Two kinds of people
represent two possible ways to live our lives.
There are those who
think they are good most of the time and bad some of the time, but never do
they think they are truly evil. As to how they view the others; they think that
almost no one is really good, and that some are truly evil. This kind of people
constantly itch for a fight because they are convinced that the threat that's
out there – no matter how small it may seem – will eventually grow and become
an existential threat. To defend against it, they subscribe to the idea that
the best defense is the offense, and that's why they itch to fight even if no
one else sees the danger that they see. These are the hawks you'll find behind
every war that flared up needlessly.
As to the other kind
of people, it comprises those who believe that human beings are fundamentally
good. Absent a provocation for them to turn bad, they refrain from hurting
someone as a matter of course. At other times, they'll go out of their way to
help those who need a helping hand. Their philosophy of life is based on the
principle of “live and let live.” This is why you'll find that when a dispute
flares up between two parties in the neighborhood, they are there doing what
they can to reestablish the order of peaceful coexistence. These are the doves
you'll find behind every volunteer group that brings relief to the afflicted.
Clifford D. May and
others like him are of the hawkish kind who never speak or write to counsel
“giving peace a chance.” On the contrary, they consider those who do a
dangerous breed of people whose effort at promoting peace encourages the evil
ones to do bad things. Their view is that the hawks are the good people, which
is why they should always be ready to defend themselves. The way they do this
is by going aggressively against the people who do not stand with them.
Clifford May wrote
yet another article in which he expounds this approach to life. It came under
the title: “Trump's pivot to North Korea,” and the subtitle: “It's high time
the United States deals with the most imminent nuclear threat,” published on
March 21, 2017 in The Washington Times. His target this time is North Korea and
its leaders; people he paints as evil and dangerous.
The question is:
what should we make of this? Aside from what we think of North Korea or its
leaders, how can we evaluate the honesty of someone like Clifford May who
attacks the others – not to disseminate information that could be of interest
to the general public – but to incite those who are listening, to adopt his
philosophy, arm themselves and get ready to do battle with North Korea?
If, in this context,
we define the word “honesty” to mean the fairness that the author displays when
discussing North Korea, we must compare what his says about that entity with
what he normally says about another entity. Who might that be? Well, since
May's preoccupation has always been the Middle East, we must compare the stance
he takes on North Korea with the stance he takes on Israel.
What is known about
North Korea is that it has nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. Its leaders
say they need these weapons because the war that flared on the Korean Peninsula
more than six decades ago has not ended. America still maintains troops in the
South, and still conducts regular exercises aimed at preparing to fight the
North. It is therefore the duty of the country's leaders to do what they can to
defend their people. Having those weapons is their insurance policy.
What is known about
Israel is that it says it has an arsenal of nuclear bombs, a fleet of ballistic
missiles, and submarines that can deliver those weapons anywhere in the world.
Aside from the fact that everyone knows this is a hoax of the most Jewish kind,
Clifford May never repudiated Israel for having those weapons, or for lying
about them. Contrast this fact with what he says about North Korea, and you'll
see the double-standard by which he judges the two entities.
And since the double
standard is a strong indication that intellectual dishonesty is the foundation
upon which the Clifford May philosophy is built, his argument about North Korea
must be rejected. And since that argument forms the essence of the hawkish
argument in general, that argument proves to be as pointless as Israel's
pretense it has an arsenal of nuclear weapons. It is Jewish rubbish.