Weinburger Wrote:
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> > History Buff Wrote:
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> >
> > Both of my parents were born in Germany. Their
> > families fled Nazi Germany because they were
> > Jewish. Through conversations with my parents
> and
> > other family members, reading books about Nazi
> > Germany (i.e. Hitler's Willing Executioners),
> > spending a full day at the Holocaust Center in
> > Washington, DC and watching dozens of movies on
> > Holocaust subjects, I fail to see any
> similarity
> > between what the Democratic Party espouses and
> > Germany in the 1930s and 1940s.
> >
> > Lest you think I am an outlier, keep in mind
> that
> > 79 percent of the voters identifying themselves
> as
> > Jewish voted for Democrats in the 2018
> > Congressional elections.
>
> And they voted for a Michigan Muslim and a New
> York Socialist who want to see Isreal burn. Wish
> my fellow Jews would wake up.
1) Rashida Tlaib is one Congressional Democrat out of 235 Democrats in the House of Representative. She is no more representative of the Democratic party on Israel than former Congressman Sherwood Boehlert of New York is representative of the Republican Party policy on environmental issues.
2) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez supports a two-state solution. That is not wanting to see Israel burn.
3) Adoption of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal would mean less oil consumption. Given that some of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are hostile towards Israel, that would be a good thing.
4) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal calls for "overhauling transportation systems in the United States to eliminate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector as much as is technologically feasible, including through investment in
(i) zero-emission vehicle infrastructure and manufacturing;
(ii) clean, affordable, and accessible public transportation; and
(iii) high-speed rail"
As someone who favors more investment in public transportation and intercity passenger rail, I welcome her initiative.
5) You talk about Muslims like they are bad. Here's a different perspective:
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6) Learn the correct spelling of Israel.