In the words of Shakespeare: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Such is Benjamin Netanyahu.
Presently, the world press is tearing this man down, but he is arguably the greatest world leader of the past fifty years.
Does he have his faults? Yes! Who doesn’t?
But Netanyahu has had to navigate his country’s security through the decades when even his “friends” (Clinton, Bushes 1 & 2, Obama) wanted to enforce policies on Israel that were self-destructive. And his country had little margin of error if things went wrong.
Soon after he announced a new world order, George Bush, Sr. started pressuring Israel to accept the Oslo process at Madrid in 1991. The Arabist James Zogby has praised Bush Sr. for doing so.
“Bush established consequences for bad behavior, and he got results,” said James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute. “It can happen again.”
Bush Sr. was praised for being even-handed between the Arabs and the Israelis, but he was in bed with Arab oil money and interests. Netanyahu’s so-called “corruption” pales by comparison.
Clinton thought he had brought peace in 1993 with the Oslo Accords. That was a failure.
Bush Jr. was also part of this Bush-Saudi oil interest. His administration would later encourage Israel to allow the 2006 elections in Gaza (with the approval of Jimmy Carter) that would get Hamas elected.
#1: Pinguinite To: The_Rock (#0)
But if that is the metric that defines leadership greatness, then I would say he is well short of the greatness of Adolf Hitler. Hitler absolutely put Germany's interests ahead of those of foreigners, and he stood up very firmly in that regard.
Pinguinite posted on 2024-05-12 02:19:00 Reply Private Reply
#2: The_Rock To: Pinguinite (#1)
Hitler was great huh.
No wonder you don't like Jews.
The_Rock posted on 2024-05-12 08:06:10 Reply Private Reply
#3: Pinguinite To: The_Rock (#2)
So yes, that's very definitely a sign of extremely capable leadership.
If you want to disagree with the articles stated merits of greatness that it uses to praise Netanyahu, feel free.
I mean, since committing genocide is being left completely out of consideration, then it pretty much means Hitler was a great guy. Right?
Pinguinite posted on 2024-05-12 17:29:16 Reply Private Reply
#4: FormerLurker To: Pinguinite, The_Rock (#3)
It gets Stone excited.
FormerLurker posted on 2024-05-12 19:38:17 Reply Private Reply
#5: Pinguinite To: FormerLurker (#4)
If he's shown a clip of Israelis abusing Palestinians, he assumes it's appropriate punishment for something terrible they must have done. If he's shown a clip of Palestinians abusing Israelis, then he'll say it's proof that Palestinians are horrible people.
Pinguinite posted on 2024-05-12 19:56:41 Reply Private Reply
#6: BTP Holdings To: Pinguinite (#3)
Hitler had polyps on his vocal chords when younger and was deathly afraid of cancer.
His personal physician was Dr. Otto Warburg. Warburg was a Nobel Laureate. He was studying cancer, and he was also making speeches against the Nazis.
The SS wanted to take him to the camps, but they received a personal phone call from Hitler telling them, "Allow him to go back to his work."
Warburg was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for discovering a cure for cancer. But Hitler refused to allow him to pick it up because of the war.
If he never picked it up, he forfeited, and it was awarded to someone else.
But the AMA covered this up to keep people on expensive and ineffective chemotherapy.
There is no money in a cure, only in treatment.
Some people beat cancer but it frequently returns with a vengeance.
Cancer killed both of my sisters at the age of 59. :-/
BTP Holdings posted on 2024-05-12 19:58:24 Reply Private Reply
#7: BTP Holdings To: Pinguinite (#5)
I knew this Palestinian kid when I lived in Chicago. He was frequently in trouble with the police.
I haven't seen him an very many years so I have no idea if he is dead or alive.
Knowing him is how I learned to swear in Arabic. LOL
BTP Holdings posted on 2024-05-12 20:04:41 Reply Private Reply
#8: FormerLurker To: Pinguinite (#5)
I politely disagree.
I see Stone as not just a religious nutter who hates ALL Muslims because of their religion, but an extreme racist who hates all ARABS.
If Hitler had tossed Arabs into ovens instead of Jews, I'm pretty sure Stone would have been a huge admirer of his.
FormerLurker posted on 2024-05-14 15:27:27 Reply Private Reply
#9: watchman To: FormerLurker (#8)
He hates Christians as much or more than Muslims.
watchman posted on 2024-05-14 15:39:34 Reply Private Reply
#10: FormerLurker To: watchman (#9)
FormerLurker posted on 2024-05-14 15:48:28 Reply Private Reply
#11: The_Rock To: FormerLurker (#8)
You are just making stuff up out of hate. You're a liar.
Why do you insist of making stuff up? Is that what buddha taught you?
The_Rock posted on 2024-05-14 17:09:34 Reply Private Reply
#12: The_Rock To: FormerLurker (#10)
In my eyes you are getting stupider and stupider.
The_Rock posted on 2024-05-14 17:10:10 Reply Private Reply
#13: The_Rock To: Pinguinite (#5)
The_Rock posted on 2024-05-14 17:11:04 Reply Private Reply
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The_Rock posted on 2024-05-14 17:11:43 Reply Private Reply
#15: FormerLurker To: The_Rock (#11)
You don't see any problem with blowing up civilians, destroying their homes and infrastructure, and inflicting immense suffering upon them.
You are no better than any monstrous villain you conjure up.
Is that what Jesus taught you?
FormerLurker posted on 2024-05-14 19:19:13 Reply Private Reply
#16: FormerLurker To: The_Rock (#12)
That's because your eyes are blinded by hatred.
FormerLurker posted on 2024-05-14 19:20:00 Reply Private Reply