Comments on What sort of country is Israel?TypePad2007-01-11T10:29:50ZDavid Bognerhttps://www.treppenwitz.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.treppenwitz.com/2007/01/what_sort_of_co/comments/atom.xml/wrymouth commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550525a2588342007-01-13T21:52:53Z2008-02-14T04:49:49Zwrymouthhttp://wrymouth.comUrgh. Wasn't Moses chastised by G-d for hitting the "Post" button too many times? Now I know how he feels.<p>Urgh. Wasn't Moses chastised by G-d for hitting the "Post" button too many times? Now I know how he feels.</p>wrymouth commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503eccbe88332007-01-13T21:50:57Z2008-02-14T04:49:12Zwrymouthhttp://wrymouth.comTo boil it down, Bob: Israel is the Great Satan! Yee-haw -- now we Amuricans, as the Little Satan, are...<p>To boil it down, Bob: Israel is the Great Satan!</p>
<p>Yee-haw -- now we Amuricans, as the Little Satan, are off the hook!</p>
<p>;o/</p>wrymouth commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503ecf7388332007-01-13T21:50:39Z2008-02-14T04:49:44Zwrymouthhttp://wrymouth.comTo boil it down, Bob: Israel is the Great Satan! Yee-haw -- now we Amuricans, as the Little Satan, are...<p>To boil it down, Bob: Israel is the Great Satan!</p>
<p>Yee-haw -- now we Amuricans, as the Little Satan, are off the hook!</p>
<p>;o/</p>Bob commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5505256e788342007-01-13T19:27:00Z2008-02-14T04:49:16ZBobMy apologies if I extrapolate a bit beyond the point of your post, but it occurs to me that "the...<p>My apologies if I extrapolate a bit beyond the point of your post, but it occurs to me that "the world" (i.e., "the goy" of Psalm 2:1) perversely hates everything that sheds light on its own sins. C.S. Lewis (if I remember correctly) wrote somewhere that Europe hates the Jews, not so much for anything the Jews have done, but because the Jews' mere existence accuses Europe of its mistreatment of them.</p>
<p>Today both Israel and America are universally reviled by the world, not - I would argue - for what we have done, but for what we represent: America as the great emblem of freedom and Israel as history's exemplar of truth. (Note: Though America still bears the stripes of its former slaves and Israel the blood of its prophets, yet God's appointment remains.) Still, in spite of (or perhaps because of) the world's anymosity, we find the world's refugees clamoring for admission.</p>
<p>Your statement "If Israel is indeed the evil spawn of the 'great satan'..." drips thick with sarcasm, but its irony is at risk of being lost. Please allow me to add further that (far from Israel being America's spawn) it is America who is the legatee of Israel. The writings of America's founders (filled with homage to the God of Israel) are penned in ink that is bearly dry in comparison to the stone tablets from which those parchments sprang.</p>Pam commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e55052563388342007-01-13T07:03:59Z2008-02-14T04:49:08ZPamVery nice, Trep. It's easy to go cross-eyed studying our own blemishes. As a very smart dermatologist's nurse once said...<p>Very nice, Trep. It's easy to go cross-eyed studying our own blemishes. As a very smart dermatologist's nurse once said to a friend -- "get a lower-magnification mirror. Stop going pore by pore." </p>
<p>Can I echo Balashon -- your civility is so refreshing in an era when it sometimes seems we all want to take the Shia-Sunni conflict for our political role model, and focus on our differences without regard for the larger commonalities. </p>Wrymouth commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503ecfa188332007-01-13T02:41:04Z2008-02-14T04:49:46ZWrymouthhttp://wrymouth.comLioness: Don't hate the Pope, even if he does look disturbingly like Evil Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars saga....<p>Lioness: Don't hate the Pope, even if he does look disturbingly like Evil Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars saga. I am sure that's merely a coincidence. Well -- pretty sure.</p>
<p>Here in Californy, we've decided just to erase the border and see what happens, kind of as a sociological West Coast experiment. It's been sort of like hooking up a high-pressure vessel to a vacuum and opening a valve.</p>
<p>Very educational.</p>
<p>I've already figured out that 3rd World + 1st World = ... well, 2.5th World, by my calculations.</p>
<p>Adios para ahora!</p>marallyn commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503ecd5d88332007-01-12T12:56:45Z2008-02-14T04:49:20Zmarallynhttp://www.shalomfromjerusalem.blogspot.comwhen we can go to their restaurants...and to their malls...and to their hospitals...and walk the streets of their cities safely,...<p>when we can go to their restaurants...and to their malls...and to their hospitals...and walk the streets of their cities safely, then maybe i won't hate seeing them in mine...oh, and i hate them for teaching me to hate them...shabbat shalom trepp</p>Chris commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e55052572988342007-01-12T10:55:34Z2008-02-14T04:49:19ZChrisOne more thing: Europeans who come back from a journey to Israel are normally amazed (and surprised) by the beauty...<p>One more thing:<br />
Europeans who come back from a journey to Israel are normally amazed (and surprised) by the beauty of your country and the friendliness of the people and deplore that you can't live in peace. They do not combine you with the Great Satan. </p>Shlomo commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503eccc488332007-01-12T08:52:23Z2008-02-14T04:49:12ZShlomoWhen I was taking a postcolonial literature class in college, the question came up, isn't it hypocritical that English professors...<p>When I was taking a postcolonial literature class in college, the question came up, isn't it hypocritical that English professors live in and are paid by Western countries, while at the same time denouncing them as evil and imperialistic?</p>
<p>The answer was some rationalization along the lines of "using the master's tools to destroy the master's house."</p>
