The whole thing really makes no sense if one is trying to maximize the effectiveness of US trade. All the tariffs on Canada have done is force us to seek trading partners elsewhere. That helps us in the long run and does nothing but damage US trade.
I'm going by this,
Just like earlier, I didn't say that either (and will you respond to that post by the way?) I didn't claim it wouldn't hurt; I said in the long run it helps us to be forced to diversify our trading partnerships and depend less upon exports/imports to/from the US, and it would similarly hurt the US, though perhaps less so, and therefore it is a pointless exercise for the US to impose sanctions on Canada.
Well it seems as though a lot of money is spent lobbying representatives of the US government on behalf of their counterparts in Israel. What do you think all that money is intended to accomplish--or do you have any information to suggest that first sentence is inaccurate? I have no antagonistic intentions here, btw. I'm honestly curious. I'm trying to get a handle on whether one can establish the legitimacy of Omar's complaints and/or the merits of the accusations against her. Much of what I have seen suggests a conflation of criticism of the government of Israel and criticism against Jews but I can see how that could be tinged with bias and preconception and I am trying to sort out those shades of gray. At the same time, I am a little baffled by the so-called dual loyalty controversy since the first time I ever heard of it was in reference to her comments. I think this kind of thinking is anti-immigrant at its core whether it refers to Jews or any other ethnic group of immigrants (to the US, in this case), but whether this is what she intended or only that it was imputed to her, I don't know. I have had a very difficult time finding the text of the exact comments she made that caused the uproar. All I can find when I look is commentary and analysis about what she is perceived to have said.
I think you give him too much credit. I don't have many on my ignore list (because they keep getting banned) but that one ended up there a while back.
Am I understanding you correctly - you havent heard of the dual citizenship issue in our government until recently? And, are you saying its racist to bring it up, you don't believe it to be true, or?
Not dual citizenship. Dual loyalty. The accusation that some/many/all (take your pick) Jews living in the US may have questionable loyalty to the US because of a devotion to Israel. But this is in a country where loyalty pledges seem to be becoming commonplace, at least among (ahem) a certain segment of the population. My lack of understanding of this topic goes hand in hand with my total ignorance of what the "Jewish Question" is, and for which I have never received a satisfactory answer from people who trot it out (so long banned sucka). But I digress. I think this sort of thinking is the road to McCarthyism. What I am mainly claiming ignorance of is what Omar said specifically to suggest questionable loyalties among members of the government based upon their citizenship.
If I could give you some advice it would be to not let yourself go down this rabbit hole.
Perhaps so, but a simple factual answer to my last sentence in that post would be sufficient for me to ruminate on for now. The thing is, I've found lots of people referencing it, for good or ill, but I'm having an awful hard time locating the precise remarks people are concerned about. That raises a red flag in my thinking.
