Mike Huckabee is apparently a man with an ironic sense of humor.
The Fox News TV host and GOP presidential candidate (runner-up) offered a simple solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem: Move the Palestinians out!
"The question is should the Palestinians have a place to call their own? Yes," Huckabee said. " I have no problem with that. Should it be in the middle of the Jewish homeland? That's what I think has to be honestly assessed as virtually unrealistic."
In raising the simple "move them out" peace plan, Huckabee joins other world personalities who have suggested moving folks out of the Middle East:
"If European countries claim that they have killed Jews in World War II... why don't they provide the Zionist regime with a piece of Europe. Germany and Austria can provide the... regime with two or three provinces for this regime to establish itself, and the issue will be resolved.
(AP photo/Dan Balilty)
Kind of like Hitler's plan for the "jewish problem" - move them all out!
Posted by: Fletcher | August 18, 2009 at 06:18 PM
Hitler's plan for the "jewish problem" was to kill the Jews, not move them out. Frankly, I don't understand your comparison at all.
Dion,
Your assumption in referncing the Ahmadijinead quote is that the Jews have a right to live in Israel because they suffered in the Holocaust. That is false. The Jews have a right to live in Israel because it is their ancestral home, and they've had a continuous presence there for over three thousand years.
Posted by: Ian | August 18, 2009 at 06:38 PM
My point is that both comments reflect a rather simplistic proposal not well-rooted in reality...
Posted by: Dion Nissenbaum | August 19, 2009 at 03:41 AM
'rather simplistic'. lol. You said it Dion. Scares the s%!t out of me that so many Americans actually voted for this guy.
Posted by: Edie | August 20, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Ian - that particular bit of zionist propaganda is just as tired as the piece of propaganda you are trying to refute. It is not just the Jewish homeland, under your guidelines. It is most definitely also the Christian homeland and the Muslims have a very strong claim as well. Even Italy could validly claim the land of Palestine, since they took it from the Jews before the birth of Christ. That's why it's called the Holy Land - all three Abrahamic religions have valid claims to it from a religious and historical perspective. Stop the silly Judaic-supremacist propaganda and deal with the actual situation.
Posted by: Samayavajra | August 22, 2009 at 08:40 AM