American Betrayal

A Review “How cynical!” was my thought when I saw that Diana West, on the page preceding the introduction of her second book, had quoted the words of Jesus Christ.  It’s from the third chapter of the Gospel of John, verses 20 and 21 on the Godliness of openness and truth as opposed to the darkness and deception necessary for evil to thrive.  West is Yale educated, grew up in Hollywood, and is a major promoter of the interests of Israel.  With American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character I was expecting a replay of her very shallow, propagandistic The Death of the Grown-Up. My opinion began to change quite rapidly when, in her introduction, I heard for…

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Seeds of Permanent Conflict in Palestine

Wars themselves are bad enough, with all the death and misery that they visit upon those who fight them and get caught up in them.  The consequences of the wars, though, can be as bad or worse.  Had Russia not participated in World War I, it’s a virtual certainty that the Communists would not have taken over that country.  That war and the peace arrangement that followed it were primarily responsible for the even larger World War II.  Had there been no World War II, the Communists would have had a very small chance of coming to power in the most populous country on earth, China. A less well-known consequence of World War I is that it planted the seed…

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