georgephillip,
et al,
This implication and interpretation is just wrong on so many different levels, it is hard to just know were to begin.
Looks as though Russian missles won't be going to Hezbullah after all. "Times, they are a'changin". Seems there was a song about that. I think.
Russian warship docks in Israel for first time - Israel Today | Israel News
"For the first time since the establishment of the State of Israel, a Russian warship docked at the port city of Haifa earlier this month. The 'Azov' of Russian's Black Sea Fleet came to Israel at the request of the Association of Russian War Veterans to help celebrate the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany...
"Russia has long maintained a large naval base in Tartus, the second largest port city in Syria. But with Syria's ongoing civil war likely to end in that country descending into factional warfare and chaos, Russia is concerned for its interests in the region.
"Recent reports are that Moscow is searching for a new Mediterranean seaport to maintain strategic balance in the region. Russian delegations have reportedly examined Egypt and Algeria."
Russian warship docks in Israel for first time - Israel Today | Israel News
We can only imagine how many of those Russian War Vets will be celebrating the incredible Avraham Stern:
"Incredibly, Avraham Stern, the leader of the notorious 'Stern Gang,' late in 1940, made a written proposal to Hitler, by which the Jewish militias in Palestine, would fight on 'Germany’s side,' in the war against England, in exchange for the Nazis help in resolving the 'Jewish Question' in Europe, and their assistance in creating an 'historic Jewish state.'”
Another historic finding for the Jewish Question.
Baltimore Independent Media Center: 51 Documents: Zionist Collaboration With The Nazis, Edited by Lenni Brenner, Fort Lee, NJ (Barricade Books, 2002), 342 pages.
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Whether you talk about the Catholic Church, the IRA, some American businesses and banks, or any other number of activities I could mention, there were dealings with the Germans during WWII. There was even a very strong US Lobby to keep America out of the European war. It should be remembered that it was Germany that declared war on the US, and not the other way around.
In any war, there will be factions on both sides that are working to fulfill their agenda. Yes, even in the greater Jewish Community. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 6 million Jews were extinguished by the Nazi in the years immediately preceding WWII and during the conflict. While you can point to a few questionable activities by some prominent Jewish leaders, in the end, the rank-and-file Jew that help build the National Home and the State of Israel was not a proponent of the Nazi party. No, the story today is not about pointing fingers at the few. It is about toasting to the victory and survival of those that helped end a tyrannical regime; and in the process, maybe begin mending old bridges and building new ones.
But clearly --- finger pointing has nothing to do with the intent of the Russian visit to Haifa.
While the EU, the US and Russia have not always seen eye-to-eye on the issues that make the Middle East so complex, there is little doubt that "today," there is one thing that can be agreed upon: that radical Islamic fundamentalism poses a serious threat to the future of Regional peace. And there is one island in the Middle East that has not been corrupted by the influence of radical Islamic fundamentalism
(Shia or Sunni). Israel! It may be under fire by all its surrounding Arab neighbors that have been influenced in one way or another. Clearly the Palestinians
(Hezbollah to the North and Hamas to the South) have the cloak of danger and the stink of death that follows radical Islamic fundamentalism. But Israel has been resistant. Israel is a place that the US and Russia can see common ground. It may become more important than most of the Arab League can imagine.
This may be a pivotal moment in the development of the Middle East. But clearly, a pro-Palestinian/anti-Israeli moment it is not. People who are trying to develop a anti-Israel propaganda movement are not only on the wrong track, they forgot where they are going.
Most Respectfully,
R