It's in the self-interest of the U.S. and the West to encourage Israel to abandon its current war strategy in favor of winning a decisive, crushing victory over its enemies.
As usual, Anders, an excellent piece! Excellent, among other reasons, because you have hit the metaphorical nail on the head. The reason IS directly related to morality. A subject that growing numbers of us on the "right" increasingly understand.
It is precisely the same reason why the Republican Party remains an impotent "foe" of those whose goal, unconsciously held or consciously pursued, is the destruction of the political values bequeathed to us by our founders! Further, it is why ineffectual defenders of those ideals within the Republican Party remain "impotent" against their "RINO" brethren.
As a long-standing example of this fact, Barry Goldwater, a Republican politician from earlier in the 20th century, ran for President as the Republican nominee in 1964. He was "a-typical" in his political prescriptions but oh-so typical in his embrace of the moral philosophy of altruism.
He was soundly defeated by Lyndon Johnson in the "64" campaign. Rand described his defeat as a profound "turning point" in the history of the United States. Here is a quotation from Goldwater made in a speech during the campaign. Compare its political message to what oozes from the mouths/souls of "modern" Republicans.
"I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is "needed" before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' "interests," I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can." – Barry Goldwater
As usual, Anders, an excellent piece! Excellent, among other reasons, because you have hit the metaphorical nail on the head. The reason IS directly related to morality. A subject that growing numbers of us on the "right" increasingly understand.
It is precisely the same reason why the Republican Party remains an impotent "foe" of those whose goal, unconsciously held or consciously pursued, is the destruction of the political values bequeathed to us by our founders! Further, it is why ineffectual defenders of those ideals within the Republican Party remain "impotent" against their "RINO" brethren.
As a long-standing example of this fact, Barry Goldwater, a Republican politician from earlier in the 20th century, ran for President as the Republican nominee in 1964. He was "a-typical" in his political prescriptions but oh-so typical in his embrace of the moral philosophy of altruism.
He was soundly defeated by Lyndon Johnson in the "64" campaign. Rand described his defeat as a profound "turning point" in the history of the United States. Here is a quotation from Goldwater made in a speech during the campaign. Compare its political message to what oozes from the mouths/souls of "modern" Republicans.
"I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is "needed" before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' "interests," I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can." – Barry Goldwater
Looking forward to next weeks lunch.
Dave