It happens at times that in math or science, a complex theory proves too difficult to follow step by step when trying to determine whether it is sound or it is not.
It
is possible in some of these cases to do a kind of forensic test on the theory,
and this will tell in a few steps if the theory is not sound. It cannot
ascertain that the theory is sound, but it can ascertain that it is not if
there is something wrong with it. The good news is that a somewhat similar kind
of test can be done in the humanities to verify theories that may be too
complex to parse or to decipher.
For
example, if the forensic test, done on a new theory, ends up showing that 2 + 2
= 5, you’ll know immediately that there is something wrong with the theory. You
won’t know what the fault is, but you’ll know that the theory is not sound. The
same kind of test is often done on the claims which are advanced by hotshot
Jewish lawyers of infamy such as Alan Dershowitz and Eugene Kantorovich.
These
individuals often write long dissertations to explain that Israel is not an act
of thievery. But the forensic tests done on their theories show that they cannot
explain why a new convert such as Ivanka Trump has the right to kick a
Palestinian family out of its home in Palestine at gun point, and take that
home for herself. When you do the test and get the negative result, you prove
that hotshot Dershowitz and Kantorovich are clowns masquerading as lawyers—and that their theories are nothing
but junk.
With
this in mind, there is a test we can do on a theme that keeps recurring in
Jewish punditry. It is that whenever an Arab or Muslim kid does something
stupid, the act reflects on the Arab and Muslim communities throughout the
world. By contrast, if the President of the United States does something that
is deemed questionable, be that a valid observation or not, the act reflects
badly only on the President and not the United States of America.
We
can see an example of that in the article which came under the title: “Is
Europe using Afghanistan as an excuse for a new explosion of anti-Americanism?”
and the subtitle: “Rather than criticize the Biden administration for the Kabul
debacle, Europeans are reverting to their misplaced contempt for the United States.”
It was written by Fiamma Nirenstein, and published on September 12, 2021 in the
online publication, Jewish News Syndicate.
The
following is a condensed version of Nirenstein’s long preamble to her theory:
“America’s retreat from Kabul is not characteristic
of the United States. It is, rather, a careless and cruel move by the
administration of President Joe Biden. It is crucial to remember this fact. The
distortion of America’s character is a pathological phenomenon in Europe. It’s
a chronic and recurring disease that afflicts Western culture. Contempt and hatred for
the United States criminalize the liberal-democratic system in general.
Europeans fancy their culture as elegant and refined, as compared to America’s
superficial and brutal. They view their policies as humanitarian and appeasing,
in contrast to America’s imperialist and muscular. Anti-Americanism has
historically been associated with anti-Semitism. The US has always been
Europe’s spiritual contender. And when the Americans blame themselves, as they
did during the Vietnam War—or today, when Black Lives Matter accuse the country
of systemic racism—Europeans raise their glasses in a toast”.
First,
bear in mind that Fiamma Nirenstein is a European parliamentarian. She is
saying in her preamble that America is great despite what you see with your own
eyes—which you must not
believe. She goes on to say that
the truth about America is distorted by sick Europeans who adhere to a diseased
Western culture. They don’t know what they are doing, she asserts, and
goes on to explain that they are criminalizing the liberal-democratic system
itself. The Europeans do that, she says, because they fancy themselves as high
above the Americans whom they view as superficial and brutal.
What’s
more is that anti-Americanism has always been associated with anti-Semitism,
she complains. And when the Americans blame themselves as they did during the
Vietnam War, and do today with the Black Lives Matter movement accusing the
country with systemic racism—the
Europeans cheer them.
And
so, here is the essence of Fiamma Nirenstein’s theory: European
anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism are real, and they happen because the
Europeans are sick, and their culture is diseased. By contrast, American racism
is not real even if they say so themselves. And when the victims of American
racism speak of their ordeal in America, anti-Semitism rises in Europe, and the
Jews are made to suffer undue torment.
The
writer used a few more paragraphs to try convincing the readers that what they
see with their own eyes should not reflect badly on America but on President Joe
Biden and his administration only. While saying so, she brought out the
hot-button issues which are important to Jews and to the extreme right wing of
the American political spectrum. They are issues most likely to be irrelevant
to everyone else.
Here
are some examples: She characterized as disastrous, former President Obama’s
policies toward Iran. She welcomed the renewed talk in Europe for the creation
of a European army. She saw merit in the concept of Atlanticism, which is the
coming together of Europe and America to defend against a threat she did not name
or describe.
To
end her article, Fiamma Nirenstein borrowed a page from the Iranian playbook,
and told her fellow Europeans who think like her to be patient because Joe
Biden will not be in the White House forever.
As to the Europeans who do not share her views, she pleaded with them to make the effort at being a little more American in the interim.