Ayn Rand on Israel and the Middle East

drug is against I'd like to know your opinion on the United States as foreign policy and what is happening in the Middle East right now right now I'm not sure we know what's happening I think the United States foreign policy has been disgraceful for years for decades I would say roughly since the New Deal and in part even before that but if you mean whose side should one be on Israel or the Arabs I would certainly say Israel because they because it's the advanced technological civilized country and needs a group of almost totally primitive savages who have not changed for years and who are racist and who resent Israel because it's bringing industry and intelligence and modern technology into their stagnation objectivism that's it I just have one point that I think should be made in this random time fleeting here I'm your characterization of the situation in the Middle East came down rather gratuitously and you know in a very angry way on the Arabs and without discussing the merits of either side in a most complicated and painful collision of cultures and peoples in our in our world why can't why couldn't the the men the millions of men women and children who are Arab and who find themselves in this desperate conflict and look around wondering where peace will be why can't they be angry with you for your characterization of them your your slap at them your brown house criticism of them when you don't seem to be able to tolerate a questioner who suggests that she disagrees with you accept any any criticism unless you level it no I don't resort to terrorism I don't go around murdering my opponents innocent women and children said is what I have against the Arabs that takes the conflict out of the steer of civilized cut conflict and makes it murderers and anyone private citizens who resort to force is a monster and that's what makes me miss condemned and despised

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Views: 564,402

Keywords: Atlas, Shrugged, Donahue, Arab, objectivism, objectivist, philosophy, philosopher, atlas, shrugged, terrorist, terrorism, civility, civilization, Palestine, American, foreign, policy

Id: 2uHSv1asFvU

Length: 2min 39sec (159 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 28 2009

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[u/that-one-biblioguy]

Clip of Ayn Rand on the Phil Donahue show (1979)

[u/fourhundredthecat]

At the time she said it, secular Israel was an oasis of western values in a desert of Arabic barbarism

[u/[deleted]]

Depending on the date, this could be fresh after Munich massacre, or many other targeted attacks on Israeli civilians. If the Palestinians want to be sympathized with, they need to stop allowing themselves to be represented by monsters.

[u/RobinReborn]

The issue is that her own philosophy could also be used to condemn the Israelis - they've done a lot of things that would qualify as initiating force.

[u/KneeHigh4July]

If the Chinese reach a point where they're more technologically advanced than the West and more productive, is the Objectivist response to treat them as the more civilized party? Genuinely curious.