tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post93516739956962925..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: Self-defensePhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-64319448680437087942008-09-12T19:57:00.000-04:002008-09-12T19:57:00.000-04:00I feel only gratitude for my fellow Americans, sin...I feel only gratitude for my fellow Americans, since I know my fellow NYCers would fail miserably at defending me. If my defense from terrorists depended on the efforts of NYCers, I would move out at once. I feel only minimally safe her because of the efforts of Texas and Wyoming in my defense.Withywindlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465319711207992232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-12869918304490251752008-09-12T08:26:00.000-04:002008-09-12T08:26:00.000-04:00Have a look at the part of the post where I mentio...Have a look at the part of the post where I mention that I'm not saying what anyone should think. <BR/><BR/>However, it's news to me that I defend a Greater Israel.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-936298406419741812008-09-12T00:13:00.000-04:002008-09-12T00:13:00.000-04:00"Um, I'm openly pro-Israel and openly an American ...<I>"Um, I'm openly pro-Israel and openly an American Jew, on this blog and off. How much more 'out' did this post need to be?"</I><BR/><BR/>I think you are misunderstanding my point.<BR/><BR/>I agree pretty heartily with your post.<BR/><BR/>I just think that, much as 'heartland' folks are more enthusiastic about America having an assertive military policy in the Middle East since they don't have to worry about the increased chances of blowback hitting NYC, folks like you are more enthusiastic about defending a Greater Israel policy since you don't have to worry about the increased chances of blowback hitting Israel.<BR/><BR/>In the same way that NYC's fate is held hostage by a coalition of yahoos in places like Missouri who insist on defending America's honor and defeating the evil-doers, Israel's fate is held hostage by a coalition of American Jews and Christian evangelicals who insist on a maximalist Holy Land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-16691371284835482252008-09-11T23:22:00.000-04:002008-09-11T23:22:00.000-04:00Um, I'm openly pro-Israel and openly an American J...Um, I'm openly pro-Israel and openly an American Jew, on this blog and off. How much more 'out' did this post need to be?Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-86162752930206893092008-09-11T23:21:00.000-04:002008-09-11T23:21:00.000-04:00"In what way was that not precisely the point of t...<I>"In what way was that not precisely the point of this post?"</I><BR/><BR/>In no way.<BR/><BR/>I was just curious if you realized that you were to Israel as Palin is to NYC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-74196168627237001382008-09-11T23:18:00.000-04:002008-09-11T23:18:00.000-04:00"But does it not occur to you that in your relativ..."But does it not occur to you that in your relatively hawkish stance on Israeli/Palestinian issues, you are much like the folks in Oklahoma who have relatively hawkish stances on American military involvement in the Middle East?"<BR/><BR/>In what way was that not precisely the point of this post?Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-17375506363629036532008-09-11T23:17:00.000-04:002008-09-11T23:17:00.000-04:00"I'd imagine someone's probably already thought of...<I>"I'd imagine someone's probably already thought of this, but here goes: the way Israelis feel about American Jews worrying about (and intervening in) their fight against terrorism has a lot in common with the way New Yorkers (of all faiths) feel about 'real American' concern with terrorism following the 9/11 attacks."</I><BR/><BR/>To some extent, sure.<BR/><BR/>But does it not occur to you that in your relatively hawkish stance on Israeli/Palestinian issues, you are much like the folks in Oklahoma who have relatively hawkish stances on American military involvement in the Middle East?<BR/><BR/>Folks far away from the front lines are <B>always</B> more eager to rally around the flag without considering the issues and risks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com