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An invitation to murder
Orly Azoulay
Published: 10.01.11, 18:03
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1. To the writer: remember your past!
Thomas ,   Dixieland USA   (01.10.11)
An Obamao, Soros, JstreetJews victory would be the death knell for Israel. You have short memory: your beloved Stalin's victory meant Birobidjan in Siberia and the Gulag for many Jews. Forced Marxism in the US will not succeed peacefully. It did not succeed at anyplace peacefully , for that matter. Regards
2. Wishful thinking and delusion
laura j ,   USA   (01.10.11)
90% of the article is wishful thinking and the rest is delusion. Why does Ynet publish such nonsense?
3. no, He'sLeftist
(01.10.11)
His favorite book is the communist manifesto which calls for the violent overthrow of the Govt. He is a deranged punk who would have been thrown-out of any Tea Party meeting. He is not a Palinista, just another unhinged Leftist. He's one of your people Orly and when gas goes to 4-$5 a gallon because he won't switch to natural gas or develop our resources, Mr Obama (who I like as person) will become a 1 term president.
4. no no, he is a radical leftest
Golani ,   Vineland, USA   (01.10.11)
first of all, this shooter is plain crazy! His background based on his postings as well as what others who know him are saying is that he is a radical leftest. Altough there are conflicting ideologies within the shooter, by no way does this have anything to do with the Tea Party or Sarah Palin. It seems as though the writer of this article has an agenda.
5. It makes you wonder, who was behind this massacre..doesnt it
Jake ,   USA   (01.10.11)
..and for that matter, the assasination of Rabin as well. When will the world remove the wool from their eyes. When will you all wake up? The evil we are witnessing is so obviously overt, I pray for everyone to see it clearly.
6. The Arizona massacre was a carefully orchestrated ploy....
Jake ,   USA   (01.10.11)
..meant to drive a wedge between Jews & Republicans. Anyone who cannot see this is drunk with government propaganda (FOX, CNN etc) and in dire need of truth.
7. Orly Azoulay's "Invitation To Murder"
Jed West ,   Los Angeles, CA   (01.10.11)
This column is outrageous and irresponsible and typical of left's desire to shut down freedom of speech. To link this nutjob with no proof whatsoever to Sarah Palin is dishonest and without basis in fact. Please remember that the left's attacks on the right in the U.S. are much more vile and extreme than anything the mainstream right ever says up to and including imagery calling for the abortion of Palin. Please Orly. Get a handle on yourself and be honest.
8. Reload, Caribou Barbie, ...
god's own ,   country   (01.10.11)
... we have to get our country back! Oh no, damn, it already belongs to China.
9. So by your logic Orly ...
m   (01.10.11)
"a pothead lefty" (this is how he is described by students who knew him) will help Obama to be reelected? Only if you continue to succeed hiding who the killer is and blaming the opposition. Maybe when Obama has control over the Internet will happen.
10. oy i hope he doenst stay in office for more time
(01.10.11)
we dont want him!!!
11. WRONG on so many levels!
Jane W. ,   USA   (01.10.11)
You obviously need a history lesson. The democrats were using target maps that talked about being "behind enemy lines" back in 2004. And Obama has been spewing violent hate filled rhetoric for the past year. Trying to pin this on any politician is an incredibly unintelligent thing to do.
12. America isn't part of Israel & Israel isn't part of America!
(01.10.11)
13. Not To Worry
Dan ,   Florida   (01.10.11)
Something else will grab the media's attention and this will become non-existent news in a few days but the disgust for Obama will persist.
14. The 1st amendment is like a marriage, there's good and bad
Abe Froman ,   NY, NY   (01.10.11)
It's very hard to handle groups that wind disturbed people up like a toy car, give them a target, and let them go come what may. Our laws err on the right side, but it can lead to these tragedies when televised conspiracy theories are integrated into paranoid delusions and acted upon by the disturbed.
15. Conservative Blame
John Baylor ,   Sunbury USA   (01.10.11)
I find it interesting that the conservatives of America are being blamed for the actions of an ultraliberal against a moderate liberal. It shows that we in America do not have a free press!!
16. Orly?
Karl ,   Santa Cruz,CA USA   (01.10.11)
Just google the writer's first name and you'll get the appropriate response that this article deserves.
17. Article is pure nonsense
shlomo ,   USA   (01.10.11)
Nonsense by someone who does not understand anything about US politics.
18. Faulty analysis - and obviously wishful thinking
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, USA   (01.10.11)
Azoulay continues to publish nonsense, yet returns to spew some more. This article is a case in point. He regurgitates the nonsense of the left, ever eager to demonize their opponent. And, as was the case with Israel's left in 1977 who insisted the electorate had made the wrong choice, the US left is eager to find any hope even after the vote of no confidence they received only months ago. But all those focusing on "political climate" are ignoring the obvious in the wake of this tragedy. Those suffering from paranoia and schizophrenia, as seems to be the case with the Tucson attacker, do not function in response to any ephemeral "political climate", but in response to their own internal demons. That those who shared a classroom with him were frightened by his very presence shows that politics had nothing to do with this. Any who try to exploit this tragedy, determined not to let a crisis "go to waste", should be ashamed.
