An open letter to Pat Buchanan By Burt Prelutsky
Monday, August 7, 2006
Pat Buchanan, not satisfied merely looking like a Herblock depiction of a bigot, a man who never allows an opportunity to slam Israel slip through his fingers, has been on a rampage because Israel has finally gone after the murderous thugs and sadists of Hezbollah.
The fact that the terrorists don’t wear uniforms means that every time the Israelis kill one of them, Buchanan and his ilk get to insist that Israel is targeting civilians. Buchanan’s concern for civilians isn’t nearly so evident when it’s Jews who are targeted by Hamas, Hezbollah, and the PLO’s suicide bombers.
One of the sillier things Israel has done in recent years was to fall for the land for peace con game. They surrendered territory and any number of settlements as a gesture of good will. Good will gestures made to terrorists and tyrants are the height of folly and cowardice, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s the Arabs or Adolf Hitler. Offer your hand to the tiger and don’t expect him to stop nibbling when he gets to your wrist.
Because Israel plays such a prominent role in the news and because it’s managed, against all odds, to survive for 58 years, one can easily over-estimate its actual place in the world. The fact of the matter is that unless you were at the top of your geography class, you’d be hard-pressed to find it on your globe. To give you a clear idea of what Israel is up against, keep in mind that there are 22 countries in the Arab League. The League encompasses 5,200,000 square miles; Israel was 8,000 square miles before giving up the aforementioned turf. What’s more, there are 312 million people living in those 22 countries. Israel’s population is six million, more than a million of whom are Arabs.
So far as Buchanan and his friends are concerned, it would seem that the only thing that’s required to make Israel the jewel of the Middle East is for those five million Jews to disappear.
You have to wonder what it is about those 8,000 square miles that the Arabs covet. It’s not as if Israel sits on huge oil deposits. Why aren’t five million square miles enough? I mean, if you had five million dollars, would you cry yourself to sleep every night because you didn’t have $5,008,000?
Let’s face it—before the Jews built universities, hospitals and concert halls, and planted trees and crops, the place was nothing but 8,000 square miles of kitty litter.
So many people are happy to trumpet “No blood for oil.” How is it that we never hear them, or Mr. Buchanan, telling the Arabs, “No blood for sand”?
28 comments:
Im surprised it took him until the third paragraph to reference Hitler...
What a load of rubbish. First of all his insinuation that anyone that disagrees with our foreign policy regarding Israel is crap. Admittedly PJB's own past words have stuck him with the difficult to shake anti-semite label (for the most part erroneously in my opinion). This is an area where he and I disagree, but just because someone feels that US foreign policy is unevenly influenced by Israel doesnt make one a jew hater.
Secondly the authors playing of the population numbers games is misleading and ignorantly naive. Anyone that has ever seen a Jet Li movie can come to the conclusion that numbers arent always the leading indicator to predict the outcome of an armed struggle. As anyone that has seen either a Mr Li film or are familiar with the history of the state of Israel can attest that they have both been known to whoop some serious ass when outnumbered.
Thirdly describing the geographical and historical significance of the Middle East as just sand is pure jackassery. Before universities, hospitals, concert halls, trees and crops this was and is the most holy and sacred of land (even if just kitty litter) for people of the big three (not Detroit) faiths.
However he is correct that appeasement is for suckers.
Now if anyone messes with my main man crush again Im stabbing mofos in the jugular.
PJB's past statements aren't even required to make the case this time.
For weeks he has been bashing Israel for defending herself and has not condemned Hezbollah at all!
In fact he has been wildly inconsistent and suggestst that it is Israel who is at fault for the killing of civilians rather than blaming hezbollah for hiding behind them!
I know he's your man crush, and i agree with much of what he says on a lot of subjects, but on this, and on Iraq i think he is dead wrong. More importantly, on the subject of Israel i think he has shown himself to be biased and hypocritical.
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F#@k Israel!!!! The ex-British empire carved out that piece of land knowing that it is the most highly contested land in the history of the world.
I'm sick and tired of the victimized Israeli mantra--they knew what they were getting into when they got there.
