Take two: Why the silence?

Now that an advocate of the theocratic rule has unashamedly called for Israel to be “wiped off the map” (spoken like a true terrorist indeed), we await the analysis from the local foreign policy experts. These experts would have us believe that they could have struck a deal with despotic rulers like Stalin and Saddam over a cup of afternoon tea. Is it a coincidence that this brazen statement has followed quickly on the heels of the recent furor over their nuclear program? Unfortunately, western intellectuals often become naive in the process of rearing the lofty edifices of their minds. The fact is, we have an ideology on our hands which will be satisfied with nothing less than the annihilation of Israel. The deafening silence from certain parts of the globe on “the statement” can attest to this. Ironically, or tragically, we westerners will as usual be content to focus our attention on demonizing the American and British Zionist forces for their “immoral wars”. In light of the psalmist’s words that, “He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep” (Psalm 121:4), what we should be asking is, “why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing?” (Psalm 2:1).