Warped sense of 'world threats'

I voted for Bush

Posted by: D Court at Jul 1, 2004 2:08:09 AM

I find it funny and a little myopic that the Bush administration is considered so dangerous by people. Why? Because they are defending the US. Because they are using the method of strike first, ask questions later that should have been done all along.
Then Israel. Why Israel? Because they are doing the same thing?

Posted by: marn at Jul 1, 2004 5:23:22 AM

This is simply more propanganda for people to digest and ponder upon. That is the goal. The Anti-Western (gulags,countries,terriorists,Arafat)are so enraged by our values, they seek to destroy our existence. They preach to humanity, they claim, yet seek to control their own people and ideals. The EU has eliminated Christianity as part of their Constitution. We are to be made an example of for supporting the Jews against the barbaric atrocities the Palenstinians have created. The irony is: Palestine was non-existence. They have created a killing machine. They support, and promote, children and women to strap bombs on babies in the name of God. Grown men. We have not seen many men over the age of 30 support this self sacrifice. They prefer the younger, illiterate and often deprived individuals, to meet Allah first. They do not view all as God's children, especially the young. The children are merely pawns in their fight against freedom. Their just pissed because they didn't think of the word "FREEDOM" first.

Posted by: at Jul 2, 2004 7:42:58 AM

This is very sad.

I've lived in Japan for many years and have never heard of Japan Today until today. I didn't do more than glance at it, but it's obvious it is a non-mainstream news website for the foreign community in Japan, so it is more reflective of the foreign community in Japan than the Japanese people.

Judging from the Japanese news media, mainstream and non-mainstream, and from people I know, North Korea is regarded as Japan's greatest threat.

However,

there are a lot of Japanese and foreign bleeding hearts here. There is a prevalent (and strange) culture of pacifism and leftism in Japan. Unfortunately images of suffering children and terms like "neoconservative" have added to this to paint a very ugly picture for the USA and its ally, Israel, in bookstores and universities. It's all very one-sided.

I think the greatest threat to world peace is partiality and a lack of knowledge.

Posted by: Uzi at Jul 3, 2004 1:12:54 PM

OT:
ISRAEL IS THE COMPROMISED LAND FOR BLACK AFRICAN JEWS

Drum magazine (A South African magazine read by many blacks in SA)has attempted to turn one of the postive aspects of Israel into a negative in an amateurish article on Ethiopian Jewry in Israel. Drum magazine refers to the Ethiopian Jews as "second class" citizens of Israel. I am amazed at how widespread the use of the idea of "classes" has become by journalist's in describing Israeli society.

BLACK JEWISH TROOPS die in combat, & fighting to preserve society that keeps isolated an under privileged enclave.
Today, the plight of the black Israelis is well publicized. But it first made headlines in January 1996, when rioting broke out among the Ethiopian Jews.

These "second-class citizens" went on the rampage after discovering that their donations to the national blood bank were being secretly poured down the drain.

The fury went white-hot when Zvi Ben Yishai, chairman of the National Aids Committee, offered the excuse that the HIV/Aids rate among black Israelis was 50 times that of white citizens.

"Pure racism," said Adiso Masala, head of the Organisation of Ethiopian Immigrants. "We are blood brothers with the Israelis, but our blood is thrown in the garbage because we are black!"
Ten thousand blacks demonstrated in Jerusalem, carrying placards that read: "Apartheid in Israel". Riot police used batons, rubber bullets, water cannons and teargas to quell them.

Yet these turbulent people had once been given an emotional welcome by the white Israelis, who saw them as a long-lost Jewish tribe restored to the nation. After more than 20 years, the so-called "Falashas" find it difficult to fit in as Israelis, and the second generation is showing symptoms of serious social problems.

The numbers speak for themselves, revealing patterns that are an ironic echo of some African American community statistics. According to The Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews, the average salary is below the poverty line and 66 percent of Ethiopian families are on welfare.

No less than 40 percent of Ethiopian schoolchildren are behind in reading; their school dropout rate is double the national average. Only 28 percent of the black Jews matriculate, and their juvenile delinquency rate is double the Israeli average.
The article ends with the following invective:
the blacks are almost as marginalised as they were in Ethiopia

READ the whole article here(http://supernatural.blogs.com/weblog/2004/06/drum_dumb_libel.html#c1515202)

Please visit the link and use the drum contact details to respond...politely!

Posted by: JAPAM at Jul 5, 2004 8:50:13 PM