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Open Letter To John Cusack: Why this Jew-hater called me a Ghoul

Dear John,

Believe me when I say from the bottom of my heart, thank you for calling me a ghoul. To be insulted by someone of your caliber of dirt is nothing short of a compliment. The Jew-hating, anti-Israel rhetoric that you spew on a regular basis truly reveals how you feel about my people. But before I get into this more, I will put this letter into a more clear context.

For those of you who do not know, John Cusack, a man who thinks that because some people like his face and voice that he has a better functioning brain than everyone else, is someone who on a regular basis spews anti-Israel rhetoric. He is not someone who focuses on bettering the plight of Palestinians, making the world better or uniting people. He is someone who focuses mainly on the big bad Jews in Israel who have the unmitigated gall to think they have a right to survival. John Cusack is an actor, and someone I thought to be a fairly good one. When focusing on one role his played in particular, I am willing to admit that, based on his behavior in real life, his acting skills may exceed my previous estimations. The role I am referring to is from the 2002 movie, “Max”, in which Cusack plays the role of Max Rothman. Max is a wealthy Jewish art dealer-those damn Jews always have the money-who after losing an arm fighting for Germany in WWI, comes back to his home in Munich and befriends an aspiring artist also fresh back from fighting for the fatherland. This young artist, defeated and downtrodden, a former Corporal in the army, is none other than Adolf Hitler. Max makes some attempts to help young Hitler, but with Hitler’s growing personal misery and discontent, coupled with an outside faction trying to groom Hitler for politics, his struggle to help the young angry artist is a difficult one to say the least. Ultimately, in an ending in which it is implied that had it not been for one turn of events in particular, Hitler’s rise to brutal, sadistic leader and murderer would have been stifled, Max gets beaten to death by a group of Nazi thugs.

So in light of this movie, and the verbal onslaught by Cusack far more reminiscent of Hitler than Ghandi, I sent him the following Tweet on “X”.

It astounds me that you, as someone who played a Jewish man in the movie Max, in which Hitler’s henchmen murdered the same man for being Jewish, after he befriended Hitler, would be so off point and so on the wrong side of history regarding this subject. To which Cusack replied,

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You ghoul – you missed the whole point of the film – didn’t you?

I am sure he is implying that I like seeing people being killed, but like so many other Jew hating cowards out there, rather than stay and debate the issue, Cusack’s reply was a hit and run, as he proceeded to block me from his account. At least I know I got under his skin. But in light of his reply, I decided to try and figure out exactly what “point” it was he insisted I am missing.

Is it that war is devastating and that in many ways no one ever wins? No decent person on the planet thinks war is good, but not to go to war with Hamas not only insures Israel’s destruction, but it also insures that what would otherwise be innocent Palestinians will instead continue to be used as pawns of hatred and destruction.

Is it that the experiences of WWI laid the groundwork for even more devastation, and that brutality creates an even greater brutality that often comes back to bite the masses? Maybe. But does that mean the allies were wrong for bombing Dresden into oblivion and ultimately putting an end to the evil of Nazi Germany? Anyone who believes that is either an idiot, a murderer themselves, or to use Cusack’s word, an actual ghoul.

Or maybe the point of the film for Cusack is that Hitler was right? After all, everything this narcisistic delusional actor posts is so against the ultimate survival of Jews, one might think that he sees us as the problem. Of course I will probably never know for sure because even if he would have the courage to respond, I would likely not believe anything he says. At some point an individual loses all credibility.

Since all you are John is an actor who is using his platform to incite hatred against Jews worldwide, I will use a reference to another one of your movies to tell you what I feel is your best course of action. Maybe you should just shut up and not “Say Anything”.

Sincerely,

David Groen

Am Yisrael Chai

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Open Letter to Henk Zanoli: the Dutchman who returned his Holocaust medal

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Dear Mr. Zanoli,

Maybe it’s the fact that I am the son of Dutch Jews who survived the Holocaust and that I have an inherent faith in the people of Holland, but when I first heard this story I knew something had to be wrong.  Please don’t misunderstand me.  I know the Dutch are from perfect and that with the ultra liberal influence in the country it is certainly possible that someone could come to a misguided conclusion as to what is a human rights issue and what is not a human rights issue.  I also know there is a growing and increasingly powerful Muslim population in Holland which could very well lead to someone getting misinformation when it comes to events regarding Israel and Gaza.  I took all of this into account and subsequently remained silent when I heard of how you returned your Holocaust medal because you felt you could no longer hold the honor due to the death of 6 of your relatives from an Israeli bombing in Gaza.  After all, who am I to criticize a man of your courage and decency?

Mr. Zanoli, your actions speak for themselves.  You saved a Jewish child from the Nazis putting yourself in grave danger. That in itself should tell everyone that your intentions are good.  My concern here is not with your intentions but with the intentions of those close to you.

