Playing to the gallery

It is the worst cliche to have Jewish Mossad agents being guilt-conflicted and
sensitive, full of self-doubt, and then after having killed for the good of
the State, on the orders of the Prime Minister Golda Meir herself, then
deciding not to return to Israel, to remain with the rest of the good,
sensitive Jews in the galut.
On what basis do the liberal American Jews, Spielberg and Kushner, who see
any killing as part of a dreaded "cycle of violence," decide that this is how
it should happen. In doing so they are not describing any actual events,
there is no factual basis for this, they are describing their inner
convictions. And how do they arrive at these convictions?
Some time ago I reviewed and described a book entitled, "The Oslo Syndrome:
delusions of a people under siege," by Kenneth Levin. Taking the pattern of
Jewish psychology through the ages, derived from the need to appease the
surrounding hostile Christian (and Muslim) populations, and to attempt to
identify with them, this liberal mea culpa could have been predicted. It is
so true to form, so consistent with previous historical patterns.
It is not only that the liberal diaspora Jews must deflect non-Jewish
suspicion that they might actually have different views to the non-Jewish
majority (for example, that Palestinian terrorists deserve to be killed), but
that they must find other Jews, less sympathetic ones, the ugly ones, who
don't share their galut mentality, to blame. It's those other ugly Jews, the
right wing Israelis, the "settlers," those who would murder terrorists as if
they deserved it, with conviction, without qualms, who are to blame, not us
good sensitive Jews who live alongside you, and would never disagree with
your deepest held sympathies.
I don't claim to be a hard, right-wing Israeli, who could kill without qualm,
but I damn well hope the trained Mossad agents are a whole lot surer of
themselves than the bunch of sissies shown in the fantasy called "Munich."
Some of you may think that I'm a little hard on poor Steven (although not on
the co-script writer Kushner), but I don't think so. By now I've read some 6
articles written by various experts on different sides of this issue (at least
two pro, that of Abe Foxman, and Eli Valley in the J. Post today) and frankly
it makes me sick.
It's not surprising that a very publicly self-confessed Jewish homosexual like
Kushner would not want to (be able to) show Jewish Israelis as strong macho
men, that would be inconsistent with his own bias. But, Spielberg, of
"Schindler's list" fame, who knows about the Holocaust, and should have
heard of the Levin book (it received a lot of publicity) should know better.
Not only do they not serve reality, since there is no reason to believe that
the Israeli killers were not every bit as determined and committed as their
quarry, but to present them otherwise is a reflection of their own
insecurities.
Nice Jewish boys just don't deliberately assassinate anyone (even if they are
diabolical killers). Better after 9/11 to let the terrorists kill us without
striking back, because doing so will only continue the violence and make us
as bad as they are. When in doubt, Jewish diaspora figures will always
engage in public self-emasculation.