Kesher Talk

...Jews have cropped up in almost all of the major 19th and 20th-century political movements - many of them completely contradictory. They are cited as leading forces in liberalism, neo-conservatism, socialism, bolshevism and market capitalism. The only two movements that Jews don't seem to have led are fascism and Islamic fundamentalism. Still, they were the guys behind Reagan, the guys behind Clinton - either ever mutating, ever powerful (if you're a conspiracist), or ever disagreeing with each other if you're not.

The other difficulty for non-conspiracists is that there just aren't that many Jews in America. Six million is the latest figure (3.9% of the population in Florida, and 128,000 out of 21 million in Dubya's Texas), and probably declining. The Muslim population is about 3.5 million and growing. (David Aaronovitch, The Guardian, Jan. 15)

posted by William @ 1/27/2003 07:57:40 AM