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What? "advanced an argument in support of the motion that “Israel is a rogue state” that would have made any Israeli diplomat proud"? Could Israeli diplomat so "humble" as to be "glad to be deprived of self-esteem"? You support the view that "Israel is a rogue state" and the diplomat of Israel be proud of you?

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For Gabriel Latner, a 19-year-old, second-year law student from Toronto, advanced an argument in support of the motion that “Israel is a rogue state” that would have made any Israeli diplomat proud.

More:
http://www.jpost.com/International/When-Gabriel-Latner-turned-tables-on-the-Israel-bashers

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

NL888What? The logic of the expression?

I don't understand your question.

NL888 · Answer

About the logic of the expression "advanced an argument in support of the motion that “Israel is a rogue state” that would have made any Israeli diplomat proud"

It looks like to say that you hold the point of view that "America is a rogue state/a bad country" and American diplomats will be proud of you. That is ridiculous.

Now "(you) advanced an argument in support of the motion that “Israel is a rogue state” that would have made any Israeli diplomat proud" (you give the evidence/your judgement to support the standpoint that "Israel is a bad country") and this standpoint made Israeli diplomats proud of you.

It cannot hold water.

Fivejedjon · Answer

For Gabriel Latner, a 19-year-old, second-year law student from Toronto, advanced an argument in support of the motion that “Israel is a rogue state” that would have made any Israeli diplomat proud.

I think NL888 is puzzled by the apparent strangeness of this situation. You would not expect an Israeli diplomat to be proud of making an anti-Israeli argument.

The explanation is to be found in the article itself. There is no paradox.

What? The logic of the expression?

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