Rhetoricalism at its best.

I did not write this article. However, you should take the time to read it. Despite the article being written about Justin Bieber, I've found this article to be amazing considering the vast idiocracy of the Middle East conflicts, and how deception of other countries is either used to gain a positive or negative effect of Public Relations and sympathy. Just read it, you'll understand.



The teen pop star has found himself the latest political football of the Middle East.

Justin Bieber, in Israel to perform a concert in Tel Aviv, has found himself having to contend with more than just predatory paparazzi. Thanks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he’s also found himself ensnared in a sensitive bit of Israeli political diplomacy.
According to Netanyahu, a meeting had been scheduled between the Prime Minister and the heart-throb, at which Netanyahu had planned to host a few innocent children—victims of a recent rocket attack from Palestine near Gaza that left one child and a school-bus driver injured. He simply wanted to give them a “happy experience.” In the Prime Minister’s version of the story, Netanyahu cancelled the meeting after Bieber heartlessly refused to meet with the children.
The Washington Post reports that “Israel’s Channel 2 TV said Bieber had told Netanyahu’s office he did not want to make the visit political,” and thus refused to meet with the children to avoid taking sides in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
The only comment from anyone actually associated with Bieber, however, is from “Ronit Arbel, an Israeli spokeswoman for Bieber [who] denied the reports. She said there were never any plans — or even discussions — about a meeting with the prime minister.”
You have to hand it to Netanyahu—as far as tactical diplomacy goes, planting the Justin Bieber story is borderline brilliant. If Bieber took the meeting, Netanyahu would successfully harness Bieber’s fame to create global sympathy for Israel in their conflict with Palestine. If Bieber refused the meeting, Netanyahu could paint him as a heartless dick for refusing to meet with these rocket-attacked kids and achieve the same PR effect.
As appears to be the case, the alleged invitation never even took place. But that, of course, is beside the point because the conversation is already out there. This is wagging the dog at its best.
Netanyahu’s strategy has a lot in common with American Republicans: Once you start a conversation about “death panels” when debating Obama’s healthcare reform, it doesn’t matter that the “death panels” are a complete fabrication. Once a conversation is started, it’s very difficult to stop, even if it has no basis in reality.
As long as Bieber has been famous people have been saying, “That’s a lot to take on for a kid that young.” Managing fame, money and fans’ expectations is one thing, but navigating this kind of delicate political diplomacy is a whole other ballgame. If it’s a challenge for President Obama, it’s not even a fair fight for a pint-size like Bieber.





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Truth be told, I don't care about Justin Bieber, but it's kind of interesting how they use him to gain public notice. And what they say about the Republican 'death panels.'