tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post6677237231152800400..comments2024-03-28T17:49:27.846-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : The Road to 2010Daniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-33802962589622123082009-05-20T18:53:40.835-04:002009-05-20T18:53:40.835-04:00All nations and all religions are focused on their...All nations and all religions are focused on their own. <br />So what else is new?<br /><br /><br />Both parties are deeply flawed and most politicians seem to be in it for the money and the power.<br />I see the Republicans most certainly playing to Obama with the pushing of Bobby Jindal.<br />There is no backbone or strong thinking anymore.Chana @ Lemon Lime Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656854855385193867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-67217462691315832502009-05-20T18:45:06.693-04:002009-05-20T18:45:06.693-04:00Right. And most of the coverage I've seen of the O...Right. And most of the coverage I've seen of the Obama/Netanyahu meeting in the US media has been pretty superficial and slanted to Obama favor.<br /><br />I agree with the comments about the need for reform in the Republican party. I'm not saying they need to totally abandon their principles but focus more on other issues to draw in moderates.Keli Atahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089132216830000713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-69116447566172326272009-05-20T18:28:04.604-04:002009-05-20T18:28:04.604-04:00That Americans are primarily focused on their own ...That Americans are primarily focused on their own welfare and needs goes without saying.<br /><br />I am looking at the moral and the spiritual implications of this immoral U.S. policy. <br /><br />Like I wrote above, chattel (black) slaves in the early nineteenth century did not count to most Americans. Americans were primarily focused on their own welfare and needs. But within a generation or so the situation changed markedly.<br /><br />Immoral policy has spiritual implications. We are witnessing the fruit of this immoral policy. That Americans are largely unconcerned about our leader's immoral pressure on an ally speaks ill of the American people, just as German unconcern about the persecution of the Jews spoke ill of the German people in the nineteen thirties and early nineteen forties.steve kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01909283816016502418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-73627444438277799662009-05-20T17:09:04.645-04:002009-05-20T17:09:04.645-04:00Foreign policy has a limited interest and appeal f...Foreign policy has a limited interest and appeal for most Americans, aside from bread and butter national defense stuff.<br /><br />It's why most Presidents have enjoyed a relatively free hand to do just about anything, including fighting undeclared wars.<br /><br />Americans are primarily focused on their own welfare and needs. Arguments over foreign policy in the Middle East relate to only a small percentage of Americans, usually the portion of Jews who care about Israel, some lefties and a few conservatives. <br /><br />Compared to an issue like abortion or gun control, it barely shows up on most American's radar.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-15333559559183990002009-05-20T17:03:12.531-04:002009-05-20T17:03:12.531-04:00Sultan,
"I'm really not sure what your comments ...Sultan, <br /><br />"I'm really not sure what your comments have to do with my post, which is a discussion of what the Republican party needs to do to take back America."<br /><br />The Republican party can only take back America, by appealing to a broad base and winning over the other dominant parties. <br /><br />Since Foreign policy plays a large part in this, Israel has a lot to do with it. Or rather Middle East policy has a lot to do with it.Ganinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-58052184685998572342009-05-20T16:54:20.746-04:002009-05-20T16:54:20.746-04:00Gani,
I'm really not sure what your comments have...Gani,<br /><br />I'm really not sure what your comments have to do with my post, which is a discussion of what the Republican party needs to do to take back America.<br /><br />This was not an Israel themed post. <br /><br />There's no question that Republican Presidents have been part of the problem when it comes to Israel. No party is going to be the solution, so long as Arab oil money does the talking.<br /><br />But there's a clear difference between how bad someone like Obama is, vs how bad Bush was. Pro-Israel is relative and so is Anti-Israel.<br /><br />The only alternative for Israel is through self-reliance. As long as Muslim power is dominant, it would take a heroic administration to stop pressuring Israel to make concessions to terrorists. It is up to Israel to break that cycle by rejecting foreign aid, reducing its reliance on US military hardware and moving on, or at the very least playing hard to get.