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Very few non-Jews seem interested in what it means to be Jewish, and what it means to be Israeli. Most gentiles come with this romantic conception of Abraham, Isaac, Moses and King David, and fail to see the essence of the people.

When I saw Glenn Beck embark on this campaign for Restoring Courage, I mentally cringed expecting a sugar-coated, Westernized view of Israel. I was ready for him to run about, blowing the shofar, wrapping himself in the flag of Israel and totally miss the people. I was expecting all that…

But, that’s not what he gave us.

Very few non-Jews seem interested in what it means to be Jewish, and what it means to be Israeli. Most gentiles come with this romantic conception of Abraham, Isaac, Moses and King David, and fail to see the essence of the people.

When I saw Glenn Beck embark on this campaign for Restoring Courage, I mentally cringed expecting a sugar-coated, Westernized view of Israel. I was ready for him to run about, blowing the shofar, wrapping himself in the flag of Israel and totally miss the people. I was expecting all that…

But, that’s not what he gave us.

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What I am about to do now will probably make me really upset. How do I know this? Well, that’s what happened the last time I worked out a doomsday scenario.

But, before I get into my latest thisishowitreallygoesbad, let’s check to see how I did with the previous one. We are three and a half years into it and…

Here is where I was right:

• Russia strengthens ties with Iran

• The US economy descends into a shallow-dip recession. (Actually, I wasn’t pessimistic enough)

• A Democrat President is elected on a platform of jobs and ‘bringing the troops home’

What I am about to do now will probably make me really upset. How do I know this? Well, that’s what happened the last time I worked out a doomsday scenario.

But, before I get into my latest thisishowitreallygoesbad, let’s check to see how I did with the previous one. We are three and a half years into it and…

Here is where I was right:

• Russia strengthens ties with Iran

• The US economy descends into a shallow-dip recession. (Actually, I wasn’t pessimistic enough)

• A Democrat President is elected on a platform of jobs and ‘bringing the troops home’

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Now, let me get something straight here. I’m a little confused.

The Sarkozy government wants the rest of Europe to SCALE BACK on its involvement with Iran?

I hope that you don’t mind my incredulity, but isn’t that a bit tepid?

I’ve been racking my brain to find a suitable metaphor, and I think that I’ve hit on one. Y’all feel free to help me out with a better one. 

What would you do if, say, a gang set up a gas station near your neighborhood with the goal of using the profits to create a drug lab? Near your neighborhood?

Now, let me get something straight here. I’m a little confused.

The Sarkozy government wants the rest of Europe to SCALE BACK on its involvement with Iran?

I hope that you don’t mind my incredulity, but isn’t that a bit tepid?

I’ve been racking my brain to find a suitable metaphor, and I think that I’ve hit on one. Y’all feel free to help me out with a better one. 

What would you do if, say, a gang set up a gas station near your neighborhood with the goal of using the profits to create a drug lab? Near your neighborhood?

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In my last post, I said that It Ain’t Gonna’ Happen.

Can there be anything more frustrating than to see unquestionable disaster march toward you and find that the people responsible for averting disaster are doing nothing?

You scream yourself hoarse that the world is going to end, and no one does anything?

Six million Jews died in concentration camps because no one did anything. African-Americans had more melanin in their skin, so millions of them suffered horribly because no one did anything. Rwandans and Sudanese and Armenians and Ukrainians and American Indians were massacred by the tens of millions because we did nothing.

In my last post, I said that It Ain’t Gonna’ Happen.

Can there be anything more frustrating than to see unquestionable disaster march toward you and find that the people responsible for averting disaster are doing nothing?

You scream yourself hoarse that the world is going to end, and no one does anything?

Six million Jews died in concentration camps because no one did anything. African-Americans had more melanin in their skin, so millions of them suffered horribly because no one did anything. Rwandans and Sudanese and Armenians and Ukrainians and American Indians were massacred by the tens of millions because we did nothing.

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It is now June 4th. In Israel, forty years ago, the world was about to end.

Abba Eban had been dispatched to the US days earlier to plead for the life of Israel. Successive members of the Johnson administration said that Israel was being alarmist and that she would get no help. Finally, President Johnson himself shook his head.

To his credit, the President did ask the CIA whether the Mossad might have a better picture of the situation. However, the CIA could not accept the possibility that anyone could have better intelligence, especially since their own sources were coming up empty. The CIA was unable to believe that Israel’s intelligence services had intercepted agreements between Syria, Egypt, and Jordan to annihilate Israel.

It is now June 4th. In Israel, forty years ago, the world was about to end.

Abba Eban had been dispatched to the US days earlier to plead for the life of Israel. Successive members of the Johnson administration said that Israel was being alarmist and that she would get no help. Finally, President Johnson himself shook his head.

To his credit, the President did ask the CIA whether the Mossad might have a better picture of the situation. However, the CIA could not accept the possibility that anyone could have better intelligence, especially since their own sources were coming up empty. The CIA was unable to believe that Israel’s intelligence services had intercepted agreements between Syria, Egypt, and Jordan to annihilate Israel.

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