Yet.
No problem.
"Shame" easily converted to "blame" in Barry's World.
After Geneva, "The Islamic Bomb" :: Gatestone Institute
On the day when the "interim agreements" were ratified in Geneva, November 24 2013, the Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, was photographed smiling.
He had good reason to be pleased; not since the Munich Agreement in 1938 have Western leaders given so much for so little.
As Bret Stephens wrote in theWall Street Journal, Western leaders in Geneva behaved even more disgracefully than those who had come to Munich.
In Munich, only two Western politicians were present, Chamberlain and Daladier; the United States was not involved.
In the photographs then, all the participants looked concerned.
After Munich, Winston Churchill delivered the famous phrase: "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war".
After Geneva, Israel's Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, was the only leader expressing disagreement.
He spoke of a "historic mistake".
Diplomatically, he could not speak of dishonor, although dishonor was plainly evident.
And he could he could use the word "betrayal."
He spoke of a "historic mistake".
Diplomatically, he could not speak of dishonor, although dishonor was plainly evident.
And he could he could use the word "betrayal."
In Munich, the big, unspoken item in the room was the persecution of the Jews in Europe.
Although Chamberlain and Daladier knew everything about the proliferation of anti-Semitic acts and decisions since Adolf Hitler came to power, they may have thought they were in a weak position, and did not really care about the Jews.
They practiced willful blindness.
Hitler noticed -- and Kristallnacht soon followed less than six weeks later in Germany: a night in which over 91 Jews were murdered and 30,000 were arrested and sent to concentration camps, Jewish homes, businesses, hospitals, and schools were ransacked, and over 1,000 synagogues were burned.
In Geneva, the big, unspoken item in the room was Israel.
Laurent Fabius , Guido Westerwelle, Catherine Ashton and John Kerry knew everything about the calls for destroying Israel uttered for decades by Iranian leaders.
Laurent Fabius , Guido Westerwelle, Catherine Ashton and John Kerry knew everything about the calls for destroying Israel uttered for decades by Iranian leaders.
They were in a position of strength, but evidently did not care about Israel.
They practiced willful blindness.
Mohammad Javad Zarif noticed.
Ali Khamenei in Tehran also noticed.
No Kristallnacht has been perpetrated against Israel -- yet.
Ali Khamenei in Tehran also noticed.
No Kristallnacht has been perpetrated against Israel -- yet.
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