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By: American Patriot

American Patriot — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:19:42 +0000

Marie, you’re an —–. Plain and simple. There is no sense in writing any more because —–

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Obviously you disagree with Marie but there are no personal attacks on this board. I’m sorry you cannot use your higher intelligence to craft a response that is not rude.

By: marie

marie — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:49:22 +0000

One last thing, since you claim to be an American Jade…

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/1238

I’m done.

By: marie

marie — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:41:53 +0000

Jade, you said…
“Let’s get away from the dichotous nature of our two-party system and step outside our comfort zones inorder to participate in meaningful discourse.”

Your lack of understanding, like many others, does not comfort me, nor provide me a ‘comfort one.’ Try re-reading my posts and “think” next time. And don’t bother replying if you are still on the other side of the fence, my time is too precious and you sound way too much ‘out there.’ I don’t mean to insult you but I am just telling it like it is. If you can even admit that you need some help, you should try listening to the people who speak truth at http://www.IsraelNationalRadio.com and follow the news at Arutz Sheva for a while. And as far as America goes, I never said America was perfect (or Israel for that matter).. but I don’t feel the need to bow down to those who are much much worse, either. Many ‘Americans’ (note that as the people rather than government) relate to Israelis for reasons of shared goals, morals, values, and vision.

As well, you don’t have to worry about fixing Americans (or Israelis for that matter)– you should concentrate on fixing what ever other country, and people, it is that you support and would prefer to live in. I think a good place for you to start would be with Iran and the Iranian people who do need much help as they are being beaten and slaughtered by their ISLAMIC DICTATORSHIP/GOVERNEMENT.

By: Jade Brown

Jade Brown — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:08:41 +0000

Oh and Marie, as an African-American and Jewish American, I have to say the Israeli media sources hold immense bias in my opinion. I would suggest trying to find information that does not immediately make you comfortable by reflecting what you already believe or are are comfortable accepting; try to find other perspective to compare and contrast. We as Americans need to stop claiming that somebody is anti-semitic when they question the U.S.’s relationship with Israel or the actions of the Israeli state. Israel has committed numerous acts of state-sponsored terrorism and I feel through their military and media, Israeli Jews are nationalized into being tools of the state (palestine has their own problems which help exacerbate violence, but due to the nature of our relationship with Israel we need to look at the policies that we sponsor as citizens through our complicit consent). In an ideal sense, this country going back to before the Pacificus-Helvidius letters, was built on dissent and debate. Let’s get away from the dichotous nature of our two-party system and step outside our comfort zones inorder to participate in meaningful discourse.

By: Jade Brown

Jade Brown — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:56:44 +0000

Hans! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I was becoming very frustrated with many of the posts on this blog (as well as the original article), it is good to know that there are thinking individuals making attempts at objectivity (though impossible because we see everything through our own lens/framework). As an American (and being part of a hegemonic superpower), I feel that it is our “patriotic” duty to think outside of a judeo-christian, ethnocentric framework. For those who rely on fear-based talk-radio and media for their worldly understanding,they will always articulate global politics in terms of good v. evil (us v. them). A TRULY proud American that believes in the ideals that we supposedly stand for will look at the nature of the U.S.’s political transactions throughout our short history and realize that we have not been (may not be) the benevolent nation that we have presupposed. We have often shaped our foreign policy through the demands of private interests and war profiteering regardless of the interests or needs of the rest of the world or the marginalized groups within our own country. I challenge Americans to travel outside of our “bubble” and build the mental framework needed in order to see ourselves from a third-party perspective and incorporate that into moving closer to our lofty and often neglected ideals.