WEBVTT - Rush's Timeless Wisdom - Why Don’t More Liberal Jews Support Israel?

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<v Speaker 1>All right, the question is on the table. Why is

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<v Speaker 1>it that liberal Jews, Hollywood Jews, Jewish people are liberal

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<v Speaker 1>all over the country don't seem to join the fight

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<v Speaker 1>for Israel. Uh. There are many theories out there, but

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<v Speaker 1>the simplest explanation, folks, and I have, I have it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's gonna sound simplistic, and oftentimes trust the simplistic because

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<v Speaker 1>the simplistic is right in the money. Most liberals, whatever

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<v Speaker 1>their faith, put their liberalism first. Liberalism is a more

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<v Speaker 1>powerful religion uh than any other. To the committed liberal

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<v Speaker 1>in the world of liberalism. Israel is too powerful. Israel

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<v Speaker 1>is using jets against these defenseless, little backwards terrorists. That's

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<v Speaker 1>not fair. Israel is richer. Uh Uh, it's Israel is

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<v Speaker 1>like the United States. Uh. This, this is just not right.

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<v Speaker 1>And you cannot exclude from this the element of guilt

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<v Speaker 1>which pervades liberalism and and perpetuates it. Um. A liberal

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States is really no different than the

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<v Speaker 1>liberal in Europe or liberal working at the United Nations.

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<v Speaker 1>They have the same worldview. Liberal here was no different

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<v Speaker 1>than the liberal in the Soviet Union. They all, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care where you go find a liberal in Congo.

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<v Speaker 1>Find a liberal in Kuala Lumpur. Find a liberal in Tibet.

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<v Speaker 1>Find anybody in Tibet. You're talking about a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>people getting the butts kicked. Nobody cares about that because

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<v Speaker 1>nobody's got the guts to go up against the Chinese.

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<v Speaker 1>But I get sidetracked. Find a liberal anywhere. They all

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<v Speaker 1>think we need to negotiate with terrorists, that we should

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<v Speaker 1>have a Manhattan Project for terrorists and so forth, that

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<v Speaker 1>we uh, I need to examine what it is we're

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<v Speaker 1>doing to cause these people to become terrorists? Why do

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<v Speaker 1>they hate us? So it's our fault, well not, there's

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<v Speaker 1>the liberals, of course, of the understanding and compassion. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the it's the it's the blockheads, the conservatives and others.

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<v Speaker 1>They're the ones causing the problem. Conservatives and conservatism pose

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<v Speaker 1>a much greater threat to liberals than terrorists. Do check

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<v Speaker 1>their language against the terrorists versus their language against George W.

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<v Speaker 1>Bush or me or any other prominent conservative public figure,

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<v Speaker 1>and ask yourself about whom do they have the most

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<v Speaker 1>criticism for loom did they have the most criticism and

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<v Speaker 1>about whom do they speak in the most harshest of terms.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not the terrorists. Liberals in this country want terrorists

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<v Speaker 1>to have essentially constitutional rights, the Al Qaida Bill of Rights.

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<v Speaker 1>Another story today in the stack. United Nations emit all

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<v Speaker 1>this going on with the Hezbos and the Israelis, the

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<v Speaker 1>United Nations demanding that we close our secret prisons around

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<v Speaker 1>the world. Well, if they're secret, how do those bone

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<v Speaker 1>heads know that we have any? But number two, who

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<v Speaker 1>the hell are they? A bunch of liberals of the

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<v Speaker 1>United Nate, the Human Rights UH Committee Conference whatever they

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<v Speaker 1>call themselves up there, And don't forget this, this human

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<v Speaker 1>rights club. But the United Nations can have as one

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<v Speaker 1>of its leaders somebody likes Addam Hussein or a country

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<v Speaker 1>like a rock under Saddam Hussein, it rotates, So it

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<v Speaker 1>does matter Catholic, Jewish, Protestant. The only competition liberals really

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<v Speaker 1>have of the religions is the religion of Gaea, which

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<v Speaker 1>is the earth, a tree whatever that's They're a little

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<v Speaker 1>conflicted there, but they don't see Israel as anything UH

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<v Speaker 1>with which they have in common UH in any way,

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<v Speaker 1>religious or otherwise. They have no understanding of this enemy,

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<v Speaker 1>as they had no understanding of Communism. And for the

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<v Speaker 1>longest time, they had no understanding of Nazism, and actually

