I'm an anti-war, yellow-dog Democrat -- and a Zionist, too

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Friday July 14, 2006 · 7:05 AM PDT

2006/07/14 · 07:05

My family on both sides came from Armenia and three generations of us settled in Lebanon; I was born in Beirut during that time.

I've also lived and worked there as an adult. I've spent time in the coastal cities of Lebanon as well as the mountains and valleys near the Syrian border. So it's fair to say that I have some interest in what's happening over there.

Not only that -- I have lived half my life as a Jew and I am what you would call a Zionist. You got a problem with that? Too bad.

As an Armenian and a Jew, I have a perspective that is, shall we say, sensitive to the possibilities of genocide and Holocaust. And my children, even more so.

But wait -- there's more:

I am also an anti-war Democrat -- in fact, I would rather vote for a yellow dog than vote for a Republican.

Got it? Good, because you're probably not going to like what I say next:

Israel's fight is one for independence and freedom; it is also a fight for survival. Their fight against Hezbollah and Hamas is not the same as our occupation of Iraq. Theirs is a war of necessity -- one of survival. As for the US, I have no idea what our "adventure" in Iraq is about anymore, but I do know this: Israel's fight is far different than our occupation of Iraq.

So wrap your mind around that: I'm a yellow-dog, anti-war Democrat and a Zionist. There aren't many of us out there.

But that doesn't matter -- like Gandhi said, "Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth."

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