Sir, my mother is 92 years old and I often believe sharper than many people half her age, so unlike many others I do not have some preconceived notion that your age impacted your decision.  The only impact I believe your age has is in on your value system.  By that I mean that you have an old-fashioned and decent value system.   All this leads me to believe that in giving back your medal you did so because you felt the deaths of your family members in Gaza was an act by the Israeli government in direct contradiction with those values. What I am not sure of however, is whether or not you know the whole story.

I am truly sorry for the deaths of any and all innocent civilians, particularly the members of your family that were killed in the aforementioned bombing.  I truly am.  I am also saddened by any grief this may have caused you.  That said I am concerned as to whether or not you are aware of the unfortunate connection certain members of this family have to Hamas, an organization with ideologies similar to those of the Nazis.  Although the BBC made every effort to avoid telling this part of the story, your great-niece, the woman who married into this Palestinian family, has a brother-in-law who is a member of Hamas’ Al Qassam Brigades.  This is a terrorist organization committed to the death of Jews to the same extent that the Nazis were when you behaved in the courageous and righteous fashion that you did so many years ago.  My understanding is that her brother-in-law was in the house at the time of the bombing.  It has also been reported that visiting the home on the day of the bombing was Mohammed Maqadmeh, also a member of Al Qassam. To put it in a different perspective, Al Qassam is to Hamas what the SS was to the Nazis. Brutal murderers with almost no conscience.  Again let me say that you have my most sincere condolences for your loss, but I believe the presence of 2 terrorists on the premises at the time of the bombing is an important factor that can not be ignored.

Putting this in perspective, the allies killed at least 25,000 Germans in the bombing of Dresden.  Many were civilians who had nothing to do with the war. However, the enemy they were fighting was evil, and despite the close connection they may have to you, this part of your family consisted of, or interacted with people who were just as evil.  I am not saying the family deserved to die.  I would never say that.  But just like there were innocent people that died in Dresden to help preserve our freedom then, unfortunately there are innocent people that will die to preserve our freedom now.  It is just  an additional tragedy that they were related to you.

Mr. Zanoli,  there is no question that the innocent women and children that were killed this past summer in Gaza are tragic victims of a most unfortunate situation. However, with these new details coming to light they sadly may have been victims of the cynical actions of the members of Hamas who consistently used their citizens as human shields.  I am hopeful that you understand that these are people who would not hesitate to do this to your family regardless of how close they may seem to you and despite the decency you’ve exhibited in your life.

Once again, it is my respect for you and human life that makes me feel sadness for your loss.  I just hope the picture is entirely clear to you.  You at the very least deserve that much from people who may claim to care about you.

Sincerely,

David Groen

 

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Terrifying Intentions

Nuclear_bombHopefully the title is enough to alert you to the content of this post, but if not consider this a warning.  This report is very disturbing.  A senior member of the Islamic State in Australia instructed another member of the terror group to snatch random people off the street and behead them on camera. The terror sweep Australian police conducted yesterday uncovered the plot and at least averted this specific act of barbarism planned for the cities of Sydney and Brisbane.

It stands to reason that the United States and Britain are in similar danger.  I think it is safe to assume they have numerous plots in place.  It goes without saying that we hope and pray that none are successful but only time will tell if we wind up that fortunate.  In the meantime we all need to be diligent wherever we may be, be it a train a busy street, or even a sporting event.  I do want to make one important point though.  The time for these “clean wars” is over.  Yes it is a tragedy when innocent civilians die, but when evil takes up camp in a civilian population center we need to learn the lesson of the allies and Dresden and if appropriate even the lesson of Harry Truman and Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I don’t propose we wait for thousands of Americans, Brits or Australians to get killed.  I don’t believe we need to spend the years to come in fear for our lives. It is my belief that if any significant act of terror takes places we bomb them like the allies bombed the Nazis in Dresden, Germany in February of 1945, killing an estimated 25,000 Germans.  If that doesn’t work we do what the United States did to Japan dropping atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing as many as 160,000 people.  Devastation.  Tragedy. But the war ended and not only were the allies able to rebuild their lives, the Germans and Japanese were as well.

Some might say it is easy to sit in front of a computer and push the idea of killing tens, maybe even hundreds of thousands of people, but I believe it may wind up saving millions of lives.  No more “targeted strikes” and careful attacks.  If they truly do take the war to us, we need to decimate them.  If we don’t do it now we’ll need to do it later and a lot more people will die as a result.  Or even worse, they’ll wind up decimating us.

Believe it or not I don’t believe in war, however, I believe you do what you need to do to survive.  If we are to survive we need to pummel this enemy into submission before they are too strong to destroy.

 

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