Yup, you heard it right: Crazy McInflammatoryPants himself is coming to Jerusalem next month. I won’t go into the extensive absurdity that is Beck’s rationale (if one ca
n call it that) for his support of Israel’s worst policies. Nor will I detail the irony of his support of the Jewish presence in Israel so that the Messiah will come and take the “believers” (a.k.a. Christians) to heaven, or the spectacle of his cosying up to Israel’s radical politicians such as Likud MK Danny Danon, “the carefully coiffed Mad Hatter of Israeli Tea Party wannabes.” But if you’d like to, be my guest.
I will, however, address this particular event. I presume Glenn is hoping to “restore courage” to Israel in its fight against the terrible Arabs that want to destroy it. I presume this because restoring courage to the Palestinians living in horrible conditions under occupation would be counter-productive. Remember, the land needs to be populated by Jews in order for the Rapture to occur. Continue reading