"People are scared in this country [the US]; to say wrong is wrong because the Jewish lobby is powerful - very powerful. Well, so what? For goodness sake, this is God's world! We live in a moral universe. The apartheid government was very powerful, but today it no longer exists. Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Pinochet, Milosevic, and Idi Amin were all powerful, but in the end they bit the dust."
Lets get something straight. Tutu may be a nice guy and all, but I don't really trust his opinion regarding the Palestinian Israeli issue. First off he is from Africa which, as a continent, is certainly more closely associated with the Arab cause and Islam. Secondly, look at this great South Africa now after apartheid. I certainly wouldn't travel that country un-armed. It's a bloody catastrophy. It is actually a poster country for harsh Western rule. At least then you have rules. I'm not advocating that, I'm just saying that Tutu should mind to his own issues before taking a stab at mine. Especially since his views seem insanely one sided. Like I said .. real nice guy and all.
This whole crap about the Jewish lobby is interesting too. It smacks of "Jews control the media" mentality. The news portrays Islam in a certain way because Islam acts a certain way. It's not like the media has to try very hard. All the hijackers where Arab muslims, all the killers of the school kids in Southern Russia where Muslims etc etc etc. But you make it sound like Jews are pulling the string behind the scenes. Let me put this to you logically ...
What do you think pulls more weight with the US logically, 6 million Jews in Isarel and about that many in the US, or over a hundred million Arabs (who have there own little lobby called OPEC) and 1.4 billion Muslems ?!? This is Tutu simply not knowing his elbow from his ass. As I mentioned, Africa is a notoriously Arab biased continent, and I'm certain that the good reverend surely does not live in a vacuum.
"The apartheid government was very powerful, but today it no longer exists"
Israel is not an apartheid government. It's a seperationist government. Israel and Arab countries (Jews & Muslems in that region) mix like oil and dynamite. They just don't. It's the constant front line of the clash of Arab-Islamic and Judeo/Christian-Western philosophy. Individual value Vs the Borg if you will. Since people w/ a 60% unemployment rate and a government that acts like Tony Montana don't have not much lose, I will seperate myself from them while they take care of their internal issues. Or is it that the Reverend knows that if left alone the PA would become just another corupt authotarian Islamic regime feeding on it's own people's misserable ignorance ?!
"Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Pinochet, Milosevic, and Idi Amin were all powerful, but in the end they bit the dust."
Excuse me .. Did Reverend Tutu just comare Israel to these people, the greatet tyrants of our modern era ?! Is he serious ?! I can't believe that the Church sanctions this guy. Israel is alive and well after 50 years because it does not inculcate the mass horde of Arabs into the land. We've read about the Trojan horse thank you. Arafat has said that the key to getting rid of Israel is "the Arab womb". There will never be a "1 state 2 people" solution as Tutu is advocating because that's Just what the Muslims want. Like every democratic country they will simply outbreed the native population often doing so with public assistance. Ask the Dutch how that is. They are getting fed up with the crap already. Germany and France will be there soon as well. Just out and out cultural clashes.
I am glad that you bring this up because I am going to quote the good reverend in a Christian group I correspond with. Curious about what Christians around the world thing of Tutu comparing Israeli Jews with Hitler. How insanely narrowsighted he must be to say these things as a representative of the Church. Doesn't he know that the Mufti of Jerusalem, the Palestinian Arafat (actually distantly related to each other) of pre 48 Israel, was close with Hitler ? They have tons of pictures together. How irresponsible is that. Shame on him !!!