Originally Posted by
TheClemsonKid
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Yes, exterminating the Jews. Exactly what I said.
You ought to see if Bill O'Reilly has any openings, you seem to have that whole twisting others words around to fit your agenda thing down just fine.
And last I checked, the ones doing the majority of the "ideology by force" thing aren't the Muslims, now are they?
All I'm saying is in my personal opinion, I don't see why my country which is less than 2% Jewish (There were about 4 million adherents of Judaism in the U.S. as of 2001, approximately 1.4% of the US population) has to put everyone else (i.e. the military and subsequently all of this countries non-Jewish folks) in harms way to protect Israel.
Now this is the part where you will call me an anti-semite and all that, which isn't the case. The definition of an anti-semite is a prejudice against or hostility towards Jews, often rooted in hatred of their ethnic background, culture, or religion.
That's not it at all. I have nothing against the Jews, just like I have nothing against the Protestants, Catholics, or any other religious group in this country.
I just don't understand why the majority of our country's foreign policy is based on the protection and preservation of a religion that represents a very, very small faction of the general public.
And yes, I clearly understand that the roots of Christianity are based in Jerusalem. So we are not just preserving the Jewish state, but that of Christianity in general. I get that.
But I also understand that the roots of Islam are also based in Jerusalem. Yet Israel and the U.S. Policy has always been a "we run the place" and you Muslims should "feel lucky" that we allow you to come here at all.
Maybe I am being naive thinking that we would be better off if we could figure a way to let the Muslims have their space too?
And for the record, I think people who question the Holocaust, and those who want to "wipe Israel off the map" should be taken very seriously but with a grain of salt.
I think a big reason some of the people rally behind this ideology is because since the 60's, they have been shot at, bombed, killed, and pushed into a corner.
That's the place where radical thoughts and desperation breed.
I'm especially irritated tonight because I just got back from the calling hours of a high school friend of mine who was unfortunate enough to be in the back of a hum-vee that hit an roadside bomb... after nine days and 85% of his body was burned, his body couldn't hold on any longer and died.
When it hits close to home it really makes you wonder if any of this is worth it...
Maybe you should try watching Oreilly instead of believing what others say about him, one of the most straight shooting commentators out there.
I think you are WAY naive, and uninformed about how Jerusalem is ran. If it were as you say the dome of the rock would have been demolished and the temple rebuilt long ago. The Jews, Muslims and even the Christians have sites in Jerusalem. Israel is the controlling authority but the Muslims religious rights are respected.
You say because only 2% of this country is Jewish we should just throw them to the dogs? If we stop supporting Israel that is what would happen. It isn't that we are protecting a religion either. A large portion of the Jewish population are not particularly religious.
Because the Jews were singled out for extermination by not just germany but russia too the World decided to establish a homeland for them in Israel. It wasn't just the US but as usual the rest of the world or most of it sits around picking it's nose waiting for us to fix everything then complaining about our meddling once we show up.
