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2006-08-25 Europe

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Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-08-25 03:33|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#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.">Dave D. 2006-08-25 09:05|| 2006-08-25 09:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Hitler's enjoying the lovely alpine weather.

Posted by 6 2006-08-25 09:56|| 2006-08-25 09:56|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-08-25 09:58|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-08-25 10:05|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-08-25 10:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Surprise meter picture please.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-08-25 10:12|| 2006-08-25 10:12|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-08-25 10:32|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-08-25 11:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Can someone explain to me how a Jew can be a communist?

Posted by newc">newc 2006-08-25 18:03|| 2006-08-25 18:03|| Front Page Top

#10 The same way the heads of the Presby church can promote that vile ideology.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-08-25 18:59|| 2006-08-25 18:59|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-08-25 23:32|| Front Page Top

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