If I move to a certain neighborhood I'm going to expect burning crosses on my lawn.
That's fine warlike, but if you get those crosses on your lawn, i'm sure you don't want anyone telling you not to kick the shit out of the knuckleheads who put them there!
So next time someone calls you a nigger i expect you to sit down with them and talk it out.... ok? That's cool with you right?
There is a big difference. If I decide to chop some racists head off--I go to jail. Depending on how I feel that day-I could let someone slide for calling me a nigger-other days I'm going to get medieval with them-I still have to pay a price. But I cant kill every nigger slinger. Rules-there are rules even in war.
The killing of innocent victims on both sides is unacceptable. But the hatred emanating from both countries is being played out for the world to see. I just want to know if ALL the surrounding Arab countries unite and start to attack Israel-what will be the end result.
This war is as pointless as the Iraqi war. The feelings will never change no matter how many people are killed-so the only solution is to grin and bear it and hammer out some kind of agreement until the next conflict.
War is inherent in man.
You mean if all the countries around Israel decided to attack them AGAIN. Well i expect the result would be a lot like the last time and Israel would kick their asses, but this time it would probably be a nuclear ending or it would be the U.S. coming to the rescue.
either way i agree that there needs to be an agreement, but you can't negotiate an agreement with these animals. Jordan cut a deal with Israel, as did Egypt and the Saudi's have been basically on chill mode for a long time, but the syrians, iranians, and hezbollah (lebanon) along with the palestinians won't be satisfied until Israel is gone! What choice do the Israeli's have but to fight for their lives? It is literally self defense and the point of the post was that buchanan is a anti dentite, and he shows his bias on a regular basis.
Where did you find out that all Lebanese people are Hezbollah?
Why are arabs animals?
Do you know any arabs?
Don't you realize that you are just perpetuating the consistent one-sided negative images and one-sided commentary that is pumped into you on a daily basis?
The only way this ends is if the Jews relinquish all of their land. They won't so it will never end. They shouldn't have to...but it's the truth that we are all too sad, scared, or just ashamed to admit. If there was ever another way to settle the strife, it's past. These countries, states, and militant organizations aren't going to make peace. They gain nothing by making peace. It's sad but true so no matter what Patty B says or whatever any American politician says, it's all over baby blue.
PS - On a happier note, Mikey Piazza returns to La Shea...lets hope the Mets score ten runs because I am sure Piazza has some magic left in him for the Met faithful.
Pianzzy is a fag!!
Actually, he is married to a former Playboy Bunny...Perhaps, like Jorge Tostada's son, your brain is growing on the outside of your head and that makes it hard to use.
Whooo...
What?
Too soon?
Warlike, i didn't say all arabs are animals, that's just the assumption that you make.. your bias maybe?
anyway, i was talking about the terrorists who started the latest round of fighting, and who do actually target civilians, AND do hide behind civilians in lebanon.
Furthermore, i say the lebanese are hezbollah because they are. they claim they want peace, but at the same time they tolerate hezbollah. they know where they are, they knew they were arming, they know that these animals are hiding among their citizens, but instead of rooting them out, they volunteer to send 20,000 troops to the south IF Israel will committ to a cease fire! So they have 20k troops to patrol the Israeli border but not to disarm or track down hezbollah? why is that? because they don't want to maybe?
Fly you're wrong! Every country and state benefits from peace. It's only the terrorists who lose.
Fly lets leave the disable kids out of the mets yankees debate. i think the children should be off limits. of course disabled adults are fair game!
What if the terrorists and the country/states are the same thing (i.e. Iraq was, Iran & Syria are, etc., etc.)
well if they're the same thing i say we kill them all. but that's just my opinion.
Oh, if they're fair game then I can make fun of you for being born a hermaphrodite. That sounds fair...
I do feel bad for making fun of Jorge's kid...that was uncalled for...but Mike Piazza is about as gay as you guys are cool (or smart).
Anyway, I doubt their is a resolution that any politician is going to come up w/that will make both sides happy. Certainly not PJB and probably not any American politician. They aren't all that interested in listening to us...
