What Must Be Clarified To Supporters Of Gunter Grass

Artists infected with the sickness of Jew phobia aren't all that unique. Names that come to mind include Richard Wagner, Ezra Pound, and Cat Stevens. When Emile Zola wrote J'Accuse, the Parisian community of Impressionist painters divided sharply over the guilt, or innocence, of the French officer, Dryfuss (a Jew found innocent with the subsequent discovery of evidence that should have been uncovered far earlier).

It seems clear that art, even great art, can be produced by individuals stained by the pathology of Jew-hatred. Today, artists so afflicted are generally aware that their sickness has come increasingly under the microscope of psychologists. For this reason the German sicko, Gunter Grass, tries to sell his anti-Semitism with his poem's title proclaiming, "What Must Be Said." In other words, you, who share my dislike of Jews and Israel, should not shy away from expressing those same feelings we applauded when some of us served in the SS.

Besides pointing out what is so clearly obvious about the nature of Gunter Grass, let us also address his nonsense. First, there is his concern that Israel may launch a strike against Iran. Clearly, Mr. Grass has little concern over existential threats to Israel. Was Grass also aghast when Israel took out Saddam Hussein's atomic reacter?

The impulse towards pacifism is a noble one, but as WW II demonstrated, it can be far more deadly than timely confrontation. The loss of life in WW I (the war to end all wars) was horrendous. It was not something the European nations ever wanted to see repeated. Again they put their faith in treaties; especially, treaties that would defang Germany. Unfortunately, when Hitler chose to disregard those treaties, the Europeans, in their aversion to military action, chose to dawdle. Ultimately, when confrontation could no longer be avoided, the price for such confrontation -- in terms of human lives squandered -- became far greater than it need have been if Hitler had been confronted earlier.



For readers who don't quite understand some of the other issues that distract the left, the NY Times helps out with the following line, "In Germany, as elsewhere in Europe and in the United States, the conflict with the Palestinians has earned Israel its share of detractors." Might this not have been written better as follows: In Germany, as elsewhere in Europe and in the United States, the left has generally sided with the Palestinians in the struggle that has kept these two parties from achieving peace. But, no, that's not the NY Times. No, indeed. In its conflict with the Palestinians, it is Israel, according to the Times, that has "earned" its detractors. How, pray tell, does one go about innoculating a newspaper?