Oh I agree with ya that the survival of Israel is now in the balance--I think if NetAn'Yahoo stepped down 'fore it's too late the country'd gain back a lotta good will lost under 'im...his rhetoric is ugly an' not (imo) "very Jewish" at all but folks internationally equate him with the nation. Kinda like puttin' a Wolverine in charge of …
Oh I agree with ya that the survival of Israel is now in the balance--I think if NetAn'Yahoo stepped down 'fore it's too late the country'd gain back a lotta good will lost under 'im...his rhetoric is ugly an' not (imo) "very Jewish" at all but folks internationally equate him with the nation. Kinda like puttin' a Wolverine in charge of a restaurant an' tryin' ta convince customers it's safe ta eat there... Bibi is like a BB gun but twice as dangerous! 'Tween killin' citizens with the clot shots, then imposin' the Green Pass (ironically like the yellow star) an' de-humanizing ordinary "Palestinian citizens"* by lumpin' 'em all in with Hamas (no nuance that man... an' did'e kill Rabin?)--I jus' think that pullin' down a tyrant may buy time fer Israelis ta bounce back (lordy I hope so!)
*yup I know they voted in Hamas but even if Hamas uses civilians as canon fodder (our thoroughly Modern Milley Terry duz too) I think the optics of de-humanizing ANYONE are bad an' what that sounds like ta me--is just plain wrong...ethically speakin'--tho' I know bupkis about war... just'sayin'...
I also blame the ADL fer doin' a 360 from it's foundin' principals as it's sewn ill will fer Israel (an' all Jews!) the world over--boy who cried wolf too often got eaten, nobuddy wuz willin' ta come help 'im--a good tale fer these tryin' times I think!
Daisy, I'm glad I have to make no decisions about how Israel should fight this war.
"I think the optics of de-humanizing ANYONE are bad." Agreed and not just the optics but bad for the dehumanizer too.
Yet that spiritual truth still gives no guidance about the appropriate response.
Let me give a less-charged example.
Your 16-year-old son is a thief and an addict. What do you do? Even out of the most loving space, very hard corrective action may emerge (or not.)
Again, I don't have to deal with Hamas or that 16-year-old.
Hamas are savages yet the essence of their humanity can never be lost. Again, that spiritual truth offers no guide for behavior.
History does teach that the Nazis had to be destroyed militarily, before denazification was possible. Did Churchill have to deny the humanity of the Germans to say "we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches,..."? I don't think so.
Oh I agree with ya that the survival of Israel is now in the balance--I think if NetAn'Yahoo stepped down 'fore it's too late the country'd gain back a lotta good will lost under 'im...his rhetoric is ugly an' not (imo) "very Jewish" at all but folks internationally equate him with the nation. Kinda like puttin' a Wolverine in charge of a restaurant an' tryin' ta convince customers it's safe ta eat there... Bibi is like a BB gun but twice as dangerous! 'Tween killin' citizens with the clot shots, then imposin' the Green Pass (ironically like the yellow star) an' de-humanizing ordinary "Palestinian citizens"* by lumpin' 'em all in with Hamas (no nuance that man... an' did'e kill Rabin?)--I jus' think that pullin' down a tyrant may buy time fer Israelis ta bounce back (lordy I hope so!)
*yup I know they voted in Hamas but even if Hamas uses civilians as canon fodder (our thoroughly Modern Milley Terry duz too) I think the optics of de-humanizing ANYONE are bad an' what that sounds like ta me--is just plain wrong...ethically speakin'--tho' I know bupkis about war... just'sayin'...
I also blame the ADL fer doin' a 360 from it's foundin' principals as it's sewn ill will fer Israel (an' all Jews!) the world over--boy who cried wolf too often got eaten, nobuddy wuz willin' ta come help 'im--a good tale fer these tryin' times I think!
Daisy, I'm glad I have to make no decisions about how Israel should fight this war.
"I think the optics of de-humanizing ANYONE are bad." Agreed and not just the optics but bad for the dehumanizer too.
Yet that spiritual truth still gives no guidance about the appropriate response.
Let me give a less-charged example.
Your 16-year-old son is a thief and an addict. What do you do? Even out of the most loving space, very hard corrective action may emerge (or not.)
Again, I don't have to deal with Hamas or that 16-year-old.
Hamas are savages yet the essence of their humanity can never be lost. Again, that spiritual truth offers no guide for behavior.
History does teach that the Nazis had to be destroyed militarily, before denazification was possible. Did Churchill have to deny the humanity of the Germans to say "we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches,..."? I don't think so.