SPIRIT OF CHAMBERLAIN
by David Basch
(3.21.13) More articles by Mr. Basch
http://www.freeman.org/m_online/bascha.htm
"Sure, like other human beings, Arabs want peace and
prosperity but they want Islamic triumph more -- which
means no infidel Israel on "Arab land."
"The difference between the utopian-universalistic view
and the realist was made evident in the Shalom TV
debate between Rabbi Eric Yoffie and Daniel Pipes."
It is not surprising that the modern Chamberlain won over the Jewish
lamb-brained leftists to a policy of "surrenders for peace."
Just consider that the historic Chamberlain had had an easy time in
winning over his British countrymen since they were already utopian
and universalistic minded. They craved to believe Chamberlain's
message that the lambs can live in peace with the jackals. Being
lamb-brained, it was easy for the British at the time to forget that
they were dealing with a rabid jackal, Hitler. Similarly, the crowd of
lamb-brained leftists that Obama assembled in his address in Israel
were already infected with the same utopian-universalistic beliefs --
in fact, their religion -- that elicited enthusiastic cheers and
forgetfulness concerning the Arab jackal enemy.
Being lamb-brained, Obama's audience could not fathom that jackals, in
tghe nature of the case, don't become vegetarians, as is the case with
the Muslim Arab jackal that places his Islam over and above his
chiefest joy of refrigerators and Nike sneakers that are offered to
him. Sure, like other human beings, Arabs want peace and prosperity
but they want Islamic triumph more -- which means no infidel Israel on
"Arab land" -- and will wait for the the other joys until they achieve
this cherished heart desire.
Obama spent many minutes painting a sympatheic portrait of the
Palestinian Arabs, falsifying the record. He insisted that these Arabs
have national rights to the lands given to the Jews by the League of
Nations' Mandate of Palestine, and he construed Israel's defensive
measures to protect themselves from the vicious savagery of Arab
terrorism as "oppression" of the Arabs. The rapturous applause from
the lamb-brained, young Israelis showed that "Chamberlain" was scoring
another victory.
Rabbi Yoffie Vs. Pipes
The difference between the utopian-universalistic view and the realist
was made very evident a few weeks ago in the Shalom TV debate between
Rabbi Eric Yoffie and Daniel Pipes. Rabbi Yoffie clearly expressed his
utopian-universalist credo, asserting the dignity of all men (and of
course women too) and the need to craft political agendas reflecting
that belief. Like the lamented Ann Frank, age 12, Yoffie too believes
that men are naturally good willed and that this must be respected
through trust and compromise no matter what many experiences of the
betrayal of such ideals teach. That is why Yoffie craves a
"Palestinian State." For this expresses his utopian-universalist
ideals.
As a core belief, Yoffie cannot learn from experience with the
Palestinian Arabs, who have returned all Israeli surrenders for peace
with terror, bombs, and attempts to destroy Israel. The real
Chamberlain had learned after one severe lesson from Hitler that
Hitler's promises are worthless and that conquest of Europe was his
goal. But Jewish lamb-brains of the Yoffie sort (and of inexperienced
youth) are of a different sort since their beliefs are largely
characterological -- meaning integral to who they are -- like the
pacifist nature of lambs that is built into the species. In other
words, they cannot step out of this character no matter what
experience teaches. Though experience has taught again and again that
the Arabs will not be content with anything less than the complete
eradication of Israel, the sweet words of the modern Chamberlains,
like Obama, override the lessons of reality.
Daniel Pipes in his rebuttals showed the other side -- the side of
realism and learning from the lessons of history. He came from the
right family to have learned these traits and to ingrain them as part
of his character. His father, Richard Pipes (Ryszard Piepes), a
specialist in Russian history, was a Polish survivor of the European
holocaust.
At every stage of the discussion, Yoffie rejected any generalization
of the billion and more Muslims that would paint them as fearful. It
was with great difficulty that Pipes wrang the concession from Yoffie
that if only 10% of Muslims were active and supporting of jihad and
terrorism, this was a sizable group of tens of millions.
Pipes made the point that while there are many Islams, the Islamist
group, the group devoted to jihad and the subjugation of the infidel,
is an authentic form of Islam that grows out of the core of the
religion. It was not an aberration or an inauthentic form of Islam
that the Yoffies insist on believing as the fact. Since jihad was
authentic, when this characterized the Arab enemies of Israel, simple
solutions like ceding land and giving Arabs a state on Israeli lands
that they are not entitled to, will not bring peace.
(I would note that Dr. Aaron Lerner responding to President Obama's
talk noted that the most Obama offered was a diminishment of Arab
bombardments, not its eradication. [Who needs "diminishment" as a
solution?])
At the end of the discussion between Rabbi Yoffie and Pipes, Pipes
summed up the difference between himself and the Rabbi as the latter's
failure to accept the reality of "Islamism." Yoffie could not bring
himself to recognize that this is the pernicious nature of the enemy's
creed that could not be changed within any forseeable time frame and
could only be opposed by military strength, not self weakening or
ceding of strategic territory.
In the context that Pipes offered, Obama could be seen as resurrecting
the mental attitude of Chamberlain, who appealed to the
utopian-universalistic aberration of the lamb-brained. Defenders of a
viable Israel should know that they cannot change this character in
their utopian-universalists comrades and must go around them as many
Israelis have come to recognize.
Finally, if this image has not been strong enough to council extreme
caution, consider the image of the Trojan Horse, the device of
mythological fame used to penetrate the fortress of Troy. Couched as a
favorable sign from the gods, the Trojans brought it and its hidden
warriors into the center of their secure bastion that had resisted the
onslaughts of the enemy for 10 years. A word to the wise should be
sufficient.
