tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post8985088501124213918..comments2024-03-18T19:14:18.804-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : Friday Afternoon Roundup - Coulter, Dawkins, Sunrise and SunsetDaniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-9323809125045457952007-10-13T21:14:00.000-04:002007-10-13T21:14:00.000-04:00This is a comment that actually deals with several...This is a comment that actually deals with several essays that you have recently written.<BR/><BR/>I came across a very interesting article called the Jonah Dilemma. It was printed in the Washington Times (Washington DC).<BR/><BR/>The premise of the article is that Jonah was unique in that people were told the outcome and why the prophecy was averted.<BR/><BR/>The article went on to point out that this dilemma has confronted leaders many times.<BR/><BR/>Churchill is lauded for his warning that the Nations of the World need to stop Germany. His prediction was correct. However, his greatness rest not on his success but on the outcome. He was ignored and after the facts was found to be correct.<BR/><BR/>Truman was told that it would take a million (dead) US solders to take Japan. Of course, this did not include the large numbers of Japanese that would die too. Instead he opted to drop two atomic bombs that killed many people but likely saved many more. Yet, today the new-historians vilify Truman for what he did.<BR/><BR/>What is the difference? In the first case we know what happened while in the second case the people saved are only in theory.<BR/><BR/>Why do we honor Jonah when the death of Nineveh did not take place? A new-historian (atheist) could say that even if the people had not repented nothing bad would have occurred since we know that no harm came to them.<BR/><BR/>The reason why Jonah is held in great esteemed is only because people seriously believe the original prophecy. Atheists find it a cute story with a nice moral foundation. But, they don't see that Jonah "changed" history.<BR/><BR/>Today Bush is in the midst of the same dilemma. Did he really save America and the western world from a worse faith? Lacking a crystal ball or prophecy it is impossible to say. We can say that Clinton’s lack of action didn't quiet Islamofascist. But, who is to say what would have been or what is around the next corner.<BR/><BR/>This dilemma has a similar role to play in the Middle East. For those who have a lack of belief in G-d the role for a modern State of Israel is of little value. People living there can do just as well as a citizen of a secular Arab State as a member of a Jewish State. The key is simply "acceptance." This was the hope that the Left had when negotiating with the PLO. This is why the so called "Peace of the Brave," whereby Jews are murdered during the transition to an Arab State, is acceptable. But, the same people mostly (but not all - see recent called by the elite to talk to Hamas) reject Hamas. Hamas is unwilling to form a secular State in which citizens may be something other then Muslims. So the terrorist Fatah is called “moderate” while Hamas is hard-line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com