See the title of this post? When you Google it, the only person you read about who said “We are all Georgians now” is—John McCain.
Last summer, Russia invaded Georgia, launched tons of missiles, armor, explosives, ground troops, took over part of a country that is not Russia’s, and the world—tut–tutted. And oh, yeah—Russia violated the cease-fire agreement.
There were no UN resolutions. Of course, Russia, as a permanent member of the UNSC, would veto it. But the General Assembly was silent. The Human Rights Council was silent. Liberal bloggers shook their fingers at John McCain and mocked his words.
Compare what happened in South Ossetia and Georgia last summer with what is happening now. There are protests all over the world, with more fools than there were in 2006 proclaiming “We are all Hezbollah” marching and declaring “We are all Hamas” today.
100,000 in Spain. 30,000 in Belgium. Thousands in London, Paris, Germany. All of them marching against Israel’s assault on Hamas. Yet none of them marched against the war in Georgia.
Why is that, we wonder? Why did they ignore the war that caused scenes like these?
Russian violations of the agreement also took place in nearby villages, where tall plumes of smoke were visible.
Witnesses said that Russian troops had entered the villages, then allowed South Ossetian militia members to plunder houses and steal cars.
“Our village is burning. They are taking everything out of our houses,†said Dodo Gagnidze, who was standing on the side of the road near Gori. “The Russians said everything was over. Is this what they mean?”
Human Rights Watch issued a statement Wednesday saying that its researchers had seen South Ossetian militias burn and loot Georgian villages on Tuesday. The organization quoted a village official in the Gori area saying that at least three villages had been burned.
Why are they ignoring Sri Lanka, where the fight against the Tamil Tigers has cost 70,000 lives? Why not a word about how “We are all Sri Lankans now”?
Why are they not marching against the massacres in Africa?
Why is it that they only march when Israel is involved in a conflict?
I think we all know the answer. None of those other conflicts involve Jews. Only Jews are not allowed to defend themselves. Only Jews are not allowed to respond to force with force. Only Jews are supposed to stand still and let whichever enemy of the moment destroy them.
Sixty years ago, out of the ashes of the death camps arose a slogan for the Jews: Never again. Too many people have mistaken the meaning of that slogan. Let me reiterate the true meaning of “Never again”: Never again will Jews stand by and allow our people to be slaughtered. Never again will Jews depend on the world to protect us. Never again will we rely on anyone but ourselves for protection.
And that is the key to why the world gets unhinged when Israel wins wars, or pushes back the terrorists. Because in the history of the world, for the last two thousand years, Jews were expected to be the victims, not the victors.
Get over it, world. We’re not going back there ever again.
So to the asinine emailer who said this:
It’s incredible that fundamentalist Jews are now acting as the Nazis did in WW2. The abused has become the abuser and in the the process is fast losing sympathy around the world. People are tired of being reminded about the holocaust as though it was the only act of mass ethnic cleansing in the 20th century. Of course to say that, one would be branded an anti-semite, the one stop term to guilt the gentile.
Stop being arrogant, oppressive, self righteous “chosen people” and others will stop trying to kill you and will let you live in peace.
Bullshit. You have never allowed us to live in peace. Not when we were the oppressed minority throughout Russia. Not when we were the oppressed minority throughout Arab lands. Not sixty years ago, not a hundred years ago, not a thousand years ago—not ever in the Diaspora. And now, not when we’re back in Israel, our ancestral homeland.
So, take a good long look in the mirror, you anti-Semitic schmuck. And then do me a favor: Listen to a rousing chorus of the Yourish.com mantra.
Anti-Semites of the world, just die already.
The question that’s never asked, my friend, Meryl, is why are Liberals so incredibly anti-Semitic? Quite frankly, for the same reason they hate Christians. Think about it for a minute, if Jews want to add a Menorah to a Christmas display, Christians don’t object, why should they? Yet Liberals will scream like children at the very concept of a Chrismas display, with or without a Menorah! Modern Liberalism is all about the individual, if it feels good do it, no rules, no morality, “freedom” to do whatever you want. Jews position in the world as G-d’s chosen people is an affront to their very being, it implies that they aren’t G-d’s chosen people, and the egocentric philosophy that is modern Liberalism just can’t stand such an affront. They see Jews as “ruling” the world because the basis of our modern system of laws, morality, and ethics is “Judeo-Christian” based. Gays and Lesbians crave the idea of Marraige, another Jewish concept, but can’t seem to rectify that with the immorality inherant in their “lifestyle choices.”
In my past, when I was a truck driver delivering groceries, one of our customers was a large Jewish High School. The cook was a lovely woman, who NEVER failed to offer a meal at lunchtime, or a piece of cake, or at least a snack. It was an all-boy school, and they were nothing less than polite, and helpful, but so many of our drivers hated deliverying there.
You see, Meryl, Jews – and Christians – are a constant reminder to athiests, Liberals, agnostics, Socialists, Communists, and yes, Muslims, of the fact that the world doesn’t really revolve around them, a constant reminder of the Almighty, and they – just – can’t – stand – it.
Robert
Shane-oh boyo.
Ye ought to be ashamed of yourself.
Based on your name, I’m assuming you’re Irish. Like the Jews, hounded out of their homeland, impressed into slavery, their language, religion, music ruled unlawful and very lives starved or murdered out of existance.
But for these countries America and Israel, both peoples numbers would be few or gone. Scattered like ash on the wind.
God will let you know your pennance and length of atonement.
Have an interesting day.
And precisely how are the Israelis acting like the Germans in World War II, at least in any real sense? I don’t think Germany would have tolerated the equivalent of 6,000 missiles hurled at it and although the technology wasn’t available to call targets in advance to warn them that they were targets I don’t think the Nazis would have resorted to it if they’d had it.
This trope is close enough to the blood libel to be really offensive and, of course, it wouldn’t be applied to anybody but Jews.
“The abused has become the abuser and in the the process is fast losing sympathy around the world”. Right, like they had the world’s sympathy to begin with.
Never again indeed! http://grandrants.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/never-again-at-least-until-the-next-time/
And, in case you hadn’t heard, we are apparently all Hamas now, as well–or not: http://grandrants.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/we-are-all-hamas-now/
I stand with Israel.