neo-neocon: Good grief: what about the Iraqi dead?neo-neocon: Good grief: what about the Iraqi dead? ¶ 12:23 PM 0 comments
"Ein baumelnder Diktator, unappetitlich wie ein ausgeweidetes Wildschwein zwar, aber ähnlich vielversprechend - das ist das Bild, das die Neocons hinterlassen werden. Und der Handschlag mit ebenjenem Diktator und mit so vielen anderen Diktatoren - das ist das Bild des "Realismus", der wohl in Washington die Welle der Zukunft ist. . ."
“A dictator swinging from a robe, admittedly as unappetizing as a gutted wild pig, but similarly promising - that is the image the neocons will leave behind. And the handshake with just that and many other dictators is the image “Realists” gave us, which may be the image of the future in Washington...”
Das Amerika Bild der Deutschen ist scheinbar immer noch von Karl May bestimmt: Die Sioux und Apachen !? Ausgerottet!?
Herr Gauweiler ist vielleicht mit Old Shatterhand vertraut, aber scheinbar nicht mit der Amerikanischen Geschichte, obwohl er mit dem Geschichtlichen Lernprozess von Europa angibt. Das die meisten Deutschen Politiker den Geschichtlichen Lernprozess verschlafen haben, ist mir klar, aber solch einen Unfug hatte ich von den Gruenen, der SPD oder von Neo-Nazis erwartet, nicht von der CSU. Aber man lernt halt immer.
Das Autobomben, Selbsmordgürtel und Köpfe abhacken “kulturelle Bestrebungen” sind hab ich auch nicht gewusst. Deshalb noch einmal Danke an Herrn Gauweiler für den Geschichtsunterricht
At the end of the 19th Century Karl May wrote “Cowboys and Indians” stories widely popular in Germany to this day. Its heros were “noble savages” called Apaches, and German carbon copies of the Deerslayer. May, however, had never been to America when he wrote his novels. Germany’s knowledge of America still suffers from this defect. Germans have a colorful image of America, however, that image has little to do with actual reality.
It is therefore little wonder that German Politicians of all stripes, repeat anti-american nonsense:
Conservative Parliamentarian Implies that the US is Exterminating Other Cultures
IIt is also typically German to provide a History lesson to others, even though Germany had and has a difficult time to learn historical lessons. Gauweiler infers that the US is attempting to exterminate cultures different from its own. I am not sure what kind of cultural aspirations (kulturelle Bestrebungen) are involved in suicide bombings and beheadings. However, I have no problem with eradicating suicide bombings and beheadings and those that support those. America is not out to destroy other cultures (like lets say Nazi Germany, Imperial France, etc), but it will fight those that threaten it. If Mr. Gauweiler wants to build his view of America on fiction, he should watch more John Wayne, and less Winnetou
First the Holocaust Denier conference, then this:
Another Idiocy from Iran: the Hitler-was-a-Jew Myth
I can not help but feel that there is some method to this madness. Outright denial of the Holocaust is the obsession of the delusional and feeble minded. While there is much neurosis in the mullahcracy, I do not believe that is the reason for their obsession with the Holocaust. The target is Israel, and Israel’s right to exist as a nation.
What is embedded in the western press, and thus in the western mind is that Israel only exists because of the Holocaust. That it was implanted by the West into Muslim lands, either because of a bad conscious (because of the real or imagined Western abuse of Jews), or because of a Jewish/Crusader conspiracy.
It is really not important for the Iranian Government to determine whether the Holocaust happened or not, whether Hitler was a Jew or not, the important message is different. What sticks is that Israel has no right to exist, except for the Holocaust. The Holocaust (the real one, or the legend) is a problem of the West, and not the Muslim world. The West "created" Israel. Israel was given to the Jews to compensate for the Holocaust, or the Holocaust was created as an excuse to steal Palestine for the Jews. The West thus created the Jewish-Palestinian Conflict. The West is thus responsible for the problems in the Middle East.
A view that some in the West have already bought into:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,418660,00.html
The interviewers never challenge Ahmadinejad’s linkage between the Holocaust and the State of Israel, and seem to accept it as a given.
It would be stupid to deny that the Holocaust has had an impact on Israel. However, we should not follow the example of Der Spiegel, and argue on Iran’s terms. Israel has a right to exist not because of the Holocaust, but because it earned it, because its people earned. It has been settled by Jews from around the globe, including Arab Jews, not just Holocaust survivors. The citizens of Israel include Jews, Christians and Muslims. They have a right to choose their own government and defend it. The Holocaust happened, but it is not the basis for Israel’s right to exist, and we should not allow Iran to make the linkage.
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