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<v Speaker 1>they still don't have a real understanding of Nazism. The

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<v Speaker 1>associate Nazism with conservatism when Nazism is is one of

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<v Speaker 1>those horrible things as you get on the left, Communism, socialism, Nazism, fascism,

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<v Speaker 1>those are all on the left side of center. But

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<v Speaker 1>liberals have found a way to put it on the right.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course that's become popular confect conventional wisdom. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>just like the Voting Rights Act, the President Bush signed

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<v Speaker 1>a Voting Rights Act extension, and liberals out there, oh, whoa,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a wonder of the voting what I teks

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<v Speaker 1>the wonderful, wonderful. What they don't tell you is it

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<v Speaker 1>was a bunch of Democrats that made the damn thing necessary.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a bunch of democrats came up with the

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<v Speaker 1>poll tax, it was a bunch of democrats, came up

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<v Speaker 1>with literacy tests. It's a bunch of democrats and liberals

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<v Speaker 1>that came up with the restrictions. But somehow that's been reversed,

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<v Speaker 1>uh in in popular culture and conventional wisdom today. There

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<v Speaker 1>are exceptions to this, however, as I said, Alan Dersher

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<v Speaker 1>Witch writing today in the Washington Times would be the

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Times for those of you in uh Rio, Linda.

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<v Speaker 1>He writes, as a liberal Democrat, I listened carefully to

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<v Speaker 1>the opposition voiced by many Democratic Senators to the nomination

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<v Speaker 1>of John Bolton as our chief representative to the the UN.

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<v Speaker 1>Mr Bolton has been representing as at a U n

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<v Speaker 1>since August during the current Middle East crisis. I've been

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<v Speaker 1>able to listen and for myself to what Mr Bolton

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<v Speaker 1>has been saying at the United Nations. On the basis

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<v Speaker 1>of his performance, I have become a Bolton supporter. He

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<v Speaker 1>speaks with moral clarity. He is extremely well prepared, He's

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<v Speaker 1>extraordinarily articulate. He places the best face on America policy,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly in the Middle East during this crucial time. But

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<v Speaker 1>Mr Bolton is right to be skeptical, and all the

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<v Speaker 1>great US ambassadors to the United Nations, from Stevenson to

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<v Speaker 1>Goldberg to Moynahander Kirkpatrick, have shared that skepticism of the body.

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<v Speaker 1>Bolton's absolutely justified in pushing for reform of the notoriously

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<v Speaker 1>corrupt and inefficient bureaucratic structure at Turtle Bay. As he

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<v Speaker 1>once said, if member countries want the UN to be respected,

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<v Speaker 1>they should begin by making sure it's worthy of respect.

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<v Speaker 1>I have observed Mr Bolton's performance with regard to Israel

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<v Speaker 1>and its conflicts with Hezbollah and Hamas. On many other fronts,

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<v Speaker 1>he has proved himself a staunch advocate of freedom and

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<v Speaker 1>human rights, specific in Sudan, North Korea, and Cuba. Some

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<v Speaker 1>critics of argue that Mr Bolton is better in his

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<v Speaker 1>public role as advocate than his besides behind the scenes

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<v Speaker 1>role as conciliator. But at this point in history, the

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<v Speaker 1>United States needs a public advocate who con further its

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<v Speaker 1>case in the court of public opinion. No one does

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<v Speaker 1>that better than John Bolton. So Dershowitz, uh, you'll, you'll,

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<v Speaker 1>You'll not hear this from any liberal in Hollywood, regardless

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<v Speaker 1>their religion. But Dershowitz does have an alliance and a

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<v Speaker 1>deep love and the relationship with Israel and has written

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<v Speaker 1>books about it. And this is fabulous. By the way.

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<v Speaker 1>I was happy to see this, happy to read it.

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<v Speaker 1>But and I don't want to poison it or sadden it.

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<v Speaker 1>But I do have just one small complaint. It would

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<v Speaker 1>it would just it would just be wonderful if Mr

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<v Speaker 1>Dershowitz would join his country and other efforts, as he

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<v Speaker 1>has joined us in our effort in Israel. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>one thing that I would uh, I would add because

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<v Speaker 1>if it's not Israel, than the usual liberalism in mister

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<v Speaker 1>Dersherwood surfaces, and he is part of that chorus. I

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<v Speaker 1>hope this helps answer the question, Ladies and gentlemen, really

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<v Speaker 1>no more complicated than that.