Frank wrote on Nov 26
th, 2023 at 7:52pm:
Muslims are the enemies of
Democracy
Freedom of thought, speech, conscience
Textual analysis
Humour, jokes
Self-reflection, dissent
Reason in all its manifestations
I have just returned from Qatar; there is a lively debate going on, about all these things.
But as for "reason in all it's manifestations", Meister's capacity for self-deception is legion, he thinks "instinct sensibilities" are "reason"; and predictably has run away when challenged, in Lisa's "The Hidden Cost of the Gaza War" thread (see the last post, there).
Fact: the UN - a creation of the victorious Western allies of WW2, in its wisdom, decided to
create Israel out of Arab lands, at a time when indeed Islam was backward, in those lands.
Hence the origins of the conflict.
Much later, Netanyahu himself has deliberately fostered Hamas while working against Fatah**, to destroy any possibility of a two state solution - a policy which backfired spectacularly on Oct. 7th.
** according to a US research organization.
Netanyahu is now trying to keep the world onside: "where the hell are you", he shouts (referring to the rape and murder of Israeli women by Hamas).
But the world is now seeing the unrestrained slaughter of civilians in Gaza...and the US Dems are splitting over the spectacle.
Netanyahu has inadvertently increased the international calls for the 2 state solution, the last thing he and his gruesome "Promised Land" ideologues want...