Michael Ejercito wrote:
> HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
>> Michael Ejercito wrote:
>>> HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
>>>> Michael Ejercito wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> https://ethicsalarms.com/2024/05/13/biden-stabs-israel-in-the-back-to-keep-his-anti-semitic-vote-and-gets-justly-hammered-for-his-betrayal-mainstream-media-to-the-rescue/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Biden Stabs Israel in the Back to Keep His Anti-Semitic Vote and Gets
>>>>> Justly Hammered For His Betrayal? Mainstream Media To The Rescue!
>>>>> MAY 13, 2024 / JACK MARSHALL
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> “Nah, there’s no mainstream media bias!” To be fair, it’s past time to
>>>>> rephrase the oft-used Ethics Alarm catch phase as, “Nah, the mainstream
>>>>> media doesn’t just take marching orders from the Democratic National
>>>>> Committee to cover for Biden’s indefensible leadership!”
>>>>>
>>>>> Too long, I know. OK, it needs some work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Suddenly, all through the news media over the weekend, the tale of how
>>>>> President Ronald Reagan intervened with a threat to withhold arms that
>>>>> had already been approved for delivery to Israel to force the nation to
>>>>> change its military strategy was being thrown in the faces of Biden
>>>>> critics and Israel supporters. Huh. Where did that come from?
>>>>>
>>>>> Surprise! It came from the New York Times, the flagship of the corrupt,
>>>>> partisan media, just in time to fuel the “advocacy journalists'” efforts
>>>>> over the weekend to help block Israel’s right to defend its existence
>>>>> and its citizens from terrorism.
>>>>>
>>>>> Interviewing GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, and by “interviewing” I mean
>>>>> debating as she took the side of Democrats, the Biden Administration,
>>>>> the anti-Semitic students roiling campuses and Hamas, NBC News anchor
>>>>> Kristen Welker said, “As you know, former President Ronald Reagan, on
>>>>> multiple occasions, withheld weapons to impact Israel’s military
>>>>> actions,” Welker said. “Did President Reagan show that using U.S.
>>>>> military aid, as leverage, can actually be an effective way to rein in
>>>>> and impact Israel’s policy?”
>>>>>
>>>>> What a perfect factoid to weaponize for an appeal to authority and
>>>>> Rationalization #32. The Unethical Role Model: “He/She would have done
>>>>> the same thing”! The timely Times revelation: in August of 1982, Israel
>>>>> was shelling Palestinian terrorist strongholds in Lebanon, then a
>>>>> failing state in the throes of a civil war, with Palestinian forces
>>>>> controlling territory on its southern border. President Reagan saw films
>>>>> of a Lebanese child horribly wounded in the attack, and called up then
>>>>> Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to threaten a withdrawal of U.S.
>>>>> aid if the shelling didn’t stop. Begin gave in. The Times also informed
>>>>> its readers that President Eisenhower threatened economic sanctions and
>>>>> to cut off aid to force Israel to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula
>>>>> after it invaded Egypt in 1956. So, the Times concluded, “If it was
>>>>> reasonable for the Republican presidential icon to limit arms to impose
>>>>> his will on Israel…it should be acceptable for the current Democratic
>>>>> president to do the same.” Well, the Times wrote “they argued,” meaning
>>>>> defenders of all-things Democrat, but we know, or should, that by “they”
>>>>> in such situations, the mainstream media means “we.”
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thereby pre-programmed, Welker sprung the “But Reagan did it!” argument
>>>>> on Graham after he said, “Give Israel the bombs they need to end the war
>>>>> they can’t afford to lose, and work with them to minimize causalities.”
>>>>> The Reagan “gotcha!” is a facile and dishonest comparison designed for
>>>>> ignorant members of the public and wielded by either ignorant or
>>>>> deliberately deceptive journalists like Welker. First, the two
>>>>> situations are not sufficiently analogous. Lebanon was in turmoil, and
>>>>> the nation was not being governed by elected terrorists; its citizens
>>>>> were literally caught in the crossfire. Israel was not at war with
>>>>> Lebanon. It is at war with Gaza, because the Gazan government attacked
>>>>> Israel on October 7. Second, 1982 is not 2024. As even the Times points
>>>>> out, it was Democrats then that advocated complete support of Israel’s
>>>>> right to defend itself, and Republicans who were tepid in their
>>>>> support—and Democrats condemned them for it. Moreover, acceptance of the
>>>>> fact that Israel must employ extraordinary means to to survive has
>>>>> solidified over the decades, as Iran continues to threaten eventual
>>>>> nuclear annihilation, Hamas has continued to lob missiles into Israel in
>>>>> defiance of ceasefires and international law, and hope of a peaceful
>>>>> “two-state solution” has been repeatedly dashed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Finally, and one would think obviously, the fact that “Reagan did it”
>>>>> doesn’t mean Reagan was right. That Israel is still being threatened by
>>>>> Palestinian terrorists over 40 years later suggests that we might not be
>>>>> where we are today if the U.S. had allowed Begin to do what he believed
>>>>> was best for his own nation and its citizens in 1982. Even as the Times
>>>>> describes it, Reagan made an emotional decision based on seeing the
>>>>> image an injured child. “Think of the children!” Shame on him. That is
>>>>> the level of analysis being used by the pro-Hamas protesters. Competent
>>>>> Presidents and national leaders do not act because their heartstrings
>>>>> get tugged on. (I suspect Nancy…)
>>>>>
>>>>> If Senator Graham had been quicker on his metaphorical feet, he would
>>>>> have asked Welker to describe the circumstances that led Israel to shell
>>>>> Lebanon, since she was citing it as a fair analogy. She didn’t know. (It
>>>>> wasn’t explained in the Times piece.) She was just mouthing a retort
>>>>> scripted for her to defend NBC’s favorite party and its President from
>>>>> criticism while confusing her audience.
>>>>>
>>>>> mmm
>>>>
>>>> In the interim, the only godly way to win the war against terrorism
>>>> and bigotry is as shown on-line at http://WonderfullyHungry.org in the
>>>> Person of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Who is our #1 Example of
>>>> living "wonderfully hungry" ( https://bit.ly/Lk2442 ).
>>>
>>> No doubt about it!
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry for food right now (Luke 6:21a) and
>>>> hope you, Michael, and others reading this, also have a healthy
>>>> appetite for food right now too.
>>>>
>>>> So how are you ?
>>>
>>> I am wonderfully hungry!
>>
>> While wonderfully hungry in the Holy Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy
>> 8:3) us to hunger, I note that you, Michael, are rapture ready (Luke
>> 17:37 means no COVID just as eagles circling over their food have no
>> COVID) and pray (2 Chronicles 7:14) that our Everlasting (Isaiah 9:6)
>> Father in Heaven continues to give us "much more" (Luke 11:13) Holy
>> Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) so that we'd have much more of His Help to
>> always say/write that we're "wonderfully hungry" in **all** ways
>> including especially caring to "convince it forward" (John 15:12) with
>> all glory (Psalm112:1) to GOD (aka HaShem, Elohim, Abba, DEO), in
>> the name (John 16:23) of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.
>>
>> Laus DEO !
>
> Thank you for noting that I have no COVID.

Just please do likewise as our LORD Jesus & I have done for you,
Michael, and http://go.WDJW.net/ConvinceItForward (John 15:12).