<br /><br />The American public does sympathize more with Israel, you can google numerous polls and surveys like that yourself. But the American public believes lots of things that have no sway in D.C.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-37779828597438658502009-05-20T16:37:18.280-04:002009-05-20T16:37:18.280-04:00Sultan, I have to agree with the first two comment...Sultan, I have to agree with the first two comments above.<br /><br />Do you have figures or links that demonstrate most Americans are pro Israel? Please write a report with links, as you make a good case but the facts point elsewhere.<br /><br />As far as I know even Republicans are calling for a two state solution and want to have a more "balanced" relation with Israel. They don't want the dominionists (Evangelical Armeggedonites, Zionists) dictating US foreign policy (read pro-Israel)I've seen normally pro-Israel groups do a turn, and Steven Walt and Meirsheimer the anti israeli's are being lauded over and over, as those who "get it".<br /><br />I also see many Americans are turning to Europe for guidance and are becoming left wing. <br /><br />I'd welcome some data or links from you or anyone else here that shows Americans want a pro-Israel foreign policy.<br /><br />Times have changed. Most see Israel as a liability. Neither the Dems or Republicans can ignore that. <br /><br />What solution do you suggest? Please write an encouraging report with links that show an alternative we can hope for.<br /><br />Cheers.Ganinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-77701595458344306402009-05-20T15:34:50.863-04:002009-05-20T15:34:50.863-04:00Already cracks are starting to form in the Democra...Already cracks are starting to form in the Democratic party--senators are refusing to give Obama $50 million to close Gitmo until he provides details on what will happen to the detainees and assurances that they won't be released into the US.<br /><br />It's these sorts of cracks in the Democratic party that can help the Republicans.<br /><br />All is not well in the Democratic party.Keli Atahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089132216830000713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-71968795673863443392009-05-20T13:31:44.418-04:002009-05-20T13:31:44.418-04:00While you were correct in your assessment of Obama...While you were correct in your assessment of Obama's latent or inherent hostility toward Israel and the Jews, nonetheless the GOP (my party) offers no coherent alternate vision on this war against the global jihad. The inability to provide a realistic alternative vision led to the decline and failure of the (American) Federalist party and later the Whig party.<br /><br />Republicans have a golden opportunity to distinguish themselves from the Democrats in the face of a great moral evil - namely Obama's anti-Israel stance along with his servile appeasement of Iran and his pro-Muslim world policy in general; this at the expense of our only reliable ally in the Middle East. <br /><br />Other than a few squabbles about the treatment of jihadist detainees, we hear little, if anything, from Republican leaders on foreign policy differences.<br /><br />Take the Netanyahu - Obama White House meeting Monday. There was much in Israel's media, yet there was very little coverage here in the U.S.<br /><br />Why? Republicans have yet to take issue with Obama on his bankrupt Mideast policy because, though official Republican party policy may be less pernicious and less demonstrably hostile toward Israel, it is little different from Obama's anti-Israel policy. Like chattel (black) slaves in the early to mid-nineteenth century, Israel's Jews and their security do not appear to count much.steve kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01909283816016502418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-42381417535686488762009-05-20T05:51:44.270-04:002009-05-20T05:51:44.270-04:00The Republicans are saying that of all the things ...The Republicans are saying that of all the things that destroyed their party they need to get rid of two urgently, to win the next election<br /><br />1. The Christian Right influence, (abortion, stem cell, and other religious dogma, that inteferes in a secular constitution)<br /><br />2. The Neo Cons. Zionist Jews and Christian Jews.<br /><br />How then do you think that a Republican win in 2010 (unlikely) would be of benefit? <br /><br />Asume they did, they won't attack Iran, they will continue Dhiimyifying America, and will insist on a "palestine" coming into being. In fact they even be more Democratic than the Democrats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com