I agree with what Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has to say:
...
AMERICA IS hated by the nations of the world almost
entirely due to its support of Israel and the war in
Iraq. The United States is the great champion of
Israel and is therefore loathed by a world that
despises the Jewish state. Likewise, the US has
incurred the wrath of the world by refusing to turn a
blind eye toward Arab tyranny as embodied in Saddam
Hussein.
When Democratic Party leaders demand that George Bush
be dumped so that America can be loved again by the
French and the Germans, they are well aware that the
only way that's going to happen is by a radical change
in American foreign policy. That would take us back to
Bill Clinton's days, when America was neutral on the
Arab-Israeli conflict and when it largely turned a
blind eye to Arab tyranny.
But so long as America puts principle before profit by
standing up for tiny Israel against half a billion
Arabs and forcibly removing Arab tyrants, the world
will continue to hate the superpower. Washington has
become an international irritant by shaking up a
complacent world order that couldn't care less if the
Arabs eventually democratize.
That America is hated for standing up for Israelis and
Iraqis against aggressive Arab bullying should not
surprise us. The Talmud teaches that Mount Sinai,
which means "mountain of hatred," earned its name
because the Ten Commandments that were given there
made the Jewish people the most hated nation on Earth.
The world does not want a conscience, and the Earth's
inhabitants have always sought freedom from a moral
code.
Because the Jews were entrusted by God with
commandments such as "Thou shalt not kill," they
immediately become the enemies of murderers.
And now that America has become the moral conscience
of the world by aggressively promoting liberty and
justice, it too is being demonized.
The Democratic Party would have us believe that there
is something wrong in having the whole world oppose
you. But the Jews have long known that there is honor
in it as long as you are right and they are wrong.
When all the world closes its eyes to slaughter and
tyranny, Winston Churchill taught us in his opposition
to Britain's policy of appeasement that the noble dare
not close their eyes as well � even if it means losing
the "respect" of the world.
http://www.shmuley.com/index.php?section=article&id=99
--- Tony Weeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> couldnt it be, though, that the changing of the
> guard here, bush out -
> kerry in, would aid in our foreign policy. it would
> send the LARGEST
> message to the world. far louder than any incumbent
> group's policy
> shift. they dont like bush, no one does, and as the
> days go on, their
> anger is fueled more by that hatred, than anything
> else.
>
> tw
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