I admire classical historian Victor Davis Hanson more with each articles of his I read. He is a man of gret knowledge and great courage. Today he has a piece on Real Clear Politics – A New Strain of Anti-Semitism is Spreading – that clearly and eloquently expresses what, alas, many of us already know. The disease we thought had been staunched after World War II is coming back quickly in a virulent strain.
Who recently said: “These Jews started 19 Crusades. The 19th was World War (1). Why? Only to build Israel.”
Some holdover Nazi?
Hardly. It was former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan of Turkey, a NATO ally. He went on to claim that the Jews — whom he refers to as “bacteria” — controlled China, India and Japan, and ran the United States.
Who alleged: “The Arabs who were involved in 9/11 cooperated with the Zionists, actually. It was a cooperation. They gave them the perfect excuse to denounce all Arabs.”
A conspiracy nut?
Actually, it was former Democratic U.S. Sen. James Abourezk of South Dakota. He denounced Israel on a Hezbollah-owned television station, adding: “I marveled at the Hezbollah resistance to Israel. . . . It was a marvel of organization, of courage and bravery.”
Read the rest, as they say. I am proud we have VDH as a PajamasXpress blogger.
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