HOT OFF THE SHOW! Siding with the Enemy

Okay, stop for a minute and just look at this picture. Ask yourself, would you be in favor of having small American children like this be in military training? Groomed to be a suicide bomber even as a child? Of course not! What does this alone have to say about the country that does such a thing? Negotiating with such countries is not the same as negotiating with a country like America. Two totally different worldviews can not see eye to eye. You have to know your enemy, how he thinks and 'negotiate' accordingly.

In an unprecedented agreement negotiated by Condaleeza Rice between Israel and the Palestinian Authority over a strategic border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, which supporters praise as a breakthrough for the Palestinians and their economy, critics say Israel could be facing one of the most dangerous times in its history, because arms are regularly funneled from Eqypt to terrorist groups in Gaza. We talked about this on the show today with Editor of the popular blog, Israpundit, Ted Belman and Myles Weiss our co-host on Middle East affairs. This news was covered by the media.

But, how many have heard about these two stories of siding with the enemy?:

#1 A delegation from the Presbyterian Church USA, headed by Father Nihad Tu'meh with Robert Worley went to Lebanon at the invitation of Hizbullah and met with the terrorist organization. Here were Worley's statements:

"We do not wish to defend the U.S. administration. We all elected the Democratic Party against the Republican Party. Rest assured that we will return to the U.S. in order to continue our activity for peace, and we want to hear about the charity activities and the cultural and social activities organized by Hizbullah in south [Lebanon]. The Americans hear in the Western media that Hizbullah is a terrorist organization, and they do not hear any other opinion. They know nothing about the party's concern for the people of the south. We have suffered much pressure on the part of Jewish organizations in the U.S. because [of our help in] divesting corporations working with Israel. We want Jerusalem to be a united city, just as we encouraged the Palestinians and the Jews to work for peace, and we demanded that our administration adheres to this position." (Thanks to Daimnation for this information)

#2 Family.org reported last week on the latest act by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that Schools Can Make Students Imitate Muslim Practices. A three-judge panel rejected a lawsuit by two California students and their parents, who challenged the way Islam was being taught in the Byron Union School District in California as endorsing a religious practice. They didn't object to their children learning about Islam; what they objected to was what they considered to be indoctrination.

"The students were put in the position of being more like trainees of Islam, rather than students learning about a particular religion," an attorney for the parents said. Classroom materials used informed the chilcren that during the simulation they would "become Muslims."


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