Wednesday, June 6, 2018

A hard-nosed Weasel and the muscular Dummy

It happens all the time that the boy who grows up as a muscular athlete, grows too confident in his own ability to defend himself against any aggressor that would try to challenge him. While this may sound like a good attitude to live by, it prepares the boy in a manner that may not always be positive.

What it does is rob him of the ability to imagine that being spared a physical attack by an individual up to now does not preclude being attacked by a group in the future or worse, being taken advantage of by a lesser someone. Consequently, the “big boy” becomes vulnerable to the schemes of the “little weasel” who will maneuver him in such manner as to have him do unethical acts that benefit the weasel.

While stories of this kind are common among human young men –– and increasingly young women –– they also happen among institutions and even nations. The most glaring example of an ongoing weird relationship, is that of a giant America that's constantly being taken advantage of by the little weasel they call Israel.

A good way to become familiar of what the weasel does to mesmerize the giant and steer him into acting unethically, is to read: “Standing up to the UN shows America's greatness,” an article that was written by Jonathan S. Tobin and published on June 4, 2018 in the New York Post. Being one of the most accomplished Jewish weasels acting on behalf of Israel; to study Tobin's tricks is to learn from the master himself.

Going through the article, you'll encounter two unmistakable trends. One is the flattering of America; an attempt to conjure up a fake pride that the country does not really need given that its accomplishments during the two great wars of the twentieth century, speak for themselves. The other trend is the shameless overworking of an artificial hatred for Barack Obama, a former president of the United States. In fact, Tobin invoked the President's name derisively 8 times because the latter worked to serve America and not Israel. What follows is a condensed version of the points that illustrate those two trends:

“Americans are asking whether fears are more important than pride in being alone. This isn't the only time the US has stood alone. The international community cheered as Barack Obama sought to put more 'daylight' between the US and Israel. The real objective of a nation's foreign policy is to advance its interests and values. By that standard, Obama was a failure. Trump's stands on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have reminded the world that America won't let Israel be isolated. Not every aspect of Trump's 'America first' policy is a good idea. On other issues, it's the critics who are wrongheaded. Being alone isn't easy but sometimes necessary. Far from abdicating America's position on Israel, Trump is protecting the vital interests of the West and US security. Haley's stand at the UN should make Americans proud”.

Flattery is something that very few people can resist. This is why every weasel worth his salt would have developed an arsenal of flattering approaches he uses to turn those bigger than himself into pushovers before working on them. This is why Jonathan Tobin flattered Donald Trump for preventing the international community from isolating Israel. He also told the American people they should be proud every time that their country stands by Israel against the world and the Palestinians at the Security Council of the United Nations.

While he placed a high value on his flattery of Donald Trump who is popular in Israel, Tobin chastised the international community for flattering former President Barack Obama who was popular most everywhere else abroad. To smooth over this apparent contradiction, Tobin came up with the idea that Trump served the interests of America whereas Obama did not.

But the reality is that Obama refused to serve Israel in order to dedicate all his time to the service of America. By contrast, when Trump said that he will be creating an “America first” policy, Tobin, who speaks for Israel, said this was the one bad thing Trump has done. But how can Tobin explain that ignoring Israel to serve America is bad for America, whereas ignoring America to serve Israel is good for America? Here is how Tobin explained it:

“Far from abdicating America's position on the world stage on Israel, Trump is protecting the vital interests of the West and US security”.

In other words, he says that the security and wellbeing of America and the entire Western Alliance depend on Israel; the lonely little fart that can neither feed itself nor defend itself. Go figure!