Reply #55: Open letter to the people who conspicuously did not reply to this thread: [View All]

[Poll_Blind]

  You are very, very frustrated over this issue. There is a burning sensation in your head as you try to reconcile the hideous actions of the Israeli government with the tenets you hold dearly as a Democrat. And yet, at some point, you decided to stop further internal questioning- to truncate all further thoughts that Israel's conservative government may in fact be committing heinous crimes because somewhere along the way you were programmed or programmed yourself to believe that the Israeli government was nearly blameless and almost unconditionally-correct in all things, regardless of whether or not it was headed by a Conservative or Liberal government.

  You lost your sense of objectivity in the matter. Moreso, you really deserve the burden of this action: You did not lose your objectivity- you switched it off.

  With your blind support for Israel's conservative government you're hurting Israel and, yes, Jews everywhere in the long run. All because you believed you were doing the right thing in supporting them no matter what. But Israel is like any other nation- it deserves praise and criticism at appropriate times. And to deny Israel's Conservative government criticism you do it a great disservice.

PB