Meet the New Jews: AMERICANS

Congrats to Jim Hogland who has an interesting piece in the Washington Post making the case that Americans today are experiencing a classic form of old-school Anti-Semitism, and in essence, in many ways Americans have become the worlds “new Jews.” Envious of our success and economic wealth, with an exaggerated perception of our all encompassing power…it is increasingly easy for demagogues to point to America as “the man,” and if any tyrant, or even just a weak leader wishes to cut out a niche for themselves, what better way to do so than to be seen as standing up to “the man” (Chavez, Saddam, Ahmadinajad…etc..). This is an interesting thesis and certainly worth considering. However, the Neocon completely disagrees with Mr. Hogland’s conclusion about how to deal with this new form of “anti-Semitism.” He talks about the need for America to “Repair our image” as if our success is our own fault, or somethng to be ashamed of (Catholic/Jewish guilt?). As if the ugly demagoguery of others is cause for our own self-adjustment. First, let us loudly place the primary blame where it belongs and that is on the heads of the “new anti-Semites,” and not on their target: America, as imperfect as we may be.
Tags: Hoagland, Washington Post, Anti-Semitism, foreign policy, America, Politics

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