RE: All The News Anti-Palestinian Posters Will Not Read Or Discuss
⁜→ P F Tinmore, et al
OK, Thomas Friedman has been awarded multiple Pulitzer Prizes, I think in this case he has it wrong, yet tells the truth.
An argument form is valid if and only if whenever the premises are all true, then conclusion is true.
In this case, he opens with three basic premises. They are half-truths, and do not lead to a true conclusion.
Thomas Friedman Brilliantly Explains Why Ilhan's Israel Comments Are Fundamentally True
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✪ First, FREIDMAN says that the Supreme Court says "unlimited Campaign donations. And then makes up the scenario that Candidate "A" {with the pro-Israel lobby
[The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) approval]} run against Candidate "B"
(with NO AIPAC support) then Candidate "A" makes three (3) phone calls and can get all the money needed to defeat Candidate "B."
◈ Now this can be true (but not necessarily true), but lets make the assumption that FREIDMAN is correct (benefit of the doubt).
◈ This complaint is about organizational funding capacity. Nearly every politician is concerned with campaign finance. And the campaign finance rules are the same for every candidate. Nothing prevents Candidate "B" from building a similar finance capacity as Candidate "B."
◈ The complaint is frivoulus. It is a child complaint of "NO FAIR" because the other guy can run faster and jump higher - and therefore wins.
Now we are talking about the political pull on the spectrum of politics. FREIDMAN complains that the is something wrong with the pro-Israel elements pulling to the "right" political contest to the "Right." What do we mean by "Right-Wing?" We are talking about "
conservatives." As if being "conservative" is somehow "bad." The unspoken truth here is that the complaint is saying that given all the support and influences on the Liberal Left, FRIEDMAN sees the pro-Israeli conservatives more likely to achieve victory at the polls.
✪ Even with the al-Jazeera (America) on the far "Liberal Left" accompanied by CNN, the Daily Show and that formidable personality - Stephen Colbert, FREIDMAN is concerned that the statecraft of the "Conservative Right" has some sort of unfair advantage. (Go figure.)
✪ Finally, the complaint is that a member of the State Department cannot say that the "West Bank Area "A" Settlements" are an impediment to peace.
NEWS FLASH: Not once has the Arab Palestinians called for an Armistice and availed itself to the Dispute Resolution Processes. And what is more invalid is the fact that the Arab Palestinians do not want to negotiate. It is the Arab Palestinian Policy that: "
Armed struggle is the only way to liberate Palestine. This is the overall strategy, not merely a tactical phase." Is that not the greater impediment to peace; and did it not come before the establishment of settlement?
✪ It is a great little video peace. It is not worth the bandwidth it takes to publish the Title.
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Most Respectfully,
R