Why do the ring wing love Israel ?

[Vi-Jay 218]

I agree but, Saudi to the westeast and Israel to the eastwest gave the US enhanced strategic position.

It was not just the Arabs that the US was concerned about, The Soviets were a threat too.

I also agree that it is obvious the US wants to stretch a US presence from Saudi to the EastWest

If not for the oil, Walmart would be the only one's eyeing the Mid-East.

Fixxored.

Sorry, long day.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Anti-Semitism in the tradition of Adolf Hitler runs strong in Europe to this day.

Are you referring to Semites in general, or just Hebrews?

[Captain Oates 910]

Careful now, you sound a little bit like a certain Austrian.

Arny ?

I watch CNBC MSNBC and CNN and the majority of presenters are Jewish and that is a fact that is apparent to everyone and is not worth disputing.

I am fine with that but I am not fine with the idea that it can't be mentioned

My credentials as NOT being anti-Jewish are totally intact, but I don't go with this idea that we should cover up facts for fear that someone might call us anti-semitic - especially when those facts are not at all detrimental to Jews - just the opposite as it shows they have worked hard and applied themselves to their careers.

I live in a small town which has a high number of dentist and they ALL have Scandinavian names and they have blue eyes and blond hair. I don't draw any conclusions from that but it is simply a fact that's all

This idea that it isn't allowed to mention the higher proportion of jews in finance and the legal profession and medicine and the media is simply ludicrous

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Arny ?

No, another Austrian. Small, fragile, mustache and quite disturbed.

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Are you familiar with how the Nazis (among others) made those "facts" (they aren't facts at all) a central point in their anti-Semitic propaganda?

[Captain Oates 910]

No, another Austrian. Small, fragile, mustache and quite disturbed.

Dont call me nazi or you will wish you hadnt !

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Dont call me nazi or you will wish you hadnt !

And off he goes.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Dont call me nazi or you will wish you hadnt !

I ain't calling you anything. But that line that I quoted there sounded quite familiar. You wrote it, not me. Remember that. Don't go blaming me for your argument. It's been made before and that's all I'm pointing out.

[Captain Oates 910]

Are you familiar with how the Nazis (among others) made those "facts" (they aren't facts at all) a central point in their anti-Semitic propaganda?

Don't be ridiculous - mentioning the high number of jews on CNBC is not the road to the gas chamber.

I left the rifle range at 2.40pm today so I could watch Cramer

Let's keep the discussion rational without any nazi calling stuff

This isnt the Glen Beck show

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Don't be ridiculous - mentioning the high number of jews on CNBC is not the road to the gas chamber.

Lot of people believed that way in the past. Sadly, they were wrong.

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No, this is the Alan the Red show. Where we love those cuddly world-dominating Jews.

[Danno 1,228]

I can't believe it took this long for "Hitler" to surface.

[Captain Oates 910]

No, this is the Alan the Red show. Where we love those cuddly world-dominating Jews.

Oh dear it looks like I will have to restate my history as it has been forgotten already.

I worked in a Jewish family firm and became part of the family

My boss (the owner) was an Egyptian Jew who's first language was French and he actually fired a jew who was a member of his temple, in order to promote me. We used to seek out each others company at lunch time and laugh when he told me about the jews taking the wrong turn when they came out of Egypt. His son in law was a personal friend of mine and most of the jewish jokes I know were told to me by him. Many of the jews I mixed with were totally relaxed about discussing issues and the uptight attitudes and anti-semite/nazi calling stuff usually comes from college kids who are non jews

The discussion was going very well until people started with the small moustached Austrian stuff which is so easy and so cheap to do and ruins any discussion of the US/Israeli issues

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Well, perhaps you shouldn't be so eager to parrot Nazi propaganda points like mentioning the 'fact' () of Jewish domination of banking.

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[Pooky 3,355]

I think the reason the UK was always cool on Israel was the bombing by Zionist terrorists of the King David Hotel in which 91 people were killed including many British. The later Israeli Prime Minister Menachim Begin carried out these killings.

It was a bad start to UK/Israeli relations and the US does not have that history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing

Funny that. Most Israeli military materiel was supplied by the British from 1948 up to 1957. Things only cooled after the last adventure of the British Empire, in conjunction with the French, the Suez Canal debacle of 1956, in which we involved the Israelis as part of the attempt to seize control of the canal from Nasser and the Egyptian government.

Then the French became the major suppliers, right up until 1967, when de Gaulle did an abrupt 180 degree and cut the Israelis off stone cold.

The US interest built when the neighbouring Arab nations, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, etc. decided to look to the USSR for their political and military support. Israel became a kind of US proxy in the Middle East, keeping the influence of the Red Bear in check.