by David Solway, PAJAMAS MEDIA
I grew up in a Jewish anti-Jewish household dominated by my father who never once attended synagogue and refused to associate with any of the Jewish inhabitants of the town we lived in. My father hated Jews with a passion — although I should mention that he hated just about everybody with a passion. Jews, however, for reasons I could never fathom, received an extra share of his animadversion. Perhaps this was because, despite his overweening selfishness and high self-esteem, he also detested himself and simply acted out the venerable cliché, going through the motions of classic psychological projection. He was not a lovable man. But whatever the deep interior motive at work in his lava-spewing psyche, I was taught to regard my fellow Jews with unwavering suspicion. My father was not a leftist, so there was nothing “red diaperish” about my early education. I learned only that Jews of any stripe — left or...
Propaganda is war by other means
By Ted Belman*
There are those who embrace conspiracy theories of a government plan behind major attacks like 9-11 and Pearl Harbor, to lead us into war. As outlandish such theories appear to some, many embrace them because they believe that the government always manipulates public opinion to accept intended actions which the people would otherwise reject.
When a government intends a war of aggression, it must first inculcate hatred of the indented victim. This is done through propaganda which follows the following principles;
1) Select a target to be hated. Personalize it. Focus attention on it.
2) Keep messages on target. Avoid conflicting messages.
3) Attach labels and employ narratives causing the object of the hatred to be ridiculed, scorned and feared.
Glick: “Israel’s path to victory”
This article was written before we learned of What Obama demanded of Israel for the veto and speech.
Israel has nothing to lose, everything to gain from going on the offensive. Our friends in US Congress have shown us a path that lays open to us to follow.
Leiberman ready to accept Quartet proposal
First of all it is a victory for Israel that the Quartet proposal is without pre-conditions. But that’s only for the start of negotiations. What I expect is, that in the preliminary discussion parameters will be negotiated and we will be back to ’67 lines and other demands. Secondly what do deadlines mean. They have never been followed. Ted Belman
Earlier on Sunday, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Israel should accept the Quartet’s proposal to begin negotiations without preconditions, in an interview with Israel Radio.
He said that even though he has reservations about the proposal, he hoped the Palestinians would respond to the initiative and begin serious dialogue with Israel.
The talks can open on any subject, Lieberman said, but from Israel’s standpoint the most important issue is security. The foreign minister said he hoped the Palestinians understood that it was in their interest to focus on the political process and to postpone...
Islamic Fundamentalists Sentence Christian Woman to Hang
We have seen at least two Arab cartoons that depict Jews as “Christ killers.” The phrase “Christ killing Islamic fundamentalists” is merely payback: truth for falsehood and with compound interest. We are at WAR with the militant Islamic world (as declared by the latter with the phrase “Dar el Harb”) and war not only entitles but requires us to foment informed and rational contempt and loathing of the enemy during wartime. This video speaks for itself.
Language like “Christ killer” and “Christ killing” is inflammatory, and it is intended to be inflammatory. Our side’s problem is that we are too polite or, as Ann Barnhardt puts it, too nice. War is not a nice business and it is not a time to be polite. As stated by General Patton,
Men cannot be excited to kill by soft words spoken in an uncertain voice. When General...
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