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Don’t boycott America

Op-ed: Boycotting Fourth of July party to protest Pollard incarceration a foolish, crazy idea

I’m so upset over the foolish idea of boycotting the Fourth of July party at the US ambassador’s home that I feel like writing: Great. Don’t go to the ambassador’s house. Throw eggs at his window. Sever any diplomatic ties. Let’s count on our rotten friend, Russia, while declaring a holy war on the American kingdom of injustice.

 

After all, we possess an impressive arsenal of bombs and missiles. Most of it is American, of course, and it all just lies there quietly. Why don’t we take out our anger at them? We’ll fire everything we’ve got on New York, Washington, Baltimore and San Francisco. We’ll use all our armaments against our queen, defender, and great ally. Let’s go, to the abyss.

 

There’s nothing new about it. Back in 1959 already there was a movie called The Mouse That Roared, where Peter Sellers declared war on the American archenemy on behalf of the tiny Duchy of Grand Fenwick. It’s an old scenario, and we have an ancient and glorious tradition of fighting wars against giant empires such as Greece and Rome.

 

These are battles that we celebrate every year as victories over evil, with heroes like Bar Kokhba Judah the Maccabi and Rabbi Akiva; Pyrrhic victories that brought destruction upon us for generations. So why don’t we continue on the same path and listen to all sorts of new Bar Kokhbas and do battle with those who grant us their patronage and protection?

 

Zealots and madmen

Let’s go for it and declare war on the ambassador and the evil empire. Let’s see what they do, these sissies; these bespectacled geeks with their mild mannered president. We’ll start by shunning the Fourth of July party at the ambassador’s home in response to the failure to release Pollard to see his dying father or attend his funeral, and in response to the fact that Pollard is even serving time for spying for Israel.

 

My heart is with Pollard, just like with any political prisoner. I wish to see him released from jail already. I despise the American penal system where a person is buried in his jail cell forever – but declaring war on the US? We’re out of our minds; there is no doubt about that.

 

Zealots and madmen who once upon a time were a small minority that was sometimes hospitalized are today a large, influential group around here. Our Knesset and politics have become replete with mad bills filled with hatred for gentiles; foolish ideas that will lead to our quick demise.

 

We lost the support of most of the world thanks to our madmen, so why not advice the US to go to hell too? We’ll remain all alone. Was it that bad in Masada?

 

 

 

 

 


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