Friday, June 03, 2011

Do Jews Have A Monopoly On Political Stupidity?

David Isaac writes On Jewish Political Stupidity, that political obtuseness is not a monopoly of the otherwise intelligent Jews:

The question is whether Jews are any more politically obtuse than other peoples. Asians like Jews are supposed to be smart, but think about the Chinese holding up their Little Red Books and chanting, “Mao! Mao!” or the North Koreans goosestepping to cries of “Glory to Dear Leader Kim Jong Il”. Clearly, Jews haven’t cornered the market on political stupidity. As Herbert Zweibon, the late chairman of Americans for A Safe Israel, summed it up, “They’re all nuts.”
Read the whole thing.

I don't know--unlike Israel, neither China nor North Korea are living with the threat of destruction. Let them have their meshugas. Some day they will come to their senses and push out these regimes.

But time is not on the side of Israel, and the "political stupidity"--whether of Israelis or American Jews--is dangerous.

Hat tip: My Right Word

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