My primary concern is the survival and prosperity of my people.<\/p>\n
Michael: “Your concern is misplaced, your concern should be for the well-being and basic human rights for all people, regardless of which you identify. The great ones have always been able to rise above their ethnicity\/religion\/color and look at the the entire picture, which ultimately affects your ethnicity\/religion\/color.”<\/p>\n
Chaim Amalek: The problem with that attitude is that it does not reflect how the rest of the world works. The Chinese, for example, care first and foremost about the welfare of the Chinese people, both at home and abroad, and about the welfare of say, American industrial workers not at all. That’s just how the world works. And that’s how Torah works, too. Or, as the Arabs say, “My brother and I against our cousin; my cousin and I against the stranger.”<\/p>\n
I want America’s leaders to take the world as it is in defining policy. After all, we are not neocons here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My primary concern is the survival and prosperity of my people. Michael: “Your concern is misplaced, your concern should be for the well-being and basic human rights for all people, regardless of which you identify. The great ones have always … Continue reading