Many of the attacks on so-called Neocons boil down to Anti-Semitism.

Holly,

Accusing people who criticize neoconservatives of “Anti-Semitism” is getting old. It’s like calling critics of the war “Anti-American.” The “Anti-Semitism” attack is a tactic used by those who support the war but cannot defend their positions.

Neoconservatism is a political ideology–not a religion. The fact that you automatically associate neoconservatism with being Jewish is ridiculous. The majority of Jewish-Americans oppose the Iraq War as well as the neoconservative philosophy. I’ve stated this a number of times and given links to national polls to prove this point.

As far as Bill Kristol goes–he’s repeatedly been wrong regarding the Iraq War. His Weekly Standard wrote several stories about WMD’s, yellowcake from Niger, and connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaida that turned out to be false. Do you deny this, Holly?

Dishonorable, Holly? Our government invaded a third-world country that posed no threat to us and misled the American people in the process.

What has the anti-war Left done that’s even comparable to that in terms of “dishonor”?

What has the anti-war Right done that even’s comparable to that in terms of “dishonor”?

What have anti-war Libertarians done that’s even comparable to that in terms of “dishonor”?

Holly, *sigh* it isn;t always about someones tribal origins, or religion ok? This guy is a freakin evil moron, and so are the PNAC people of which unfortunately most are Jewish. Some evil ass will use the fact of that for hate, but around here we see PNAC for what it is….a giant collection of New World Order evil morons.

” Semitic (from the Biblical “Shem”, Hebrew: שם, translated as “name”, Arabic: ساميّ) was first used to refer to a language family of largely Middle Eastern origin, now called the Semitic languages. This family includes the ancient and modern forms of Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Akkadian, Ge’ez, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigre and Tigrinya among others.

As language studies are interwoven with cultural studies, the term also came to describe the extended cultures and ethnicities, as well as the history of these varied peoples as associated by close geographic and linguistic distribution. The late 19th century term “anti-Semitism” came to be used in reference specifically to anti-Jewish sentiment, further complicating the understood meaning and boundaries of the term.”

Your use of the term “anti-semitic” is actually dishonest as well.

I refuse to feel like an antisemite for disliking them and their ideas. Most of my dislike is for Bush, Cheney, Condi and Rumsfeld who are not Jewish .Anyway it would be self-hatred, since I’m half-Jewish and have a Jewish husband. I have heard this same argument on right-wing talk shows and it makes as little sense now as it did then. Its like saying that you must be prejudiced against blacks if you don’t support Barack Obama. I will not vote for anyone who can’t see past their ideology to find real world solutions.

Kirstol is Kristol. He has willingly publicized his views and his standing in the public square. I think he was wrong about the war and continues to be wrong, and I didn’t think about his religion or ethnicity until you brought it up.

Normal people were out taking their mothers to breakfast, not watching talking heads….on any station.

And, what would a poll say if the question were, “Who is Bill Kristol?”

Answers: comedian 15%
neocon pundit 1%
dunno 84%

While he may stir the emotions of a few, his statements are hardly going to resonate through to any voting booths.

I wish you’d stop claiming to be something you’re not.

The only reason a real center-leftie would be unhappy with Congress is because it’s not doing MORE to oppose Bush’s war.

The only reason a real center-leftie would be unhappy with Congress is because it’s not demanding the troops be breought home, pronto.

The only reason YOU are unhappy with Congress is because you’re still in favor of the war, and in favor of Bush’s “strategy” for fighting it. You want Congress to be MORE supportive of Bush, not less.

Many of the attacks on so-called Neocons boil down to Anti-Semitism.

He is a committed warmonger. His allegiance isn’t to the Republican Party but to his vision of benevolent hegemony–a utopian vision that holds war as the answer to America’s problems. Republican support for the Iraq War cannot continue forever, and soon Kristol will and his fellow hawks at the Weekly Standard will find themselves very much alone.

I’ve read an interview in which Kristol implied that he would abandon the Republican Party in a second if the Republican’s retreated from the bellicose foreign policy that he envisions for America. Thus, it’s no surprise that Kristol would lambast moderate Republicans who are voicing their reservations about the war.

Mark my words. Once Bush is out of office and the war is proven to have been a complete disaster in the eyes of the American people, Kristol and his fellow neoconservatives will turn on Bush and blame him for the failure of the war while refusing to accept any of the blame themselves. Richard Perle has already taken a step in this direction, distancing himself from the war and blaming Bush for its execution.

Bill Kristol has been wrong repeatedly about his prognostications about the Iraq War, and yet Fox News continues to turn to him as if he were some kind of foreign policy expert. Worse, Kristol never shows even the slightest bit of remorse for how wrong he was in his predictions.

Being a war-monger means never having to say you’re sorry.

Rice, in her ivterview with Charlie Rose, spun half-truths for macimum effect, instead of addressing the mess in realistic terms.

I’ll start taking Kristol and Rice seriously, the minute they admit the war was a tragic mistake and we are in a damage control mode. Short of htat, I have no more patience for the noises they make.

What you are really arguing is that, in realpolitik terms, surrender is the lowest cost option for the United States and will have the lowest impact in the long run. However, even a dove like Senator Obama keeps trying to hedge his bets when he says he supports withdrawl but wants to continue training missions, maintain an embassy, and keep up support operations.

“You were tricked into voting yes! You can’t back out now you damn librul flip flopper!”