actually there's nothing at all ironic about fidel castro believing that israel has a "right to exist". this has got to be one of the more idiotic points that jeffrey goldberg has made since, well, maybe since his last post.
his point, such as it is, only makes sense if you believe that there are only two sides in politics, and that everyone one one side must agree with everything everyone else on their side happens to believe. which is a mind-bogglingly simplistic way to view politics. but i guess goldberg thinks that pro-life democrats, republicans who opposed invading iraq, republicans who disagreed with president bush about stem cell research, et cetera are all "ironic" too. there are endless examples of people disagreeing with "their side" on particular issues. irony is everywhere! only mindless partisanship (with only two possible parties) is non-ironic!
and that's putting aside the next level of stupidity in his post, his assumption that: (a) "fidel is popular among the members of the modern left, and (b) leftists, by definition, don't believe that israel has a right to exist and are in a "strange alliance" with " hardcore islamists" and "extreme rightists". both of those assumptions strike me as not just wrong, but really hilariously wrong. the kind of wrong that makes me shake my head and think that mr. goldberg is completely out of touch with actual living breathing progressives, or at least progressives living in modern times. (fidel castro being popular with the left? jesus. what year does goldberg think it is?)
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