Boy I'm angry. I think I'll kill a Jew

For the past 2000 years or more, it seems that every time something goes badly for a person or group of people, the logical remedy is to kill Jews. I'm not really sure why. Do we die better than most? Do you think it will get you brownie points from your heavenly host? Will it solve all your problems? I doubt all of that, but for the life of me I can't find an answer I can live with.

There just doesn't seem to be any apparent logic.

Yesterday, in New York City, four men were arrested for planning to bomb a Bronx synagogue, a Jewish community center in Riverdale, and to shoot down US military jets with guided missiles.

That might not seem like much of a story to you, but here's the part of the story that really got to me. The reason that these misguided fools decided to bomb two Jewish landmarks was because one of the four co-conspirators was angry that his family, who are Muslims in Afghanistan, aren't being treated nicely there.

Well, I don't know about you but that seems like a perfectly good reason to bomb two Jewish facilities in New York City and kill lots of innocent people. That's really going to show those Afghanis who aren't being nice to Muslims a thing or two. Once they hear that some idiots in New York killed a few hundred Jews to send them a message, boy are they going to start shaking with fear -- just as soon as the partying is over.

I only wish that the Jews were the problem in Afghanistan. If they were, then we could get things wrapped up quickly over there. Jews, generally speaking, are not crazed people who want the world to accept their religion and their ways or die. Okay, there may be a few that do but 99.99 percent of the Jews ignore them.

So, how exactly, did these four fools (and they really are fools) come to the conclusion that by killing Jews they would be making a statement on the war in Afghanistan?

News flash to all you fools out there: the problems in Afghanistan have nothing to do with Jews. If you are angry at Afghanistan and you feel the need to kill someone, why don't you find a member of the Taliban and give it to him between the eyes? I don't advocate violence but at least that would be logical or sequential violence.

These four hoodlums also wanted to bomb US military planes. And once again, I am left to ask the same question. What would be the point of that? The US, regardless of how misguided and intrusive it might be, is trying to make Afghanistan a safer place for people of differing religions to co-exist. Didn't any of these guys do an ounce of homework? Oh don't bother answering that question.

Who the hell makes a political point by murdering the powerful, influential people trying to help them?

Killing innocent Jews I can almost understand because it is such old news. We have so been there and done that. That lack of logic doesn't even phase us Jews anymore. "Oh, you lost your job today? That's too bad. Hey, why don't you go out and kill a Jew. That will definitely make you feel better. It's been working for a few millenia already."

That's what makes Israel so important to some Jews -- not all Jews get it and not all Jews care. Chances of being blown up in Israel by a citizen of the country are relatively slim. Without Israel we Jews wouldn't stand a chance -- eventually everyone will have a bad day that they will conveniently blame on the Jews and then it's just a matter of time until they buy the tools necessary to blow us up wherever they can find us.

The bottom line is that these guys were caught before they could inflict much damage. But it goes to show once again that there are so many people out there who think that all the world's ills will be resolved if they just get rid of the Jews. My piss and vinegar side says: "Go ahead. Try it". But then I have to remind myself that they already are!!

And while the FBI caught this little ragtag group, the logic behind their thinking is still running rampant out there. One group down, millions more to go. And in the meantime, I am just hoping that everyone has a decent enough day to keep them from the inevitable conclusion of a bad day.