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Re: Obama Visits Conservative DC Synagogue to Mark Jewish American Heritage Month |
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Posted by SLRT on Fri May 22 16:34:44 2015, in response to Obama Visits Conservative DC Synagogue to Mark Jewish American Heritage Month, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri May 22 14:56:09 2015. Thanks for the posting and the review.He also said he holds Israel to a higher standard because of its democratic, liberal values. I'm glad he realizes Israel is a liberal democracy, but does he hold other countries to nearly as high a standard resulting in public rebukes of their leaders? It doesn't seem so to me. This argument has been used as a sword against Israel for as long as I remember (especially from friends on the left). Even if he is sincere, this argument is at best patronizing and at worst racist (oddly, toward Israel's enemies): It's saying, "you're better than them, and therefore they're worse than you, so we make allowances for their inferiority." It's like saying: "You're adults, and they're children." As you imply, countries who are way down on the totem pole of liberal democracy have a lower standard. Iran is supposed to be "engaged" and convinced "to join the community of nations." |
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