You and SL are wise wise people! Absolutely way above the norm.
Hey I always wanted to talk to you about the Israel/Palestine issue. The media and Israel always throw out Israel's enemies as terrorists. But you and SL seem to see through it. Like the media only shows terrorists and islam but you see that terrorism is not islam. What are your sources for news? I'm sure all a person has to do is just use some common sense.
Sources of News: CNN, Daily Show/Colbert Report/BBC/Financial Times/SF Chronicle.
Noit, it's a bunch of things that go way back...It could be some of these or neither..
It could be the color mentality..Where people of color are treated different..I doubt it but just saying...
But most likely it's because The US and Israel have always been buddy buddy in politics. The Jewish lobbyists, not to say its some conspiracy theory, they are like any other Lobby group, NRA, UFW, are very high in political circles in Washington. These groups help in negotiations and talks in implenting local,national, and foreign policy. They have tons of money at their disposal so they always try to get their way. This is one of the main reasons the United States gives about $4 billion in aid a year to the state of Israel when it receives no products from Israel. Nada. They have no exports really to the US. We depend on China more heavily. Now this isn't being anti-semetic or anything, I hate all races equally =P. And it really doesn't help when any legitimate criticism lodged against Israel, they counteract with claims of anti-semitism.
There is also the Neo-Con thinking, and mind you this is rare but still believed, that since Jews had caused their lord and savior to die, that the ressurection is foretold when all the Jews go back to their homeland and Jesus/God would come down and kill them all for their betrayal.
As for the Americans..It's a poltical fuckup..No one really knows why, it only seems in America, but heavy media outlets blasting the same crappy news hour after hour has something to do with it. News used to be once in awhile, but now when news is at a standstill in the day, these 24 hr stations have to show something and they do it in such a terrible way. It's all biased crap, whether its from the left or right. You do have to understand that this left leaning politics is usually blamed on people that go to college where the opposite republicans don't usually. I dunno, there are certain studies that say many of those involved in higher education, such as college, are more left leaning in their politics. It's all basically ignorance, since some cannot seperate individuals from the group. Hell Americans did it with Japan and Vietnam and Korea..And now its Iraq/Iran/Afghanistan due to the wars and 9/11.
To find more info about Jewish Lobbyists and how they work in the US read this..If you believe it or not, its still a great political read.
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy is the title of a book by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt.
And basically in the end..No one knows the true bounds of American idiocy.