19. Shocker
Harry ,   Toronto canada   (01.10.11)
This article is a shocker. The writer says that the republican party is not to blame and then immediately blames them. How do we know this article is leftist mumbo jumbo? How would the writer know what motivated the nut who perpetrated this crime? The Arizona police don't know. Possibly because she is a Jew, nothing to do with US politics. But of course, the writer who must be on the left....By her know it all attitude...is wrong about Obama being reelected. A week from now the US public won't remember this. This is not Israel. The only thing they care about is the economy. A really slanted and inaccurate article!
20. Its not about incitement
Susan ,   Kfar Saba   (01.10.11)
This unfortunate assasination attempt has nothing to do with incitement by either side. It was just one very mentally disturbed person.
21. An Invitation to Murder
Dr. E.R.Thompson ,   Monroe Twp, NJ USA   (01.10.11)
Your article concerning the horrific Arizona murders and mayhem committed by one deranged indiviual borders on the totally absurd. How you can point a finger at the Republicans or Sarah Palin for this incident is incomprehensible to me. I am obviously not at all a Liberal and an article such as this with these views is a convincing argumemt to definitely advise one to not follow the Liberal line of delusional reasoning.
22. Loughner stalking Giffords since 2007
Steve   (01.10.11)
This deranged young man has apparently been fixated on and stalking Congresswoman Giffords since 2007, before Obama was elected; before the tea party movement; before Sarah Palin became a national figure. "Court documents show that Loughner had contact with Giffords in the past. Other evidence included a letter addressed to him from Giffords' congressional stationery in which she thanked him for attending a "Congress on your Corner" event at a mall in Tucson in 2007. "A former classmate, Caitie Parker -- who has called the suspect "left wing" and "a pothead" -- tweeted that after that event, Loughner said he thought Giffords was "stupid" and "unintelligent." Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/psycho_stalked_pol_for_years_HBSCJ3HN9Iq0eykMUWjeSL#ixzz1Af8N5ZU6
23. This is ridiculous
Ed ,   Atlanta   (01.10.11)
There is no connection between the Tea Party and the Arizona shooting. This is just ridiculous. If the shooting had any effect, it was to boost the image McCain who criticized the attacker as a disgrace to humanity--in contrast with Obama who could only lament the tragedy.
24. # 22
Birdi ,   Israel   (01.10.11)
Thanks for the link, Steve.
25. spare me
Golan ,   Modinn   (01.10.11)
What a bunch of crap! You think the American want the so called Health Care reform?Do you think the American people will just look away when the unemployment is at 9.5%? The shooter was a Leftist anti-Semite! Not a Tea Party guy.
26. Cause may have been anti-Semitism
gary ratner ,   los angeles US   (01.10.11)
If this deranged man's favorite books were Mein Kampf and the communist manifesto how do we know that this wasnt an anti-Semitic act against an openly Jewish congresswoman. No one is bringing this up, because of political correctness, but anti-Semitism in that part of the state is widespread and no one is talking about it - it is easier to blame political speech and Republicans. Lets remember Democrats spoke about Republicans in just as horrible terms as thre reverse, Pres. Obama included.Last year there were more anti-Semitic incidents than any other group including Muslims, but no one is talking about that either.
27. Rather forlorn wishfulness, Azoulay
Cameron ,   USA   (01.10.11)
Your progressive lot will do nothing but offend, and dig yet a deeper hole for yourselves trying to milk this bad incident for political mileage.
28. Well...
Christian Hart ,   USA   (01.11.11)
I generally think of myself as having an opinion that is not mainstream...but how the writer came to his/her conclusions is really beyond even MY imagination... O will never be elected for another term because the U.S. is going to run out of money before then and it wouldn't be much fun for him to be 'the broke president'. Boo...he is too much like Louis XIV...can't really see him fitting into Sanford and Sons sitcom via 2012... Just say 'No' to drugs...
29. An Invitation to Murder, or to Intolerance?
Ephraim ,   Las Vegas USA   (01.11.11)
As a conservative Jew and a political Independent, I can't help wondering why so many "moderates" dismiss the actions of a mental patient who burns the U.S. flag and endorses Mein Kampf and The Communist Manifesto as being influenced by the efforts of the populist Tea Party movement (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4011638,00.html). In fact, the Tea Party consists of concerned Republicans, Independents and Democrats who demand to be heard by an out-of-touch political establishment that insists on forcing "health care reform, " "financial reform," "immigration reform," et al on an electorate that doesn't want U.S. law enacted recklessly. Is it because no one is comfortable admitting that the actions of political leftists like Jared Loughner are repeatedly found to be far more violent than anything anyone hears from Tea Party members? By holding only the Republican establishment and the "rhetoric on the right" accountable for the violence in Tucson, Orly Azouley and Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik ignore Loughner's leftist political background, exacerbate intolerance of differing political views, and inhibit freedom of speech.
30. What?
Joe ,   USA   (01.11.11)
This is one of the dumbest, most childish political analysis that I have ever read. This writer clearly has no knowladge of US politics. The idea that Sarah Palin or Tea Partiers are responsible for a shooting by a left-wing, pot smoking, mentally ill nut-job, is insane, and most American are almost as offended by the crude attempt to capitalize politically on . this as they are by the shooting itself.
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