About the article: The Israeli
opposition "leader" doesn't realize that the world REALLY IS
against them, whether they say so sitting in a corner or not. The
world hasn't given them anything to say "yes" to, except
terrorism. Or perhaps extinction. Makes me wonder what her vision
is.
Now, a radical centrist future? It needs to include most nations
not in the Muslim orbit who are not willing to cave to the Muslim
threats of violence by the Religion of Perpetual Outrage. That
would be a good start.
David
"Anyone
who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for
people than people do is a swine."--P. J. O’Rourke
On 11/6/2010 6:52 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Centroids :
This article came to my attention yesterday. The
point it makes for Israel,
it seems obvious, can be applied to other nations
as well as political causes.
The question is : What is "the"
Radical Centrist vision for the future ?
Any ideas ? This is worth thinking about. At the
moment all that I have
are some rough concepts. Maybe others have their
own rough ideas they
would like to flesh out.
Suggestion for today
Billy
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Livni:
Israel needs to promote a vision
By
JPOST.COM
STAFF
11/05/2010
15:59
Opposition
leader says, "to sit in the corner and say that
the world is against us is not a solution"; "can't
always say no to the world."
Opposition
Head Tzipi
Livni alleged that there is no
leadership in Israel
today, at the Annual Farmers Association conference
on Friday. She said, "there is no leadership that
speaks of values and looks at things with values in
mind."
Livni criticized what she called a "government that
tries to please everybody all the time." Saying that
Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu should be more decisive and
thoughtful of how he chooses his coalition partners,
she remarked that Israel's main interest is "to
reach reach an agreement that preserves the state as
the national home of the Jewish people." She
asserted that every passing moment harms those
interests.
Responding to the American request for a two-month
extension of the West Bank building freeze, Livni
said, "Why not? In order to keep a few people in the
coalition?" She continued, "Does that compare to the
strategic relationship with the United States?"
"Israel needs to stop being a country that defines
itself according to the threats that surround it,"
the opposition leader said, "It needs to promote a
vision."
Speaking about the need to rally international
support, Livni said that "we are not going to enlist
the world's support by saying no all of the time. We
need to also say yes." She went on, "We need the
world's support, and we've proved that."
"To sit in the corner and say that the world is
against us is not a solution," Livni declared. "We
need the world with us for military action, for the
legitimacy to take military action, a central part
of Israel's security which is is weakened today."
Addressing a recent situation in Safed where an
89-year-old man was threatened and harassed this
past week for renting an apartment to Beduin
students who study in the city, Livni said, "If
everyone is talking about a country that has
equality, then we all need to rise up against the
situation where an elderly man has his life
threatened for renting an article to Arabs."
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