Very few if any, will dispute the notion that throughout the
centuries, religion was used by the mighty as a tool to control masses of
people that may not be powerful when operating individually, but could be when
banding together to push back against the imposition of harsh measures, such as
paying high taxes for example.
It is this notion that gave birth to the saying: religion is the
opium of the masses. But this idea came up at a time that was called “age of
innocence.” There was no instant worldwide communication then, no 24-hour news
cycle, no social media, and no rumor mills that put out a thousand pieces of
fake news for every genuine item that found its way to the ether or to cyberspace.
The world has changed. It has become complicated; and the people
everywhere, have become sophisticated. A transition period bridged the gap
between innocence and sophistication; and it was during this period that the
nature of religion was transformed to match the changing times. From relying on
the spiritual, religion gradually embraced the materialist way of thinking.
Where there used to be God, demons, good and fallen angels; there was now,
private and national interests, strategic alliances, and make-believe
narratives … all tailor-made to sedate societies that may be experiencing
discontent or may be approaching the level of rebellion.
Because there are nearly 200 national jurisdictions in the world,
many of which are subdivided into a number of provincial and municipal
jurisdictions, they each exhibit cultural traits that may not always be
understood by the others. But there are also jurisdictions that share similar
cultural traits because they are neighbors or because some of their groups might
have migrated from place to place, taking with them distinct cultural
attributes.
One such group calls itself Jews. Even though they are divided
into several subgroups, they take pains to project the image of having a common
ancestry serving as a thread that connects them to each other wherever they
happen to live in the world. Time after time, complex historical events have
combined with the system of beliefs to which these people adhere, putting them
at odds with the rest of humanity. This sort of scenario happened to Jews
throughout time, wherever they went in the world. In fact, they came close to
being annihilated at the hands of others on several occasions — so much so that
their leaders developed the habit of designing a new strategy for each occasion
to keep the flock sedated, keep it together and keep it alive.
You can see how the latest Jewish strategy was made to work when
you read the article that came under the title: “A modest Middle East detente,”
written by Clifford D. May and published on December 18, 2018 in The Washington
Times. Seeing the world tighten around them like the noose around a neck, the
Jewish rank-and-file are worried. Clifford May who’s a Jewish leader of some
renown, wrote the article that he did to tell these people they must not panic
despite what they see unfold around them.
The truth is that he cannot tell them all is rosy and looking
great for the Jews in America, Europe, Asia or Africa because they can see it’s
not true. Well then, what to do? Because the Jews have been conditioned to
believe that the Arabs are demons who will hate Jews no matter what, May has
discovered that telling them the Arabs are changing, does as much good as
putting ointment on their wound or letting them inhale a few puffs of the funny
stuff.
In fact, to believe that the Arabs are changing from what they
were not, to what they have not become, makes the Jews feel good even if they
suspect that the ointment is but a placebo, or that the funny stuff they are
made to inhale, is but a sick joke. Still, this is what Clifford May is doing
in his article. In fact, this has been the strategy adopted by most Jewish
leaders for some time now.
Clifford May began the discussion by telling the story of Israel's
Netanyahu that traveled to Oman where he met with Sultan Al-Said, head of the
government. To make it sound like this is a unique event, the writer neglected
to mention that a similar meeting took place previously when Israel's Rabin
made a visit to Oman in the wake of Egypt and Israel signing a peace treaty.
Instead of arguing that such occurrences do not take the Middle
East back to becoming a normal neighborhood, thus concluding that a new
approach is necessary for this to happen, Clifford May chose to play the same
old game: reviving the discredited stereotypes, and leaving the situation as
bad as when he first tackled it.
In fact, instead of telling his audience that the Arabs gave
Israel this one more chance to accept the proposal they put on the table more
than a decade ago — calling for the end of the occupation of Palestine in
exchange for full recognition by all the Arab countries — Clifford May
slandered the Arab people as would a hopelessly diseased individual.
Here is the filthiest lie he fabricated this time: “Average
Egyptians and Jordanians have been indoctrinated to despise Israelis, and their
attitudes won't change anytime soon.”
But why did he pick on the Egyptians and the Jordanians who are
the only two of the twenty-two Arab countries that signed a peace treaty with
Israel? Don't you know the answer, my friend? It is that Clifford May is a Jew.
And the surefire way to get a Jewish dagger planted in your back is to be good
to him. The Egyptians and the Jordanians were good to Israel, and that's how
the Jew expresses his thank you.