In February 2003 the following letter to the editor appeared in The Wall Street Journal. It made sense then and does now. It's thoughtful and timely as Cindy Sheehan and the bash-America first, most and always "peace movement" crowd assembles today in Washington.
______________________________________________________________
To the editor
In his Feb. 12 op-ed (The Antiwar Anti-Semites) Rabbi Michael Lerner says: “Imagine my surprise when I found out that I am banned from speaking at a peace really (in San Francisco) this Sunday.” The rally’s organizers banned Lerner, a veteran political activist, after he denounced the anti-Semitism of those on the far left who dominate the leadership of the anti-War movement.
While I admire Lerner for speaking out, I can’t imagine why he was surprised the rally organizers decided to silence him. Surely he knows that the far left, like the far right, tolerates neither dissent from its doctrines nor criticism of its leaders. The American far left would no more tolerate criticism of its anti-Semitism than the Communists and Nazis tolerated criticism of theirs.
Lerner says he will continue his antiwar activities. If one of those activities is a rally at which he speaks, I hope the rabbi will invite the participants to join him in asking God’s blessing on the protectors of their freedoms: America’s Constitutional government, its tolerant citizens, and its armed forces.
________________________________________________________________
Amen.
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Cindy's "peace activists" should say a prayer
Posted by JWM at 8:40 AM
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
I'm sure JWM is in error. Surely Rev. Jackson wouldn't attend an event such as Ms. Ciny's "Peace Rally" without using his good office to call on the Almighty to protect the military the "protesters" claim to care about and to give guidance and strengh to those who have joined her in this good work. Wouldn't he?
gkg
I attended the Cindy-show on Saturday and the rally for the troops on Sunday. Saturday's event was a cartoon and should have been held on Saturday. Sunday's event was moving and emotional particularly when listening to the "Gold Star" families talk about their losses.
On Saturday I asked several moonbats what they thought would happen if we pulled out now. I got nothing but blank looks. They didn't seem to know that Iraq would turn into a blood-bath. I explained to them that the Iraqi people were oppressed for over 30 years, so don't they deserve some consideration from a social justice perspective. Again, blank looks.
I also asked several about the inconsistency between their purported support of our troops and the large anti-military tents that were front and center. More blank looks.
What a cartoon.
Post a Comment