Ok - so some will agree and some won't, but I thought this quote, from a longer article here, was a very well-articulated argument, when reviewing the former President Carter's new book.
"Carter wants to do what's just. His heart's in the right place. He just can't figure out what the right is. He is, and always has been, a man of good intentions bereft of good judgment. He invariably finds himself defending tyrants and dictators at the expense of their oppressed peoples. Not because he is a bad man, but because he is a confused man.
"Carter subscribes to what I call the Always Root for the Underdog school of morality. Rather than develop any real understanding of a conflict, immediately he sides with the weaker party, however wicked or immoral.
"Israel has tanks and F-16's. The Palestinians don't. Therefore the Palestinians are being oppressed. Never mind that the Palestinians have rejected every offer to live side by side with Israel in peace and elected a government pledged to Israel's annihilation. Their poverty dictates the righteousness of their cause even if their actions speak otherwise."
That last sentence really struck me. I think it underscores so much of the way a large segment of the West makes decisions about everything. Having lost framework for determining right and wrong, it's all about a misguided 'compassion'. This applies to euthanasia, abortion etc etc etc
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Well said Ruth.
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