When Prince Harry dressed up like a Nazi, there were cries in the media that he was being Anti-Semitic. Am I allowed to accuse the USA of Anti-Semitism now that they've decided to attack Iran? Maybe not attack just yet, but that seems to be the implication of the latest list of trouble spots . Certainly Iran appears more of a priority than say Korea or Zimbabwe.
The USA is Anti-Semitic? Surely that's a stupid premise. I may have to unpack my viewpoint. To do this I wind the clock back to lots and lots BC.
The Semites as a racial group include ALL descendants of Shem. In order they are: Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serah, Nahor, Terah then Abram. Abram had 2 sons: Issac who was the father of Israel, and Ishmael who like Israel had 12 sons. You'll find this list in Genesis 25:12-18 and these folk comprise the beginnings of the Arabic world. The Arabs were always going to "bruise the heel" of Israel, and very little has changed.
In a modern context the Balfour Declaration of 1917 set aside the state called "Palestine" as a nation to be separate and distinct from the nations around it. Essentially this was the restoration of a subjugated territory from under the Ottoman Empire after that had broken up (the Ottoman Empire grew out of the Eastern Roman Empire which in turn grew out of the Roman Empire proper which had ruled the area BC and certainly at the time of Christ).
1948 saw the beginning of a Jewish nation state after the atrocities they suffered under the hands of Nazi Germany. The Arabic world immediately resented it and spent constant attempts (even today) trying to destroy the Jews and their nation.
America's constant defending of Israel as a nation (6 day war, Yom Kippur, Gulf War I, etc.) is most likely because of the powerful Jewish influence from business. Many Jews fled Germany from 1933 onwards, and their estute business practices (which was a cause of resentment in Germany) again flourished in corporate America; in fact I suggest that could be one reason why this current Pax Americana based on business actually exists. Jewish scientists developed "the bomb" and rocketry ironically in Nazi Germany.
Of course such a standpoint is going to create an incredible deal of resentment from the Arabic world. One fact that was almost but not entirely whitewashed over that the World Trade Centre was home to quite a number of Jewish interests, and yet there were none actually killed on that roll.
What was the USA's first action against this? Attack terrorism... fantastic ideal, that smacks if the ideal of fanatascism... hit back at the people that did this to the American Nation. Where shall they attack? Where else but the Arabic world. Afghanistan, Iraq and next on the list Iran.
The only flaw with this is the American & Saudi alliance. Perhaps this is not quite so much of a problem when you realise that the Bush's and the Saudi's have been getting along in business terms for quite some time now, even the Islamic clergy seem to hold Saudi Arabia at a distance because of their secularism.
My accusation now is that the USA is blatantly Anti-Semitic (specifically only one half) and it's little wonder considering that they bought into the longest running family feud in history. "The War on Terror" had very little to do with terror, a bit to do with oil, but I see this in the greater scheme of things as little more than the old argument of the Jews v Arabs. Interesting that neither Zimbabwe, North Korea, Ireland or Spain were ever considered by the US Government isn't it?
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