Buerger Bites

I think that Jews can never be complacent about their safety whether its France, Russia, Argentina, Israel or the US.  There are a myriad of factors including economic, political, and social that governments have used to persecute/expel/kill the Jews.  Combine that with unfavorable demographics, and I do not believe that Jews can ever feel completely secure anywhere.  It does not mean that we have to act in a paranoid and overly sensitive manner.  Instead we should be aware of past and recent history as we assess our place in the world.

I find that once people stop refering to themselves as hyphenated Americans and just refer to themselves as Americans, they will be taken as such. Those that want to make a big deal about special interests because of a certain heritage hurt that cause, just by constantly bringing it up. No one should be treated differently, it says so in the United States Constitution, we were ALL created equal.

Andrew,

This is veering of the topic of your post, but…

Carl Levin is in a league far below Lieberman, in my opinion.

I really believe that right or wrong, Joe Lieberman is the only Jewish Democratic member of Congress with a spine. All of the other Jewish Dems—with the exception of possibly Russ Feingold—voted to allow the invasion Iraq. Now the are doing a 180 because the American voters are expressing extreme displeaure over the war. 

With regards to Iran, Levin is a complete hypocrite. He says that it would be unacceptable for Iran to posess nukes, which everyone except for whacko anti-Semites admits is going to happen, yet he does not want to give the president the authority to go to war with Iran if need be.

If Levin thinks Iran really is open to talking out a solution, maybe he should get on a plane and try to work it our over some tea and basmati rice with the Iranian Mullahs. I am sure they just love American limousine liberal Jews like Levin. 

For the record, the most principled politicion in the world today with regards to the Mid East is Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Check out his track record.

It’s interesting that both of these guys—so heavily involved in the Jewish community—have not let their Jewishness slip into the conversation. That’s especially surprising for Lieberman, who was criticism by Abe Foxman of the ADL both in the 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns for making a big deal out of being religious.