tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635559730786891370.post7993017565261207552..comments2023-10-28T03:05:12.900-05:00Comments on Against the Current: A Prize EmbarrassmentAgainst the Currenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356717231233669106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635559730786891370.post-51505750806432400732009-10-22T00:28:27.977-05:002009-10-22T00:28:27.977-05:00True, Obama is not responsible for the folly of hi...True, Obama is not responsible for the folly of his admirers in Europe. I do not criticize him for that - there is plenty else to criticize him for - some of which can be found on this blog site going right back to his presidential campaign.<br /><br />As for Jimmy Carter being an anti-Semite - there is plenty evidence for this. You can start with Alan Dershowitz's chapter in "The Case Against Israel's enemies."<br /><br />I am not sure what Palestinian cause you are championing. If it is one that says that Israel is responsible for their plight and is guilty all manner of immorality in this regard, then I think you are sadly misinformed and misguided. As I have also explained in my blog, it doesn't take knowing too much history to realize that Israel did not create the Palestinian problem and cannot solve it. The Arab political leadership created it and has no interest in solving it. So, if you are championing the cause of the Palestinians in appealing to the Arab world to help their brethren in Palestine and to stop treating them as dispensible political pawns, then I am with you.<br /><br />PL.Against the Currenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356717231233669106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635559730786891370.post-20853612073652704162009-10-19T00:17:19.254-05:002009-10-19T00:17:19.254-05:00I agree with a lot of what you say. The Nobel Priz...I agree with a lot of what you say. The Nobel Prize was clearly very premature and, at this stage, unearned. But what I find remarkable is the undercurrent of criticism of Obama himself, as if he is somehow responsible for the decision – which came as big a surprise to him as to everyone else.<br />Also your comment about Jimmy Carter being an anti-semite – is this because be has championed the Palestinian cause? If so count me as an anti-semite, too, because I am appalled about what is going on in Israel, and concerned about the evaporationof justice and morality in the country. I have often been described as a self-hating Jew. Well, all I can say is that there are a lot of Jews who I hate, but I am not one of them!The Proprietorhttp://www.matthews-table.comnoreply@blogger.com