[Vision2020] Well Goosh Ralph

[Phil Nisbet]

Sunil

Some people may have supported the war in Iraq because the moon is made of 
cheddar cheese, but that would not justify a screed condemning Wisconsin or 
claims it was a Wisconsonian plot to take over the world.

The letter in question makes very specific claims, that a group of Jews were 
the prime movers in a War, that they did so not to benefit the United 
States, but to Israelize the Western World and that they overthrew a nice 
sweet and sunny secular government to accomplish that goal.  As you note, 
that was not the prime mover in the equation for moving on Iraq, making any 
claim that the war is all about Jewish plots out for what it is, 
Anti-Semitism pure and simple.

As I noted, David Duke and the Neo-Nazis make similar claims to that 
obviously held by the author of the piece.  When a person’s views are 
synchronous with virulent anti-Semites, I do not think it’s a stretch to 
suggest that their ideas are motivated by something other than scholarly 
intent.

Discussing the rest of the issues involved in war in Iraq is a worthy goal.  
Trying not only to determine where we went wrong, but also where we go from 
here considering the results on the ground, is something we need to do as a 
nation and as a community.  But as a community we need to condemn attempts 
to claim that the war is a vast Jewish Conspiracy or that Israel is its 
casus belli.

As I note, read Susan Estrich on the subject of blaming Israel for Iraq.  
http://www.tzemach.org/fyi/docs/20050824estrich.htm  She is hardly some 
evile Neo-Con and holds views similar to many in our community with regard 
to Iraq, but can see through the role that Anti-Semites are now playing in 
the Peace Movement.

Phil Nisbet

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