Tuesday, May 15, 2012

To Change A Mindset That Refuses To Evolve


If you ever thought there is no harm in mouthing off a few words to keep the Jewish leaders happy and off your back, the examples that follow will make you think twice before you say yes to people whose malicious intent has now been revealed to be deadly. These leaders approach honest people like you and ask them to utter this harmless thing or express that noble sentiment but mean to accomplish evil things based on what you utter.

In a moment, you will see how a word, a thought or an expression can be made to haunt you in ways you never expected. And you will see that someone you never heard of before or someone you will never hear of in the future, can be made to pay for what you say today. Those who approach you and ask that you say this or that abuse the gift of speech not to free the human spirit but to bind people like you to an agenda they prepare years or even decades ahead of time so as to achieve purposes that would horrify you if only you knew.

The first example is that of an article written by Michael Oren who is Israel's ambassador to the United States. It is titled: “What happened to Israel's Reputation?” and has the subtitle: “How in 40 years the Jewish state went from inspiring underdog to supposed oppressor.” It was published in the Wall Street Journal on May 15, 2012. Four days before that, on May 11, 2012, there was an article published in the National Review Online, written by Elliott Abrams under the title: “Obama, Carter, and the Missing Words on Iran.” It had the subtitle: “Our current president's rhetoric on Iran doesn't even stand up to Jimmy Carter's.”

What is remarkable about the Oren article is that it begins with a lengthy quotation from a piece that was written in Life magazine in 1973. In fact, it was more than a piece; it was an event that Oren describes like this: “In a 92-page special issue 'The Spirit of Israel,' the magazine extolled the Jewish state...” He then goes on to tell how Israel was viewed then as opposed to how it is viewed today. And what is remarkable about the Elliott Abrams article is that he compares the saying of President Crater when he was President with the saying of President Obama, now that he is President.

What is astonishing about the two articles is that instead of learning something from the change they see and so aptly describe, the two authors fail to draw the proper conclusions. You look closely and you discover that such is the case because these people suffer from a mindset that does not allow for the evolution of thought. They remain frozen in biblical times which is the reason why Jews have suffered throughout history and will continue to suffer till we help them change.

With nostalgia he cannot restrain, Oren tells of the way that the magazine described Jewish Israel: “enlightened, robustly democratic and hip, a land of 'astonishing achievements.'” Juxtaposed with this comes the writings of the editor of the magazine who said this about the Arabs/Palestinians: “'The Arabs' bloodthirsty threats' … 'Arab terrorist attacks' … The word 'Palestinian' scarcely appeared.” After listing a few more of the superlatives that were used to describe the Jews, and a few more of the denigrations that were hurled at the Arabs, Oren asks this question: “Would a mainstream magazine depict the Jewish state like this today...?”

He answers the question with one word: “Unlikely” but then elaborates by describing a few realities that exist on the ground: “Israel's brutal conduct in warfare and eroding democratic values – plus the Palestinians' plight and Israeli intransigence. The photographs would show … soldiers at checkpoints and religious radicals.” He then does something that tells you he is totally dissociated from reality. It is that he asks the question: Why has Israel's image deteriorated?” Hell, you exclaim to yourself, he just answered the question even before asking it. But this is not how he sees the matter as he goes on to elaborate: “After all, Israel today is more democratic … even more committed to peace.”

And you cannot help but ask yourself if this man is a mental case or what? He just belied the superlatives that were uttered in Life magazine while describing Israel, and thus hinted at the reasons why the Palestinians resisted the Jewish occupation of their motherland. If, as he says, Israel was worse then than it is today, and if what people see today has turned them against Israel, imagine how you would have felt if you were a Palestinian living under occupation. Yet, these were the people that the editor of Life magazine has described as bloodthirsty Arabs; an image that the Jewish propaganda machine in America has injected like moral syphilis into every aspect of the culture: from the news and the commentaries to the scenes of entertainment, to the laws and the politics of the land, and more ominously into a military that is supposed to protect the republic not implement an alien agenda.

And the man keeps amazing you with his absolute, infinite and total inability to see what is wrong with him, his mentality, his religion, his politics and everything he stands for both as an individual and a representative of the Jewish state he calls Israel. What he does to convince you of this is that he repeats the false old narrative about the situation in the Middle East, a narrative he keeps refuting -- not knowing what he is doing -- whenever he tries to have it both ways. It  is like someone saying: I deny doing this but I am sorry for what I did.

