On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 13:36 -0500, Cordell, Arthur: ECOM wrote: > Chris, > > I won't get "into it" with you again. Just this one rebuttal of the > Mearsheimer/Walt article. > ========================== > > Israel Lobby > By Ruth R. Wisse > 1037 words > 22 March 2006 > The Wall Street Journal > A16 > English > In Boston in the early 1980s, I was asked by an Irish cab driver what > language I had been speaking with a fellow passenger we had just dropped off. > When I told him, Hebrew, the language of Israel, the man exclaimed: "Israel! > That's America's fighting front line! Israel fights our battles better than > we could fight them ourselves." > That's one of those mind-boggling gestalt things, isn't it? You either get it, or you don't. Also comes to mind is chicken and egg. One mans homicidal/genocidal (delete as appropriate) looney is another mans hero, eh?
Anyone see Richard Dawkin's recent TV program on religious belief? You could see the steam coming out of his ears "I am surrounded by insane idiots" heh he heh. Know just how he feels. Worth a look at the Secular Society website for a good (pointed) laugh, though. _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
