’s action in stopping the flotilla to Gaza. “As we look out at Jews across the world, we're just assessing who gets Jewish history, and who's so thoroughly intellectually assimilated that they're actually embarrassed that that Jews don't have to continue to be victims.” Most of the world has a traditional role for Jews, victims. Sadly, too many in the Jewish community also have the same traditional role for us and themselves, especially as it relates to Israel. <br />We Jews, no longer have to accept the role of victims. We Jews, don’t want your pity; we want your respect (praise is too much to expect) for being able and willing to defend ourselves. And we certainly don’t accept your condemnation as Israel strives to protect its people.HARRY L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-2800491216776496092010-06-04T15:47:52.073-04:002010-06-04T15:47:52.073-04:00New audio coverage released of 'activists'...New audio coverage released of 'activists' telling the Israeli Navy to "go back to Auschwitz" and "We are helping Arabs go against the US. Don't forget 9/11 guys." <br />http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177505<br /><br />The flotilla's intent was clear.Josh Grundlegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827125493183670561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-63510144844600393962010-06-04T15:36:04.644-04:002010-06-04T15:36:04.644-04:00I've seen no reports or footage of Israel firi...I've seen no reports or footage of Israel firing live ammunition at the ships as you suggest - if you do have something to that affect please provide it.<br /><br />Regardless, WHAT were they defending themselves against? The five other ships were boarded without so much as a scuffle - not one person was hurt. The Israeli commandos had paintball guns - yes paintball guns. I can tell you that a paintball isn't going to kill anyone. And last time I checked knives were lethal. Try watching the videos and see for your self where the aggression was coming from. This was a routine mission - one by the way that the Israelis have done before in similar situations and also something routinely done by nearly every coast guard across the globe. The difference is that the activists chose to use force. When a police or paramilitary operation seizes a ship, generally civilians step back and do not fight. If you fight against authorities (whether right or wrong) they will fight back.<br /><br />Finally, please explain how this is "illegal" or a "siege". International law allows a country to act with military strength in international waters when the threat is imminent and the purpose of perpetrators is unquestionably clear. You seem to ignore that Israel made numerous attempts to stop the flotilla via diplomacy, including contacting Turkey and the ship. Every attempt was refused - I presume you would tell Israel to simply let anyone break the blockade that desires to? That's simply foolish.Josh Grundlegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827125493183670561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-65622436520446325272010-06-04T15:24:45.221-04:002010-06-04T15:24:45.221-04:00You ignored mentioning that Israel fired live ammu...You ignored mentioning that Israel fired live ammunition at the largest ship before dropping the commandos on it. So the civilians on the ship, not armed with any lethal weaponry, defended their lives from an obviously violent and illegal siege on international waters.<br /><br />of course, given the unabashed and blind conservative bias you write under, i dont think anyone with skills in critical thought expected you to shed lights on the parts of the story that did not support your pro-Isreal-no-matter-what narrative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-59763689606707246722010-06-04T15:06:57.087-04:002010-06-04T15:06:57.087-04:00You need to offer a little more substance than tha...You need to offer a little more substance than that if you really hope to contribute to anything in the way of ideas.Josh Grundlegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827125493183670561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-8438439445278979522010-06-04T15:05:02.911-04:002010-06-04T15:05:02.911-04:00You sir are a sheep and a moron. It saddens me how...You sir are a sheep and a moron. It saddens me how many sheep just like yourself are in my party now, it is an embarrassment. <br /><br />Signed a 10 year US Army vet and Proud TRUE Republican.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-64041227748634560132010-06-04T15:04:35.870-04:002010-06-04T15:04:35.870-04:00No - only the relevant ones. Seems that its actual...No - only the relevant ones. Seems that its actually only been a tag on 3 posts in the history of ANR, 7 if you count "terrorism".<br /><br />And see I didnt even think people read the tags.<br /><br />Thanks for reading.Josh Grundlegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827125493183670561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-44525908132570511272010-06-04T14:47:02.939-04:002010-06-04T14:47:02.939-04:00So do you tag all of your blogs with "terrori...So do you tag all of your blogs with "terrorist"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com