Look at this piece of nonsensical Jewish filth: “Few countries have fought with clearer justification, fewer still with greater restraint … Whereas Israelis in 1973 viewed the creation of a Palestinian state as a mortal threat, it is now the official policy of the Israeli government.” So you ask yourself: What the hell did the Jews expect the Palestinians to do between 1973 and now? Kiss and thank their oppressors for oppressing them? Thank them for maintaining the occupation? For describing them as bloodthirsty Arabs to the Americans who armed them, financed them and protected them in world forums and on the battlefields?

For several more paragraphs, he goes on to tell how bad Israel was then, and how good it is now. But he does this at the same time as he describes Israel and the Jews as being impeccable saints while describing the Palestinians as being entirely flawed demons. As if this were not enough, he astounds you with something that renders you so numb, you feel for a moment like floating in the zero gravity of outer space. Look at this passage: “In 1993, Israel recognized the Palestinian people ignored by Life magazine.” Did you get it, my friend? He blames the American magazine and by extension all of America not for what they did but for what the Jews have concocted and have injected onto the American scene: the crime against humanity that was the denial of the existence of a people called Palestinians.

Having done this, why not go all the way and blame the change of heart now taking place in America not on the fact that the people see the truth they were denied seeing before, but blame the change of heart on the “anti-Israel libels once consigned to hate groups becom[ing] media mainstay.” This done, why not stuff the list with more complaints, and mention the culprits who are responsible for it. In short, why not say this: “It burgeoned through the boycott of Israeli scholars, artists and athletes, and the embargo of Israeli products. It was perpetuated by journalists...”

And so you ask: Any sign of remorse or penitence? Nope. Instead, this is what he throws at you to end the dissertation: “Israel must confront … delegitimization … 'The Spirit of Israel' has not diminished … The state that Life once lionized lives even … today.” For a moment you wonder how America allowed itself to be imbued with the philosophy of these people and remain under their influence for this long. To gain insight as to how it could have happened, you go back and analyze the Elliott Abrams article.

You get a sense at the start of this article what is wrong with the thesis you are about to read because the author makes an assertion he neither explains nor elaborates but takes for granted that you will automatically agree with. Here it is: “American interests and allies in the Persian Gulf are threatened. What's needed is a clear and tough statement right from the top...” Even if you accept the notion that a threat exists, you still need to know how it is that a tough statement from the top will change things given that the more America escalates the rhetoric, the more the opponents in the Persian Gulf respond in kind.

As you continue to read, you realize that even if you had the explanation and the elaboration you seek, the thesis would remain nonsensical because it is stuffed with contradictions throughout. Look what the author writes: “...the president starts making speeches. What does he say? That depends on whether it's Jimmy Carter in 1980 or Barack Obama in 2012 … Carter was a lot tougher.” Thus, according to the thesis, Carter must have had better luck in 1980 but that's not what the author says. In fact, he says nothing about how well or how badly Carter has fared with his foreign policy. But after making comparisons throughout the article between the two presidents, he ends the dissertation like this: “...we are left longing for the comparative clarity and toughness of the Carter policy.”

But if the Carter rhetoric was tougher than the Obama rhetoric, and if nothing good came of it, why is it that Elliott Abrams and those like him insist that harsh rhetoric be used against everyone they call enemy which happens to be the whole world as they pick on one country after another? The answer is that they do not believe the rhetoric will scare the people who stand up to America. They insist on harsh rhetoric because it isolates America in the world, and this allows them to control the individuals at the top of the various American chains of command. This is how America has allowed itself to be imbued with the philosophy of these people and remain under their influence for this long.

After telling how weak Jimmy Carter was at the start of his presidency but then had a change of heart and a change of policy, Abrams makes this comparison between the two presidents: “...he stated ... the Carter Doctrine: 'Let our position be absolutely clear: An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force.' … President Obama's statements do not meet these standards.”

He goes on to describe the intellectual wrestling that President Obama lived through with regard to the Iran question then says this: “...Obama faces a world that is not what he had hoped for … But his rhetorical response has been markedly weaker than Carter's ... During Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's March 2012 visit to the White House, Obama said the following...” And you stop here because you begin to get a sense that the thesis he is building is based on words that were spoken in a different context by people that were living under different circumstances. And he is trying to hold Obama's feet to the fire based on this rhetoric alone. He goes on and on and on doing more of the same till you have it up to here and your mind shuts down.

You start to draw your own conclusion which is this: Never say anything that these people can invoke at the wrong time or in the wrong place or for the wrong reason. Like children they will hang on to every word you say, and throw it back at you or at someone else if and when it will suit them to do so.

The best way to deal with these people and prevent them from provoking the pogroms and holocausts such as they suffered during the time that they lived in the West, is to treat them the way that the Arabs have treated them and kept them out of trouble. It is never to allow them to throw nonsense at you without you telling them off. This is how you help these people change their mindset and live like normal human beings.