"Sure, like other human beings, Arabs want peace and
prosperity but they want Islamic triumph more -- which
means no infidel Israel on "Arab land."
"The difference between the utopian-universalistic view
and the realist was made evident in the Shalom TV
debate between Rabbi Eric Yoffie and Daniel Pipes."
It is not surprising that the modern Chamberlain won over the Jewish
lamb-brained leftists to a policy of "surrenders for peace."
Just consider that the historic Chamberlain had had an easy time in
winning over his British countrymen since they were already utopian
and universalistic minded. They craved to believe Chamberlain's
message that the lambs can live in peace with the jackals. Being
lamb-brained, it was easy for the British at the time to forget that
they were dealing with a rabid jackal, Hitler. Similarly, the crowd of
lamb-brained leftists that Obama assembled in his address in Israel
were already infected with the same utopian-universalistic beliefs --
in fact, their religion -- that elicited enthusiastic cheers and
forgetfulness concerning the Arab jackal enemy.
Being lamb-brained, Obama's audience could not fathom that jackals, in
tghe nature of the case, don't become vegetarians, as is the case with
the Muslim Arab jackal that places his Islam over and above his
chiefest joy of refrigerators and Nike sneakers that are offered to
him. Sure, like other human beings, Arabs want peace and prosperity
but they want Islamic triumph more -- which means no infidel Israel on
"Arab land" -- and will wait for the the other joys until they achieve
this cherished heart desire.
Obama spent many minutes painting a sympatheic portrait of the
Palestinian Arabs, falsifying the record. He insisted that these Arabs
have national rights to the lands given to the Jews by the League of
Nations' Mandate of Palestine, and he construed Israel's defensive
measures to protect themselves from the vicious savagery of Arab
terrorism as "oppression" of the Arabs. The rapturous applause from
the lamb-brained, young Israelis showed that "Chamberlain" was scoring
another victory.
Rabbi Yoffie Vs. Pipes
The difference between the utopian-universalistic view and the realist
was made very evident a few weeks ago in the Shalom TV debate between
Rabbi Eric Yoffie and Daniel Pipes. Rabbi Yoffie clearly expressed his
utopian-universalist credo, asserting the dignity of all men (and of
course women too) and the need to craft political agendas reflecting
that belief. Like the lamented Ann Frank, age 12, Yoffie too believes
that men are naturally good willed and that this must be respected
through trust and compromise no matter what many experiences of the
betrayal of such ideals teach. That is why Yoffie craves a
"Palestinian State." For this expresses his utopian-universalist
ideals.
As a core belief, Yoffie cannot learn from experience with the
Palestinian Arabs, who have returned all Israeli surrenders for peace
with terror, bombs, and attempts to destroy Israel. The real
Chamberlain had learned after one severe lesson from Hitler that
Hitler's promises are worthless and that conquest of Europe was his
goal. But Jewish lamb-brains of the Yoffie sort (and of inexperienced
youth) are of a different sort since their beliefs are largely
characterological -- meaning integral to who they are -- like the
pacifist nature of lambs that is built into the species. In other
words, they cannot step out of this character no matter what
experience teaches. Though experience has taught again and again that
the Arabs will not be content with anything less than the complete
eradication of Israel, the sweet words of the modern Chamberlains,
like Obama, override the lessons of reality.
Daniel Pipes in his rebuttals showed the other side -- the side of
realism and learning from the lessons of history. He came from the
right family to have learned these traits and to ingrain them as part
of his character. His father, Richard Pipes (Ryszard Piepes), a
specialist in Russian history, was a Polish survivor of the European
holocaust.
At every stage of the discussion, Yoffie rejected any generalization
of the billion and more Muslims that would paint them as fearful. It
was with great difficulty that Pipes wrang the concession from Yoffie
that if only 10% of Muslims were active and supporting of jihad and
terrorism, this was a sizable group of tens of millions.
Pipes made the point that while there are many Islams, the Islamist
group, the group devoted to jihad and the subjugation of the infidel,
is an authentic form of Islam that grows out of the core of the
religion. It was not an aberration or an inauthentic form of Islam
that the Yoffies insist on believing as the fact. Since jihad was
authentic, when this characterized the Arab enemies of Israel, simple
solutions like ceding land and giving Arabs a state on Israeli lands
that they are not entitled to, will not bring peace.
(I would note that Dr. Aaron Lerner responding to President Obama's
talk noted that the most Obama offered was a diminishment of Arab
bombardments, not its eradication. [Who needs "diminishment" as a
solution?])
At the end of the discussion between Rabbi Yoffie and Pipes, Pipes
summed up the difference between himself and the Rabbi as the latter's
failure to accept the reality of "Islamism." Yoffie could not bring
himself to recognize that this is the pernicious nature of the enemy's
creed that could not be changed within any forseeable time frame and
could only be opposed by military strength, not self weakening or
ceding of strategic territory.
In the context that Pipes offered, Obama could be seen as resurrecting
the mental attitude of Chamberlain, who appealed to the
utopian-universalistic aberration of the lamb-brained. Defenders of a
viable Israel should know that they cannot change this character in
their utopian-universalists comrades and must go around them as many
Israelis have come to recognize.
Finally, if this image has not been strong enough to council extreme
caution, consider the image of the Trojan Horse, the device of
mythological fame used to penetrate the fortress of Troy. Couched as a
favorable sign from the gods, the Trojans brought it and its hidden
warriors into the center of their secure bastion that had resisted the
onslaughts of the enemy for 10 years. A word to the wise should be
sufficient.
Posts
