So my cousin and her husband are crazy-ass super-Republicans. A while back, they announce to the family that they are taking a vacation to
She would say things like "It's very exciting to be fighting for the good guys." You are not fighting. You are a war tourist. You do not know enough about this to know who the good guys and bad guys are. I don’t know enough either, but I’m not taking my ignorant American self over to the desert and inserting myself into other people’s wars.
She would also talk about how she couldn’t tell us where they were, then talk about how they were taking lots of pictures to show us when they got home. Way to maintain security there!
Then there was the food. She constantly complained about the food, like how there was no milk and how there were olives served as a side dish at every meal. She would follow these complaints with comments like “I’m going to be so mad if I don't lose weight on this trip." Good to see you have your priorities in order there.
She would describe the people she met on this trip as things like "nice, but very Jewish". No shit? I mean, who did you think you were going to meet on this trip to
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Given the traditional bent in this country for Jews to be liberal, something born out of centuries of persecution and education, this is the most miss-matching of ideologies I can think of. I am completely perplexed that the religious right has all-of-a-sudden found an affinity for Zionism. I think between this post and my comment, though, the answer has been provided. It is Israel and not the Jewish people for whom the affinity exists. The Bible tells us so.
I love this blog.
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