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Re: "The Zionist Agenda Explained". Additional evidence to consider.
From Joseph's subject essay at
http://com3.runboard.com/btheowlsnest.f15.t191:
"But by nature, the Jewish people are timid and cowardly in terms of physical violence (even though their own Scriptures tell unsupported tales of their vast courage and great victories against overwhelming odds in ancient battles and wars). This timidity is strongly demonstrated by the fact that they have been remarkably absent from or barely represented in all of the "contact" sports, all of the "dangerous" occupations and pursuits, and even the non-religious, non-legal and non-medical branches of the Armed Forces of America."
As I have told on more than a few occasions, in TFTF and in some other forums, I was one of the less fortunate and least wealthy of the very large Jewish community in my home city of New York, NY, while many wealthy and politically powerful Jews were represented on the Draft Boards during the Vietnam War, and I had the additional "unwritten" disadvantage of being married outside of my Judaist faith to a Roman Catholic woman. I was not yet a father, and neither an only son who was contributing a significant percentage of my parents' income. Although I had already applied and been accepted for college, I had not yet been enrolled. Also, I had no physical or mental disabilities. Therefore, my Jewish-dominated Draft Board had classified me as "1-A".
For those reasons, I became one of the scarce few Jewish-Americans who had been swept-up in the Draft in the category of "cannon fodder," in other words an Army Infantryman.
I was not alone as a Jew among the "front-line grunts," but we were indeed few and far between percentage-wise, and most of us had only each other as "brother-close" companions within the overall "comrades in arms buddyship".
Much higher percentages of us were commissioned officers serving in the Medical, Legal, Administrative, Clerical and Chaplain Corps, and there was a scarce few number of Jews serving as 1st and 2nd Liutenents in the Infantry, but there was a strictly enforced prohibition against "fraternization" between officers and enlisted men, and so I had no personal friends among them.
While Joseph might or might not be correct in his assertion that "timidity is a genetic trait of Jews," I can state from experience and observation that the fear of personal injury was very prevalent among us Jews in combat duty, as it was even during boot camp and training exercises, while the "gung ho" spirit was very much more prevalent among our Gentile counterparts.
So, in the light of current circumstances, I found this article by a Jewish-American Air Force Major on active duty to be supportive of Joseph's quoted assertion, but while simultaneously reflecting my own remorse for the "lost glory" that belonged with us Jews prior to the infiltration of pro-Zionism and pro-Israel Jews into the high positions of "today's Military".
Aaron
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http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/17121/format/html/edition_id/337/displaystory.html
Attention: Where are the Jews in the U.S. military?
Maj. Rob Levinson
As an active duty Air Force officer currently stationed overseas, and as a Jew who grew up in the Bay Area, it is gratifying to see the overwhelming support the Bay Area Jewish community is showing for our current efforts to fight terrorism. We in the community, closely connected to Israel as we are, have understood the need to fight terror for a long time. Now, unfortunately, this need has tragically been brought home to all Americans. However, while I take great pride in the support the Jewish community is showing, a certain question keeps gnawing at me: Where are the Jews in the United States military?
Try this experiment at your next synagogue service or other Jewish gathering. Ask all the veterans to stand up. My guess is that the average age will be in the 70s as the proud veterans of World War II represent the majority. Then ask those who have a son or daughter, grandson or granddaughter who is a veteran or serving on active duty to stand up. Finally, ask those who currently know somebody serving on active duty to stand up as well. Sadly my guess is that the groups of people answering yes to the last two questions will be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Unfortunately, while Jews in the United States are over-represented in virtually every profession from law to medicine to science, they are few and far between in the armed forces of our country. Truth be told, nice Jewish boys and girls aren't raised to grow up and be soldiers, except of course in Israel. Throughout my career in the Air Force, I can't recall a single time that I didn't have trouble finding a minyan at any base I have been to.
Now some may think that this has always been the case, but this is simply not true. The oldest U.S. veterans' organization is the Jewish War Veterans. It was formed shortly after the Civil War, partly to counter the impression that Jews did not serve their country. Fifty percent of the first graduating class of West Point was Jewish: There were two graduates; one was a Jew. Jews can proudly take their place among America's war heroes like Admirals Uriah Levy and Hyman Rickover, or Congressional Medal of Honor winner John Levitow, an airman. Without a change in current trends of declining Jewish participation in the armed forces, this proud history may be at an end.
The reasons for this are many. Undoubtedly the Jewish community, primarily being upper-middle class, similar to most non-Jews of this class, doesn't see the military as terribly upwardly mobile. Today, those who have military-age children, the baby boomers, formed their impressions of the military in the 1960s and these impressions are generally negative. Others perceive the military as an institution as somehow anti-Semitic. From personal experience I can tell you that if anything, the military is rather philo-Semitic, perhaps owing to the great professional respect many personnel have for the Israeli Defense Force. There may be other reasons as well, but they pale when compared to the reasons we should serve.
No people owes more to America than its Jews. Without a doubt we are the freest, most prosperous, most influential Jewish community in the history of the world. We owe this to a country founded upon a set of principles, defended by the blood of patriots for over two centuries. Just as America has blessed its Jews, we Jews have blessed America. We are presidents of corporations, senators and congressmen, justices of the Supreme Court, doctors and lawyers, Nobel Prize winners and other achievers too numerous to mention. Given this wonderful history, it is clear that we also have a duty to our country to take our place beside others who are prepared to defend it. Do we really want to say, thank you America, but let others put their lives on the line? I don't think so.
Along with pushing our sons and daughters to medicine at Stanford or law at Harvard, we need to ask them to consider Annapolis or West Point, or for a really fine education, the Air Force Academy (my bias shines through). We also need to consider how we as a community support our armed forces. Do we commemorate Memorial Day and Veterans Day? Do we call the local military bases and find out if every Jewish soldier, sailor, or member of the Marines, Air Force or Coast Guard has a place to go for Shabbat dinner, Pesach, or the High Holy Days? Do we volunteer for the USO? Do our rabbis serve as chaplains (sadly this is a problem that is nearly a crisis)?
In the wake of the terrible events of Sept. 11, the call has gone out once again for America to defend freedom. As we proudly stood with those who fought to free the slaves and defeat Hitler, we must again answer: America's Jews are present and ready for duty!
The writer is an officer in the U.S. Air Force who grew up in the Bay Area and is currently stationed overseas. He can be e-mailed at levinsor@hotmail.com
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Re: "The Zionist Agenda Explained". Additional evidence to consider.
Aaron,
Having to admit that I knew little and cared less about your people before coming to this forum, I recall that I had also noticed the scarcity of Jews at the front lines in Nam.
But, I'd attributed it to the overall scarcity of Jews in America and the world following the Holocaust.
Now, after learning about the inordinate percentages of Jews in our government, and about their strangleholds on our news and ebtertainment mediums, I see that there could and should have been many more like you among us grunts during the Nam war, and I resent that there are not many, if any, in the Army and Marines infantries over in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Involutarily drafted as you were, I highly admire and applaud you for serving bravely and honorably in the cause of helping and saving as many of our buddies as we could then, and for your efforts in speaking on behalf of our troops now.
I would have been glad to have you in my unit and by my side.
Greg
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