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RUSH: To the phones finally as promised. This is Michael in Washington. I\u2019m glad you waited. I really do appreciate your patience. Thank you. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hello, Rush. Nice to talk to you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s interesting that they\u2019re looking at the Israeli election as being something that is pointing towards some sort of racism. But why isn\u2019t it racist that there\u2019s no democratic elections in any of the surrounding Arab countries? All of those Arabs are denied the right to vote, and even the Palestinian territories, they haven\u2019t had an election in ten years.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Exactly. That\u2019s my whole point. The Arab-Israeli population has more freedom and liberty than they have any other country in the Middle East, and they\u2019re allowed to participate in Israeli elections. Somehow… You nail it. Somehow that\u2019s racist? It\u2019s absurd on its face. No, that\u2019s a great point you\u2019re making out there, and I thank you for getting through and making it.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, you\u2019re welcome.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I\u2019m glad you\u2019re out there. Again, if you ever do go to Israel — and I imagine a lot of people would probably not go because they think it\u2019s too unstable, terrorism happening left and right, suicide bombers and all that. It\u2019s worth going, and I\u2019m telling you, so many things would shock you. If all you think you know of Israel is who\u2019ve been told by the American political media, you\u2019re in for surprise after surprise after surprise, \u2019cause one of the things you probably believe is the Israelis hate the Arabs.<\/line><\/p>\n

They\u2019re intolerant, and they don\u2019t accept \u2019em, and they don\u2019t want any part of \u2019em. But you get to Israel, Jerusalem, and you see a happy, content Arab population, and they\u2019re running around, and they\u2019re living there, they have access to everything the nation provides any other citizen. They have total freedom; they participate in Israeli elections. It\u2019s one of the biggest surprises anybody getting off the plane in Israel will discover if all they know of Israel is what they\u2019ve been told as part of their consuming much news in this country, or the BBC, anywhere, Western news media, doesn\u2019t matter. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s Christopher in Manhattan, great that you called, sir. Great to have you here, too. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. It\u2019s great to talk to you. You do such a wonderful service.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, thank you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yesterday we were talking about the bomb and Iran getting the bomb. I don\u2019t see why they would use the bomb against Israel because they\u2019d wipe themselves out. I\u2019d be more worried about them using a nuclear weapon against somebody that supported Israel.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Meaning, the United States?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Or… Well, okay, meaning United…? You know, I\u2019m more worried about terrorism than a bomb going off in my backyard in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, that can happen now, Iranian sponsored. They don\u2019t need to acquire a nuclear weapon for that to happen.<\/p>\n

<\/a>CALLER: Right. But why would Iran bomb Israel? Why would they pee in their own well if they have to drink out of it. I mean, they couldn\u2019t destroy Israel without destroying themselves and the immediate area with a nuclear weapon. <\/p>\n

RUSH: Theoretically, yeah. People are just going on what they\u2019ve said. They\u2019ve vowed to do it. I think if you… Do you know the story of the Twelfth Imam?<\/p>\n

CALLER: No.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, go look it up. The Twelfth Imam basically is their version the apocalypse, and they bring that about by destroying Israel. And they die, too.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, okay. Well, I mean, if they\u2019re gonna do it that way, then, yes, it makes perfect sense. <\/p>\n

RUSH: It\u2019s the end of the world. <\/p>\n

CALLER: I\u2019m not for Iran getting the bomb. I just wonder why they\u2019d use it and blow themselves up, too.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, if they think that\u2019s what\u2019s called for in their own religious teachings — f they don\u2019t expect to survive it, if the glory is the destruction of the enemy, which enables, dare I say, the equivalent of the anti-Christ to show up… Take a look… That\u2019s why I take these people seriously when they say this. Hitler told everybody what he was gonna do, and these guys, the militant Islamists have made no bones about it. I think it\u2019s risky to running around saying, “Ah, they just huff and puff. They don\u2019t mean that. They would never do that!<\/p>\n

“They\u2019re just trying to intimidate people. They\u2019re just trying to make themselves look like they\u2019re tough.” I think it\u2019s risky not to take them at their word. They\u2019re beheading people, they\u2019re lighting people on fire, they\u2019re wiping out cultures — and the real offense, according Wolf Blitzer, they\u2019re obligatory museum artifacts. Can you believe that? Beheading people is one thing and setting people on fire, but they\u2019re actually destroying ancient museum pieces! I mean, what a bunch of you schlubs. <\/p>\n

Well, you gotta take \u2019em on their word. Common sense says take them at their word and create a deterrent to it. That\u2019s what defense policy is. Most of your defense arsenal… People never understand this. The reason you build the B-2 bomber, the reason you invest in stealth technology is so that you never have to use it, and that, you lose people with that. “What do you mean? You\u2019re gonna build all these stealth bombers and never gonna use \u2019em? It\u2019s a waste of money!” No, you have \u2019em if you need \u2019em. You hope their existence is a deterrent. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s why this whole notion of the nuclear arms race back in the eighties was specious. The number didn\u2019t matter. So we had arms-reduction talks. We\u2019d get together with the Soviets. “Well, we\u2019ll get rid of 15 if you get rid of 15.” Okay, we\u2019ll both get rid of 15. Nothing\u2019s changed. If the balance of power doesn\u2019t change, nothing changes. If each side has five, each side has five. If each side has 5,000, it doesn\u2019t matter. If one side has 10,000 and the other side as 2,000, that matters — and that\u2019s what you strive for. <\/p>\n

You strive to be bigger and more powerful at all times than the people who want to wipe you out, and it is the idea that even if they try, they\u2019re finished that acts as a deterrence. But that doesn\u2019t always work when you\u2019re dealing with insane mad men. This stuff can get complicated and hairy. That\u2019s why you need really incredible people involved in these kinds of subjects, policies, negotiations, what have you. You need really serious people.<\/p>\n

Not a bunch of pie-eyed utopians who think that they got some sort of magic power with the use of their speeches that can somehow convert hatred into love. That\u2019s the kind of danger we have now, the kind of narcissism and arrogance that thinks, “I\u2019m so special and my speeches are so good that our enemies will automatically love us! As soon as we get rid of our cowboy Bush, love for America will be the norm.”<\/p>\n

How\u2019s that worked out for us? <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think it has. Anyway, I appreciate the call, Christopher. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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