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The haters of the State of Israel and everything
associated with it—such as, the Jewish people—have selected a new name for
themselves. The 19th-Century sobriquet of “Anti-Semite” (coined
by a German who wished to give a scientific sheen to old-fashioned
Judenhass) should apply to them, so it’s argued, because Arabs are
also “Semites” and they love the Arabs as much as they love America. So by
a disingenuous trick of semantic legerdemain, “The Jews” themselves are
labelled the “Anti-Semites” for defending themselves against the terrorist
attacks of Palestinian Arabs.
On September 11, 2001, Americans—real Americans—who
don’t feel the need to screech “America First!” at every opportunity
because such an obvious and self-apparent thing is completely
unnecessary—saw at first hand the enemies of humanity crash airliners full
of innocent people into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, murdering
thousands—they understood immediately what Israel, that outpost of
progress in the midst of medieval tyranny, has been absorbing on a daily
basis year after year. And almost immediately a groundswell of empathy
erupted from one end of America to the other—The United States and
Israel are in this together!
This left a very small minority of Jew-haters
exceedingly unhappy. For even though they may have been horrified by the
actions of the terrorists on Sept. 11, they were nevertheless fully
in agreement with their motives. In the surge of patriotism that
unified all Americans, the Jew-haters had to think of a way to justify
their own prejudices without appearing unpatriotic. Without appearing to
be in sympathy with the insane and evil creatures who destroyed American
landmarks and murdered thousands of innocent Americans. In order to
accomplish this, the Haters-of-Israel-and-anything-related have
proclaimed themselves “America-Firsters!” wherein they, and only they,
know better than anyone else what is in the best and proper interests of
the United States, even if it is in contradiction to what the President,
Congress and the majority of the American people believe.
The Sept. 11th attacks, the
“American-Firsters” insist, would never have happened if the United States
had kept its nose out of the Middle East or at least supported the Arab
states instead of that s****y little country Israel. This is exactly the
opinion voiced by that most patriotic gentleman, Saudi Arabian Prince
Alwaleed bin Talal, who always has “America’s best interests” uppermost in
his shriveled little heart—NOT! Fortunately, the right honorable Mayor of
New York, who is a gentleman and a true patriot, would not be a party to
such an obscene libel, and he very indignantly rejected the Princelet’s
proposition and threw $10 million back in his face. “To suggest there’s a
justification for terrorism only invites this happening in the future,”
Mayor Giuliani said. “It is highly irresponsible and very, very
dangerous.” For his words and his actions following the Sept. 11th
tragedy, this proud and courageous American has received praise and honor
from his countrymen. The “America-Firsters” however, curse Mayor Giuliani
as a “tool of the Zionists” and grumble that he should have accepted the
Prince’s "constructive" criticism along with his millions.
Contrary to the desperate wishful thinking of the
“America-Firsters” (who are really, as pointed out, “Israel Last’ers”
wearing the cloak of the Stars and Stripes to disguise their hatred of
Israel and Jews), appeasement of the tyrants sworn to Israel’s destruction
is not, and has never been in the best interests of the United States. Two
hundred years ago, when there was no State of Israel to blame things on
and no Jewish community significant enough to operate an all-powerful
lobby, American shipping in North Africa was being disrupted by pirates
from the Barbary States of Libya, Tunisia and Algeria. These Muslims had a
quaint custom of overtaking merchant vessels on the high seas, seizing
their cargoes and taking their passengers and crew as prisoners. The
captives who were not ransomed for exorbitantly high prices were sold into
slavery. For a short time, the U.S. took the “easy way out” by setting
aside a certain amount of “foreign aid” to be paid to the Barbary pirate
states as “protection money.” But, as is usually the case with
extortionists, the pirates demanded more and more “protection” to keep from
attacking American ships. Finally, in 1801, Congress refused to cave in to
the demands of the Pacha of Tripoli for an increase in “protection” funds.
“Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute!” Infuriated that the
Americans no longer catered to his whims, the Pacha declared war on the
Yankee infidels. In response, the U.S. sent the Marines to the “Shores of
Tripoli” to take care of the Pacha, setting American foreign policy
precedent for the region and giving the U.S. Marines something to sing
about.
Pandering to tyrants is not what America is all
about. Tailoring American foreign policy to pander to the whims of such
as Osama bin Laden and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is not only in America’s
“best interest,” but it is actually putting the interests of America’s
enemies in front. The next time you hear someone recommend such a
course of action in the name of “America First,” remember the “Shores of
Tripoli” and what happened there.
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