True. A nod to the topic is one thing. An in-depth multi-post discussion of Israel/Palestine, courses of action, viability of the peace process, etc.is a diff’rent basll o wax. I’d argue that is a tad OT. Which in the case of that hot button issue, could turn this into the Israel-Palestine thread. When I am sure there is one already. :)
Yeah, agreed.
This is absolutely 99.999% truth.
If a Caucasian is an anti-semite, chances are exceedingly high they also hate Muslims with just as much fury.
Wow you’re wilfully ignorant. It’s only like 25 posts upthread that a bunch of evidence to the contrary got linked.
I mean, maybe that’s true in the US, but I invite you to look at the title of the thread.
Yes, speaking of the U.S. as that’s where I live.
I dont think Israel has much to do with hatred towards jews in Europe. It was far far far worse before Israel existed.
Possibly Israel’s actions and the new the Islamic population in Europe may have contributed to a rise but the “traditional” European anti semitism of the inquisition, pogroms & holocaust had zero to do with Israel.
Could you maybe remove your off topic post then?
Oh we have thread police. How exciting.
Do I get a badge since I made the thread?
You’re the Sheriff 'round these parts now.
There’s a new sheriff in town, and his name is Reggie Hammond.
Nope
Not technically a sheriff but I liked this scene, and I think it finally fits how the job would be ;)
It did work pretty well… the first time we did it. ;)
That’s true. But this time around we don’t have as many friends to help.
I’m not sure how much help we got in 2003 compared to 1991. The bigger factor IMO was that the first time we did it we left the Iraqi government mostly intact, making pulling out very easy. E.g. no ISIS.
Because we didn’t stay. That’s not an option if we mean to guarantee peace in the West Bank.
Is the situation in the West Bank better or worse now after 2003 than 1991? IMO, by invading Iraq we’ve stirred up a hornet’s nest. Since we decided to stay, the possibility of un-staying seems more and more remote. I don’t think we should maintain a permanent presence in the Middle East.
Huh, I missed this. I’ve taken a break from Labour politics.
Instead of 99 articles, just one. Tanya Gold’s piece here really is an epic tour de force encapsulation of the last few years woe.
Ive been harassed off Twitter for being an “Uncle Tom/House N*gger to the Jews” and the culture in UK left politics is so utterly hate filled and toxic due to hard left domiance so its a good opportunity for a break. I don’t think Americans have the slightest clue about the realities of hard left politics. You have some red flag waving toy socialists and marxists and trots and whathave you, but you just don’t see any of the really nasty fuckers that 100 years of cutthroat totalitarian/authoritarian cultish hard left groups and parties can generate.
Thanks for this Playingwithknives. This paragraph grabbed me…and had me laughing to tears.
His schtick is that of a weary, kindly, socialist Father Christmas, dragged from his vegetable patch to create a utopia almost against his will. But in 2015 the ideal became, reluctantly, flesh. Satirists mock him as Jesus Christ, and this is apt. But only just. He courts sainthood, and if you are very cynical you might say that, like Christ, he shows Jews what they should be. He once sat on the floor of a crowded train, though he was offered a first-class seat, possibly as a private act of penance to those who had, at one time or another, had no seat on a train.