In Johann Goethe's poem “The Sorcerer's Apprentice,” the kid
that wasn't fully trained used magic to have the broom fetch water instead of
doing the job himself. His magic worked for now. But when he saw there was
enough water in the shop, he tried to get the broom to stop, and his magic
didn't work this time.
Alarmed, he broke the broom in two pieces, but each piece
started fetching more water, thus doubling the kid's troubles. Luckily, the
master sorcerer arrived in time and averted a possible flooding disaster. And
the kid learned the lesson that some jobs exist for adults to do, not for
children to dabble with.
If Israel
were only as mediocre as the apprentice, and if America were as good as the master
sorcerer, we would see light at the end of the tunnel. Unfortunately, that's
not the case because instead of fetching water, Israel
lit up fires all over the Middle East , and
proved unable to quell them. As to America , it used to do a good job
policing the world, but here it is now unable to even police itself.
And so we have the latest episode of two fumbling characters
about which Naftali Bennett, speaking in the name of Israel ,
is telling America
what to do to quell fires which are getting out of hand. He speaks his mind in
an article that came under the title: “Iran Is Using Syria to Advance Toward
the Mediterranean and the subtitle: “Islamic State needs to be stopped, but Tehran is a far more
menacing strategic threat.” It was published on August 8, 2017 in the Wall
Street Journal.
What happened in the Middle East
is a Jewish establishment that tried to build an empire to rival the Pharaohs'
empire of a bygone era. The leaders of the establishment were driven to act by
an ancient Jewish dream that never died. But like the apprentice that kept
making things worse, the Jews created more problems the more they tried to
repair a situation that kept getting worse. Tired of failing, they ran to the
American policeman and asked him to help contain the fires, only to discover
that the has-been cop cannot even contain himself.
Enter Naftali Bennett who believes he has a plan that will
quell the fires Israel
lit up in the region using American financing, weaponry and diplomatic support.
The thing is that Bennett realized the problem has always been that Israel
could never do the job alone because the Jews – who never do something
constructive for themselves – only know how to use America's goodies to destroy
what Israel's neighbors build for themselves. And so Bennett came up with an
old plan, and managed to fool himself into believing it is a new plan.
The plan is based on the old Jewish trick that's called
demagoguery. It can be defined as scaring people into acting the way you
instruct them to act because you've convinced them you have the correct
information and the right plan to defeat the danger you just told them lurks in
the neighborhood, ready to pounce on them. Here, in condensed form, is how
Bennett has expressed such thoughts throughout the article:
“Iran
has sought to become a dominant world power. Hundreds if not thousands of
Americans have died at the hands of Iran 's proxies. Its effort
endangers the entire Western world, bringing Europe
into the range of its air force, navy and midrange missiles. In the game of
chess, mistaking ISIS as a serious threat has allowed Iran to gain
better position. The world needs to defeat Tehran where it advances: in cyberspace, on
the battlefields, and in advanced-weapons. Iran must pay a price every day it
remains on Syrian soil. There are many courses of action against Iran ; the world declaring it cannot abide an
empire from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean
being the first thing to do”.
The Jews spent 4,000 years trying to build the empire of
their dream but failed everywhere they went. In fact, they tried their luck
under every regime they encountered … be that in the ancient world, the
medieval world or the modern world. They always faced hostility from the people
who treated them well initially, but then turned against them when they
discovered what the Jews were up to. Some cultures even punished the Jews so severely;
you would think the Jewish demagoguery boomeranged on them.