Years ago when I was in first year college taking an
introductory course in something I cannot remember what, the prof, who was into
Oriental philosophies, would at times go off on a tangent and say something about
the Orient. One of the things that stuck in my mind was the Zen saying: “Let's
hear the sound of one hand clapping.” I cannot now repeat the original
philosophy behind that saying because what happened subsequently is that I
developed a personal folklore around it … which is certainly different from
what Zen Buddhism had intended.
The cardinal number 2 was the nexus that took me from the
Zen saying to the development of my folklore. That's because it takes 2 hands
to clap, and there are 2 sides to every story. As it happened at the time, the
stories that interested me most were being told not from both sides but form
only one side. They sounded like one hand doing (or trying to do) the clapping.
Every article I read on the Middle East and
every discussion I monitored on radio or television were told from the Jewish
side only.
The view I had about “Western Liberal Democracy” being a
continuing Hegelian dialectic of give-and-take till you reach a consensus that
both sides can live with, was shattered and replaced with the image of a farce
that is not written on paper but improvised on the spot to suit every occasion.
In my view, Western Liberal Democracy had been stripped of whatever principles
may have held it, and left with the one principle that makes it tick now. It is
the one I see with my own eyes; that which can only be described as a sick
Jewish joke. It is this: Everything that is Jewish is good even if it is bad,
and everything that is not Jewish is bad even if it is good. Period. Question
this arrangement at your own peril for, the punishment is life banishment from
the face of the Earth.
But then, the internet came along and gave voice to those
who saw a form of journalistic pornography in a setup like that of a CNN studio
being swarmed by Jews who would be there to discuss Arab matters without a
single Arab being present, or being there to discuss American matters without a
“mainstream American” being present. Even though CNN refused to modernize its
format, the fact that it was challenged by someone represented a refreshing
development to many people.
Alas, it did not take long for someone to push back against
this development. One of those pushing back is Daniel Pipes who wrote an
article in which the tendency is on full display. Written under the title:
“Fumes of Fantasy,” the article also comes under the subtitle: “A visit with
Swedish foreign-affairs officials produces quiet clashes on Middle
East policy.” It was published on November 17, 2014 in National
Review Online.
Pipes does not say what the occasion is for writing this
article at this time but the fact is that Sweden has just recognized Palestine
as a state, and the command was issued for the Jewish Fifth Columns in every
country where they exist, to come out of their sleep and attack Sweden. So,
Daniel Pipes says that he “recently” visited Sweden where he held discussions
with two senior members of the Foreign Ministry, a summary of which he
“paraphrases” in this article.
The discussion with the first “senior” but unnamed official
pertained to the Iranian nuclear program. As to the discussion with the second
“senior” and still unnamed official pertained to the Arab-Israeli conflict …
but get this now – he had this discussion “in the context of the Swedish
government's 'very recent' decision to recognize a state of Palestine.” Well,
given that there is a difference in timing between recent and very recent,
Pipes is obligated to give details of the timeline that allowed him to be in
Sweden and discuss an event that did not happen till later … or else, people
will know that this whole thing is a hoax, another Jewish sick joke.
Now, Pipes who pretends to speak for a segment of American
society called Conservative Right, ends his article as follows: “This complete
disagreement on facts, interpretations, and predictions points to an enormous
and ever-widening gap between countries and governments founded on like
values.” He goes on to say that the Swedes and others like them “prefer fumes
of fantasy” instead of being realistic and friendly. And this leaves him
discouraged about the future of Europe , he
says in a sad tone. And so he wonders: “What disaster will it take to awaken
the Swedes?”