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| Europe |
| German Commies For Bush and Israel |
| 2006-08-25 |
| Its hard to believe that a group of German Reds supports the foreign policy of President Bush. Then again it was surprising when the British National Party abandoned and denounced anti-Semitism. Both recognize Islamofascism as the enemy. But both can't be trusted, because of their own totalitarian agenda. Could we trick them into wearing suicide bomb packs, for our side? ...Among the German far-left, one subgroup called the anti-Germans holds some contradictory views. Most call themselves communists, yet loudly proclaim their support for Israel and George W. Bush. When it comes to the anti-Germans, the political Big Tent theory appears to have become fact: groups that generally can't bear to be in the same room sometimes unite for a common cause. That was on show recently in western Berlin, where thousands had gathered to show their support for Israel during the recent conflict with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. Many of the demonstrators were members of Berlin's Jewish community or the conservative Christian Democrats. However, there were some there who belonged to the far-left and sported all the accoutrements of those who are known as Autonomen in Germany -- black clothing, buttons or patches with political slogans or insignia, and often scarves, sunglasses or baseball caps to make them harder to identify. But this time they hadn't come to disrupt the demonstration, shout out anti-Zionist slogans or get into tussles with police, as they often do. The group of anti-Germans had actually organized the demonstration under the slogan "unconditional solidarity with Israel," one of the core positions of their movement. Such a stance puts the group firmly at odds with the majority viewpoint of Germany's far-left movement, which since the 1970s has been overwhelmingly pro-Palestinian and very critical of Israeli policy. Completing the philosophical break is the support of many anti-Germans for US President George W. Bush, who for the traditional far left is anathema. "It has to do with George W. Bush's conception for a new Middle East, which is essentially supported," said Rüdiger Göbel, deputy editor-in-chief of Junge Welt, a left-wing daily based in Berlin. "The anti-Germans are actually closer to the neo-conservatives in the United States." |
| Posted by:Snease Shaiting3550 |
| #11 Originally, communism was an idealistic philosophy. Jews are taught by their religion to be idealists. You'll find a hefty helping of Jews in any idealistic endeavor except, one hopes, Christian missionary efforts. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-25 23:32 |
| #10 The same way the heads of the Presby church can promote that vile ideology. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-08-25 18:59 |
| #9 Can someone explain to me how a Jew can be a communist? |
| Posted by: newc 2006-08-25 18:03 |
| #8 Perhaps, wxjames, perhaps. One needs mental faculties somewhat in order to accept reality. Multi-culti appeaseniks are so enmeshed in their own web of projections that for them there is a little hope thay may see the light until the moment a knife is slicing their carotides. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-08-25 11:35 |
| #7 Remember, the Islamonazi doctrine is to kill all non muzzies. That alone may be the deciding factor. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-08-25 10:32 |
| #6 Surprise meter picture please. |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-08-25 10:12 |
| #5 To correct, the Iraqi Communist Party in the last election joined the slate led by former PM Allawi. I rather doubt that this is about the ICP, though - or Israeli social democracy - historically Israeli Social Democracy won the sympathy of European Social Democrats, NOT European Communists, since, er, Communists historically dont much like Social Democrats (though occassionally willing to use them in a "popular front"). I suspect this may have more to do with a genuine hostility to the most hardline arab regimes, and probably alot of internal leftie feuding. Maybe elements of Trotskyism, though usually those guys were pretty stronly antiZionist. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-08-25 10:11 |
| #4 Seems like pragmatic classical liberals of sorts, apparently anti-fascist, "mugged" by proxy by Islamonazis. Most of them seem to be originally Eastern Germans, thus they did not go through the mush of LLL indoctrination (multi-culti kumbaya) that the Western Left was subjected to. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-08-25 10:05 |
| #3 IIRC, the Iraqis ran an slate representing the Communists in the recent elections. Didn't get the votes, but it was running open and legal. And Israel is more aligned with the European form of socialist government than anything in the Arab world. It appears someone is noticing. |
| Posted by: Snish Whoque7727 2006-08-25 09:58 |
| #2 Hitler's enjoying the lovely alpine weather. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-08-25 09:56 |
| #1 "Most call themselves communists, yet loudly proclaim their support for Israel and George W. Bush." I think my head just exploded... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-08-25 09:05 |