BTB Rhino, do you ever watch the Discovery Times Channel. They have been running a show on the capture of the embassy in Iran under the Assahhola and the failed attempts by the Carter Admin to do anything about it...pretty interesting stuff.
Flyshit you don't even know that guy. He has some fag tendancies-admit it!!
So he married a playboy bunnie--whoopeedoo!!!
So he's an undercover like Rock Hudson.
He needs to come out like that fag Lance Bass from N Sync.
Sounds like you and him must have had some brokeback moments--the way you defended him by dissing Posada's poor kid is definetely personal--you should be ashamed of yourself.......................FAG!!!!!
I heard you were the star of the Blacksploitation version: Broke Black Mountain
Or is that just an oxymoron...?
Either way you are hanging out with far too many homophobes...don't be a self hating queer, dude.
Look to your heroes Derek & Arod.
In Mikey Baseballs defense I dont think hes gay hes just a wop from Philly. You know the type WL. Those fake Philly gangsta guidos are SOFT.
Also, I thought I was allowed to make fun of cripples the way that African Americans (treading lightly) can drop the "N" bomb whenever they choose.
You can call me "cripp-ul" but not "cripp-el".
You can call me "cracka'" but not "cracker".
Donkey, did you just call the man, who hit a walk-off homerun in the first game after 9-11, soft?
May the baseball gods go easy on you for my sake.
i'm not saying piazza is gay, but i wouldn't be surprised to find out he was bi-lingual.
Fly--You are corny SON!!!
Don't be so sensitive about sport stars you never met and who do not give 1 or 2 shits about ya.
You didnt see Bronx Tale?
And wtf does pianzzy have to do with saying Nigger or Posada's kid?--nobody even mentioned the Yankees--you are so much in their shadow you go after some sick kid who can't defend himself. However, bitchfag boy Pianzzy is extremely SOFT and he got bitched up by Clemens-point blank!!(I know; fags don't believe in violence do they fagboy?) You must have missed that game.
Piazza was a great Met no doubt and I got nuthin but love for the winning ways he brought to Shea, but in fairness let me say this, if Clemens throws a bat at me I stab him with it end of story. His cowardice couple with Benitez' unwillingness to throw a fastball to a 50 yr old cripp'uled O'Neill swung the momentum into the yanks favor and maybe cost us the series.
You don't charge the mound in the world series...remember what suspensions did to your Knicks when they couldn't control themselves against the Heat way back when...not to frickin' smart. If being smart means you're gay then I must be a flaming homo. No wonder you guys are afraid of me.
Don't kid yourself WL, it's going right up the poop shoot.
As far as gays are concerned, if you are going to continue making false claims against Mikey P. then I will continue to make fun of every Yankee kid out there...I'd make fun of Jeter's kid but homosexuals can't procreate.
PJB used to lick Richard Nixon's taint.
Good night Aurorans, I'll smell you later...it's too gay in here for me.
PS - you're gay
Well he could have at least did the old "hold me back fake charge the mound" routine until the catcher caught up to him. Made a show out if it, instead of cowering like a woman.
Now Im getting pissed off. I was planning on cheering him tonight and wear my #31 joisey but screw that. Jose is mi hombre now.
He did walk out to the mound and Clemens walked towards home plate...and then Clemens acted like a pussy (and a liar) when he said he thought it was the ball. We have been over this...if it was the ball then why didn'the throw it to first base which is what pitchers (HOF pitchers mind you) do when the ball is hit back to them? Why again? Because he is an inbred hillbilly Deliverance banjo playing side disher like Arod and Jeter. Stop bashing Piazza! He is and always will be a Met, a classy guy and the man who brought respectability back to Shea. Don't forget it again.
Pianzzy is a fag like you Flyshit. Smart people dont go around continuously trying to make people believe they are smart-stupid!! You are definetely a Pianzzy zealot--He didnt win shit here. Fuck him and you. Fucking Jersey nasty water getting to you. I believe you are not that smart Pianzzy-lover. And stop trying to make me believe it--show me something!!! Action speaks louder than your fucking "I'm smart" diatribes.
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