<p>Perhaps the Palestinians have similar thoughts.</p>zaza commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e55052570a88342007-01-12T06:05:52Z2008-02-14T04:49:18Zzazaqwswszzqzqz New Video Appears to Show Body of Saddam After Hanging<p>qwswszzqzqz</p>
<p><br />
<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,242422,00.html" rel="nofollow">New Video Appears to Show Body of Saddam After Hanging</a></p>Jack commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550525a1688342007-01-11T23:45:47Z2008-02-14T04:49:49ZJackhttp://wwwjackbenimble.blogspot.com/can someone please tell me why so many of our neighbors are quite literally dying to get in? For the...<p><i>can someone please tell me why so many of our neighbors are quite literally dying to get in?</i></p>
<p>For the food.</p>Irina commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e55052565488342007-01-11T22:35:09Z2008-02-14T04:49:10ZIrinahttp://sicat222.blogspot.comThat's a very good question... which unfortunately will be ignored or somehow twisted by all the usual suspects (meaning, whatever...<p>That's a very good question... which unfortunately will be ignored or somehow twisted by all the usual suspects (meaning, whatever parties uniterested in actually answering it).</p>Chris commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503ecbb788332007-01-11T20:57:15Z2008-02-14T04:49:04ZChrisAfter reading your recent blog entry I still find it a pity you didn't answer my email. You could at...<p>After reading your recent blog entry I still find it a pity you didn't answer my email. You could at least have insulted me or something like that.</p>
<p>As I kept my mouth shut about this strange Dresden Option entry, I dare to repeat my opinion here:</p>
<p>As long as Jews are "fighting antisemitism" in the nations of the world instead of following the words of Herzl (showing what Jews are capable of) the nations of the world will not care for the fate of Israel. Hatred will always produce hatred.<br />
</p>Fern commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503ecfdd88332007-01-11T19:23:52Z2008-02-14T04:49:48ZFernhttp://aloneinpublic.blogspot.comBecause if they can't beat Israel on the battle field, then they'll beat Israel in the maternity ward. If the...<p>Because if they can't beat Israel on the battle field, then they'll beat Israel in the maternity ward. If the Arab population outnumbers the Jewish population in the next generation or the generation after that, then Israel will have a real problem remaining both a democratic state and a Jewish one. It will have to choose. And if it chooses to be a Jewish state over a democratic one, the charges of "apartheid" will finally be accurate.</p>Alan commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503ed16988332007-01-11T18:22:17Z2008-02-14T04:50:02ZAlanHi Trep I've enjoyed your blog for a long time (even commenting once or twice), despite (because of?) our sometimes...<p>Hi Trep I've enjoyed your blog for a long time (even commenting once or twice), despite (because of?) our sometimes differing politics. I noticed a large new link at the bottom of your blogroll to www.no-libs.com/ and am starting to feel a little unwanted. Should I be worried? One of the things I like about you is your refusal to play partisan games of knee-jerk snark and polarizing. You write thoughtfully and seem to be okay with folks you disagree with. When I clicked on that link I encountered the complete opposite. What's your thoughts?</p>Dave (Balashon) commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503ecb7888332007-01-11T12:19:07Z2008-02-14T04:49:02ZDave (Balashon)http://balashon.blogspot.comEvery time we would drive past a cemetery, my father would used to say "People are dying to get in...<p>Every time we would drive past a cemetery, my father would used to say "People are dying to get in there..."</p>
<p>But more seriously. First of all, there's a Snopes article which shows that Blair wasn't the first to make this point:</p>
<p>http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/blair.asp</p>
<p>Secondly, there's even a bigger issue that I don't understand. Everyone seems to want to give the Palestinians their own state. That would seem to indicate "independence". But why do they give such a hard time whenever there's a hint that they'll need to work in that state and not ours?</p>Steg (dos iz nit der šteg) commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5505254e188342007-01-11T12:18:50Z2008-02-14T04:48:57ZSteg (dos iz nit der šteg)http://boroparkpyro.blogspot.com/A college roommate of mine, if i remember correctly, once wrote an English paper justifying an interpretation where that "Mending...<p>A college roommate of mine, if i remember correctly, once wrote an English paper justifying an interpretation where that "Mending Walls" poem is actually all about Football.</p>Lioness commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e55052593588342007-01-11T11:47:49Z2008-02-14T04:49:42ZLionesshttp://whichsurprisedher.blogspot.comOh oh, your site loves me again! *snoopy dance*<p>Oh oh, your site loves me again! *snoopy dance*</p>Lioness commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550525aad88342007-01-11T11:47:00Z2008-02-14T04:49:54ZLionesshttp://whichsurprisedher.blogspot.comWell, you're preaching to the Pope, as we say here (did you notice what i just did here? Considering I...<p>Well, you're preaching to the Pope, as we say here (did you notice what i just did here? Considering I hate the Pope and we're both Jewish, isn't it clever? Exceedingly.). I for one don't need convincing but I could bet that question could bring forth many a stupid answer, should the right trolls come along. Almost wish they would.</p>rutimizrachi commented on 'What sort of country is Israel?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503eccc388332007-01-11T11:05:43Z2008-02-14T04:49:12ZrutimizrachiSince I spend much of my day reading analyses of Israel's political warts written by scathingly sharp-tongued Israelis, it is...<p>Since I spend much of my day reading analyses of Israel's political warts written by scathingly sharp-tongued Israelis, it is refreshing to start the day with a reminder that it IS one of the finest countries on the planet. As is the US. Thank you.</p>