I do not wish cancer on anyone, even someone as obnoxiously willing to use military force against third world nations as Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA). The Congressman just announced that he will not seek re-election due to medical reports that he developed esophagul cancer. Lantos is practically the Knesset's representative in Congress, pushing for aid to Israel constantly, making the case for the invasion of Iraq, and now, Iran, and working to weaken Arab and Muslim American political input.
He will not be missed.
As we pointed out in a post last year, this Congressman thought his status as a Holocaust survivor gave him moral license to call for actions that would lead to the collective demise of others -- a flatly hypocritical creed.
Though I am sorry this 80 year-old, anti-Arab politician faces dire health risks, his resignation from American politics is long overdue. Then again, he will probably use his new civilian status to lobby his former colleagues as much as he can. He could be to the pro-Israel lobby what Al Gore is for the environment, or a smaller, more outwardly sinister version of the ex-veep. Such ideologues do not rest on their laurels, especially when policies that entail killing Arabs and Muslims need the kind of political capital he has.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Lantos to Retire, Finally
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Ma'Salama ya homar!
"the collective demise of others"?
Really? He urged nuking the Arabs back to the Cretaceous?
You, Will, support organizations and individuals whose expressed aim is the destruction of the Jewish people, and, barring that, their enslavement and perpetual subjugation in the land of their ancestors - "a flatly hypocritical creed".
You seem to have no true concern for "the collective demise of others", so long as it's the right "others". That Lantos did what you wish you could, better than you ever will, is really the issue here.
Interesting cartoon. I what crime Lantos has commited other than being Jewish, given that none of the allegations in this post are fundamented in any way.
"this Congressman thought his status as a Holocaust survivor gave him moral license to call for actions that would lead to the collective demise of others" - such as?
You just can't stand the fact that people have sympathy for the Jews that survived that chapter in History because you believe it keeps some people from buying into your hate-mongering.
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