Comments on: A Final Word on Amalek http://www.lobelog.com/a-final-word-on-amalek/ Personality Blogs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:25:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Zhu Bajie http://www.lobelog.com/a-final-word-on-amalek/comment-page-1/#comment-53607 Zhu Bajie Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:07:24 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=254#comment-53607 How about a link between Amalek and Gog and Magog? :-) How about a link between Amalek and Gog and Magog? :-)

]]> By: Jon Harrison http://www.lobelog.com/a-final-word-on-amalek/comment-page-1/#comment-52577 Jon Harrison Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:30:23 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=254#comment-52577 I certainly didn't mean to imply that at all. I personally do all the pushing back I can possibly do, even though my efforts are no more than drops in the bucket. Frankly, I regard the government of Israel and its U.S. allies like AIPAC as the number one threat to the security of the American people. I certainly didn’t mean to imply that at all. I personally do all the pushing back I can possibly do, even though my efforts are no more than drops in the bucket. Frankly, I regard the government of Israel and its U.S. allies like AIPAC as the number one threat to the security of the American people.

]]> By: Ilene http://www.lobelog.com/a-final-word-on-amalek/comment-page-1/#comment-52568 Ilene Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:43:39 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=254#comment-52568 They've stopped using the Amalek analogy and it has hurt their anti-Iran campaign. And Jane Harman recently apologized for her AIPAC comments that we should incite ethnic strife in Iran. It made a difference but there is seemingly no end to the constant perfidy. But that doesn't mean that anyone should stop pushing back and I hope you didn't mean to imply that they should. They’ve stopped using the Amalek analogy and it has hurt their anti-Iran campaign. And Jane Harman recently apologized for her AIPAC comments that we should incite ethnic strife in Iran. It made a difference but there is seemingly no end to the constant perfidy. But that doesn’t mean that anyone should stop pushing back and I hope you didn’t mean to imply that they should.

]]> By: Jon Harrison http://www.lobelog.com/a-final-word-on-amalek/comment-page-1/#comment-52506 Jon Harrison Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:48:41 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=254#comment-52506 Yes, Ilene, that's correct. But will it make one iota of difference in Israeli behavior, or in the reflexive support Israel receives from the U.S. Congress and the mainstream media? It will not. Yes, Ilene, that’s correct. But will it make one iota of difference in Israeli behavior, or in the reflexive support Israel receives from the U.S. Congress and the mainstream media? It will not.

]]> By: Ilene http://www.lobelog.com/a-final-word-on-amalek/comment-page-1/#comment-52475 Ilene Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:57:32 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=254#comment-52475 Luban's criticism of the Netanyahu/Goldberg Amalek analogy was picked up by Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek, Roger Cohen of The New York Times and Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic, among others. It also sent Goldberg into defensive spasms. Luban’s criticism of the Netanyahu/Goldberg Amalek analogy was picked up by Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek, Roger Cohen of The New York Times and Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic, among others. It also sent Goldberg into defensive spasms.

]]> By: Jon Harrison http://www.lobelog.com/a-final-word-on-amalek/comment-page-1/#comment-52311 Jon Harrison Sun, 31 May 2009 18:31:33 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=254#comment-52311 I wish I could feel as sanguine as Ilene does about this. Although this site is thoughtful and chock full of info one can find virtually nowhere else, it's reach and, more importantly, its influence should not be exaggerated -- I say this while having the utmost respect for Jim and his guest bloggers. If an Israeli-Iranian war is avoided, it will be because Obama and Gates and Mullen refusal to support Israel's preemptive pedilections, not because of Mr. Luban's (admittedly hard and astute) work. I wish I could feel as sanguine as Ilene does about this. Although this site is thoughtful and chock full of info one can find virtually nowhere else, it’s reach and, more importantly, its influence should not be exaggerated — I say this while having the utmost respect for Jim and his guest bloggers. If an Israeli-Iranian war is avoided, it will be because Obama and Gates and Mullen refusal to support Israel’s preemptive pedilections, not because of Mr. Luban’s (admittedly hard and astute) work.

]]> By: scott http://www.lobelog.com/a-final-word-on-amalek/comment-page-1/#comment-51794 scott Fri, 29 May 2009 05:04:31 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=254#comment-51794 Daniel thank you again for your intrepid writing. I don't think the Palestinians are fighting some religious jihad, though Islamic just war theory does allow an oppressed and occupied people to fight. We should be able to compare Islamic just war theory, Christian Just war theory, and Jewish Just war theory. We should be able to discuss these, and even reflect on their relevance to current events. Islamic just war theory would say that once you are occupied, attacked, unable to negotiate constructively and effectively; when you are prevented from living your life in the way they believe god has guided them. Christian Just war theory is more familiar to the average layman, though we should perhaps revisit such quaint conventions. Daniel thank you again for your intrepid writing. I don’t think the Palestinians are fighting some religious jihad, though Islamic just war theory does allow an oppressed and occupied people to fight.

We should be able to compare Islamic just war theory, Christian Just war theory, and Jewish Just war theory. We should be able to discuss these, and even reflect on their relevance to current events.

Islamic just war theory would say that once you are occupied, attacked, unable to negotiate constructively and effectively; when you are prevented from living your life in the way they believe god has guided them.

Christian Just war theory is more familiar to the average layman, though we should perhaps revisit such quaint conventions.

]]> By: Ilene http://www.lobelog.com/a-final-word-on-amalek/comment-page-1/#comment-51786 Ilene Fri, 29 May 2009 03:11:45 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=254#comment-51786 Who is losing credibility faster here--Netanyahu or Goldberg, his failed mythmaker? How about both of them? If I ever wished I was a journalist, it would be now--so that I, too, could participate in the unraveling of these two hucksters. It's just icing on the cake that you're possibly saving us all from World War III. Who is losing credibility faster here–Netanyahu or Goldberg, his failed mythmaker? How about both of them? If I ever wished I was a journalist, it would be now–so that I, too, could participate in the unraveling of these two hucksters. It’s just icing on the cake that you’re possibly saving us all from World War III.

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