I've a penchant for painting bullseyes on my forehead, so why not make my score of self-destruction 100%? Defend Israel.
And I admit I did not expect to see these words in the Guardian's op-ed pages, which has been turned into a ad sheet for every sort of murderous totalitarianism:
Well, were Israel really "wiped from the map", I bet even virulently anti- Israel Europeans would miss it. The existence of a permanent Jewish refuge helps to ameliorate residual European guilt over the Holocaust. The sheer ferocity of the Israeli people reassures Europeans that the Jews are alive and well: "Look at them, with all those war planes! They're not endangered; they're scary!"
It is, however, a sign of a return to the 1930s that these words even need to be written.Posted by sjostrom on August 16, 2006 04:21 AM
