What does the capture of Saddam Hussein mean for Jewish voters in 2004? Will it shift the preferences of Jewish Democrats as they weigh the party\’s presidential contenders? Will it push Jewish voters closer to supporting President Bush for re-election?
Like many hothead progressives around the world, I preach antiracism, teach multiculturalism and recognize the United States to be a politically and culturally imperialistic society.
Proper revolutionary that I am, I have no problem with guerrilla warfare against oppressive regimes, and I fully recognize that \”terrorism\” can be a political term used to invalidate the violent behavior of one group and justify that of another.
One might say I\’m an all-around, groovy radical. And yet, I\’ve got a major problem with compassion for Palestinian suicide bombers blowing up Israeli citizens
Earlier this year, two remarkable authors came to town and changed the way I thought about being Jewish.
The radical outsiders in Sacramento are the moderates and pragmatists, a strange truth that was brought home dramatically this month, when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature compromised on a ballot measure to refinance the state\’s huge debt and hem in future
spending excesses by the Legislature.
Like many hothead progressives around the world, I preach antiracism, teach multiculturalism and recognize the United States to be a politically and culturally imperialistic society.
Growing up, I was one of the few children that did not receive Chanukah presents. My family gave gelt, the money that children traditionally receive on the holiday while gambling over the game of dreidel, the spinning top.
When the news broke that Saddam Hussein was captured, there was an uproar of joy here. Like many Israelis, I was glued to the TV screen, watching L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator for Iraq, announcing proudly: \”Ladies and gentlemen, we got him!\”
What a great moment for the free world.
What was the driving force behind Saddam Hussein\’s behavior? Was it his Arabness? His Islam? Or just generic cruelty?
