How to identify “moderate” terrorists.
[Update a few minutes later]
The administration is joining with the “moderates”:
Fresh from announcing his quest for moderate Hezbos, President Obama’s deputy national security adviser for homeland security, John Brennan, has given a speech in which — after the usual pandering to, among other things, Islam’s purported dedication to the “aspiration” that we should all be able to “practice our faith freely” — he referred to his favorite city as “al-Quds, Jerusalem, where three great faiths come together.” Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit has the clip, here. As explained by the link Hoft provides, “al-Quds Day,” which is now cause for anti-Israeli demonstrations throughout the world, was actually started by Ayatollah Khomeini 27 years ago — as the “Day of the Oppressed.” (The real nasties in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps are called the “al-Quds” forces.)
This administration certainly does go out of its way to give our Israeli allies that warm feeling, doesn’t it.
Indeed. But I think that some of the rubes are starting to catch on.
[Early afternoon update]
Michael Totten explains why the search for “moderate terrorists” is a complete waste of time. Don’t expect tools like Brennan to get it, though.
Spot on by Robin of Berkeley. It is so amazing that we now have enemies of the state as part of the state. I know it’s been that way for a long time, but never so out in the open as now.
…and still the eyes of the majority of people are tightly shut.
Who can believe it when a friend or relative sticks a knife into you? That’s the kind of denial that’s going on.
Moderate terrorists? Radical Islam? Let’s just get rid of all the adjectives since they’re all just for spin.
…but let’s add more Marxist activists to the nine member panel that affects the lives of every American now and to be born.
“While it’s true that Obama appears to have numerous Jewish lieutenants, these comrades resemble Pam, not Laura.” This is completely unsupported. I suspect the article was written for people who take this assertion on faith. Pam: “”I wouldn’t care if Israel disappeared off the face of the map.” Anyone who claims that Rahm Emmanuel resembles Pam has absolutely no idea what they are talking about.
Pam is a radical card-carrying communist. Talk to someone like Pam, and you’ll find that they despise people like Emmanuel, Axelrod, and Kagen (and Obama himself) for being so conservative. But fortunately, the author does acknowledge that Pam is in the minority. I wish the author had emphasized what an incredibly tiny minority of Jews are anything like Pam.
On the other hand, the poll cited says “Fifty percent of the Jewish voters polled said they approved of the job Obama is doing handling US relations with Israel. Thirty-nine percent said they disapproved. “This rating is not good for a group of voters who are 59% Democratic to only 16% Republican,” the poll’s analysis noted. A majority of 52% said they disapproved of the idea of the Obama Administration supporting a plan to recognize a Palestinian state within two years. ”
So, look at those numbers. Then compare them to Israeli Jewish voters support for Kadima. Jews in the US and in Israel are roughly split down the middle on what to do next about the Palestinians.
As for relations between the US and Israel, look at history – by putting the amount of pressure on Israel equal to the amount of pressure that Obama and Pelosi put on each other, the Obama administration is just doing what the majority of US adminstrations have done since Israel was founded. No one can know the future, but I’d say that the American/Israeli relationship is almost as stable as the very strongest of our international relationships (US/Canada/UK/Australia/NZ) and that isn’t going to change.
By the way, Al Quds means “the Holy” in Arabic. Quick googling shows the the name has been associated with Jerusalem for a long time (it was used by the Ottomans at the height of their empire,etc). If you want peace between Jews and Arabs in Israel, what’s wrong with using Arabic?
If you want peace between Jews and Arabs in Israel, what’s wrong with using Arabic?
Because, as is pointed out, it has a more modern meaning and connotation. But please, continue to be obtuse.
I don’t think it does have *that* modern meaning. Yes horrible groups use the name but what do ordinary peaceful arabic-speakers call the city? (My guess: it depends where they live. I bet peaceful people in Cairo say “Al Quds” without rancor, but I really don’t know, and now I’m curious.)
Each person’s experience is different, but being a frined of the Tribe and having lived half my life in “Hymietown” (as Obama probably called it to fit in with Rev. Wright’s congregation, and before he decided a presidential candidate shouldn’t use such a term), I’ve known many Pams and Lauras, and the article rings true to me.
they despise people like Emmanuel, Axelrod, and Kagen (and Obama himself) for being so conservative.
This is the gift from our founding fathers. Being on the inside they are forced to appear more moderate (I have to choke on your phrase… so conservative.) Those on the outside can more easily show their true colors.
Oh, and they despise individuals in general… as does E, A, K and O.
completely unsupported
They just believe and work for the Marxist ideology… so yeah, completely unsupported.
Ken, I think I didn’t make my point clearly enough. The article suggests that Emmanuel, like Pam, wants Israel wiped off the face of the map. As you know, he worked as civilian auxillary to the IDF during the gulf war, and then there is his family connection to Israel. The contention that his attitude toward Israel resembles Pam’s is demonstrably wrong.
Emanuel was so angry at the president’s enemies that he stood up at a celebratory dinner with colleagues from the campaign, grabbed a steak knife and began rattling off a list of betrayers, shouting ‘Dead! … Dead! … Dead!’ and plunging the knife into the table after every name.
Yeah, sounds like a moderate to me. He may not want Israel wiped off the map. Even Marxist might admit that nobody’s perfect.
Laura voted for Obama because she denied his radical ties. Pam chose Obama because of his radical ties.
This is the key distinction. Which side does Rahm fall?