Recently, an open letter by Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress, has been circulating the Internet concerning new US policy on the Israeli/Palestinian peace process and the current Administrations new found lack of support for Israel in the face of the rising nuclear threat coming from Iran.

The United States has been a strong supporter of Israel and their establishment of the Jewish State in the region since it’s inception in 1948. Before the liberation of Iraq, Israel was the only democratic nation in the region that we could call a strong ally. The support afforded Israel not only came from the US Government but also from a large majority of the American People.

Since entering office in January of 2009, President Obama has largely ended this support both in the peace process with the the Palestinian Authority and militarily as well, greatly reducing arms sales and support for Israel’s ability to defend itself from the numerous nations surrounding it bent on it’s destruction.

Because of the current Administrations lack of support for Israel, both Russia and China have made it increasingly clear that if a military option was implemented to resolve the current issues with an impending nuclear Iran, they would respond and have stated that any attack on Iran by Israel would start a new “world war”.

Alienating our allies by appeasing our enemies has become a regular tactic for Obama in his foreign policy. The missile defense shield debacle is a great example of how Obama believes that appeasing Nations like Russia in the hopes of furthering his agenda has backfired and only served to worsen relations with other Nations; Poland and the Czech Republic. After committing to the  canceling of the missile defense program in the hopes of more Russian cooperation with sanctions in Iran, Russia backed off and stated that the desired direction of the White House was “not within it’s best interests”. This not only weakened our ability to provide additional layers of defensive missile protection for our allies and US military bases and personnel but made the US appear weak to our enemies.

Now, in an effort to improve relations with Muslim Nations in the Middle East, Obama seems to be using the same tactic of appeasement; alienating Israel, our long standing democratic ally, in an effort to gain favor from Nations that more than likely will never become a true ally of the United States and have historically been increasingly hostile to democracy and human rights.

At some point, someone should let Mr. Obama know that France tried similar tactics 70 years ago and it didn’t work. The difference here is that, if the same result as what befell France happens to us, there will be no one to step in and liberate the American People.

We are on a dangerous road today. We don’t need appeasement and apology tours. We need a strong national defense and we need to send a message to those that would challenge our sovereignty, allies and interests abroad that you don’t F with the United States of America, period.

A great man once said, “Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the United States was too strong.”

We need to return to a stance of strength and steadfast support for those Nations who subscribe to the rule of law and natural rights.

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Dear President Obama:

I write today as a proud American and a proud Jew.

Jews around the world are concerned today.  We are concerned about the nuclear ambitions of an Iranian regime that brags about its genocidal intentions against Israel.  We are concerned that the Jewish state is being isolated and delegitimized.

Mr. President, we are concerned about the dramatic deterioration of diplomatic relations between the United States and Israel.

The Israeli housing bureaucracy made a poorly timed announcement and your Administration branded it an “insult.”  This diplomatic faux pas was over the fourth stage of a seven stage planning permission process – a plan to build homes years from now in a Jewish area of Jerusalem that under any peace agreement would remain an integral part of Israel.

Our concern grows to alarm as we consider some disturbing questions.  Why does the thrust of this Administration’s Middle East rhetoric seem to blame Israel for the lack of movement on peace talks? After all, it is the Palestinians, not Israel, who refuse to negotiate.

Israel has made unprecedented concessions.  It has enacted the most far reaching West Bank settlement moratorium in Israeli history.

Israel has publicly declared support for a two-state solution.  Conversely, many Palestinians continue their refusal to even acknowledge Israel’s right to exist.

The conflict’s root cause has always been the Palestinian refusal to accept Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people.  Every American President who has tried to broker a peace agreement has collided with that Palestinian intransigence, sooner or later.  Recall President Clinton’s anguish when his peace proposals were bluntly rejected by the Palestinians in 2000.  Settlements were not the key issue then.

They are not the key issue now.

Another important question is this:  what is the Administration’s position on Israel’s borders in any final status agreement?  Ambiguity on this matter has provoked a wave of rumors and anxiety.  Can it be true that America is no longer committed to a final status agreement that provides defensible borders for Israel?  Is a new course being charted that would leave Israel with the indefensible borders that invited invasion prior to 1967?

There are significant moves from the Palestinian side to use those indefensible borders as the basis for a future unilateral declaration of independence.  How would the United States respond to such a reckless course of action?

And what are America’s strategic ambitions in the broader Middle East?  The Administration’s desire to improve relations with the Muslim world is well known.  But is friction with Israel part of this new strategy?  Is it assumed worsening relations with Israel can improve relations with Muslims?  History is clear on the matter:  appeasement does not work.  It can achieve the opposite of what is intended.

And what about the most dangerous player in the region?  Shouldn’t the United States remain focused on the single biggest threat that confronts the world today?  That threat is a nuclear armed Iran.  Israel is not only America’s closest ally in the Middle East, it is the one most committed to this Administration’s declared aim of ensuring Iran does not get nuclear weapons.

Mr. President, we embrace your sincerity in your quest to seek a lasting peace.  But we urge you to take into consideration the concerns expressed above.  Our great country and the tiny State of Israel have long shared the core values of freedom and democracy.  It is a bond much treasured by the Jewish people.  In that spirit I submit, most respectfully, that it is time to end our public feud with Israel and to confront the real challenges that we face together.

Yours sincerely,

Ronald S. Lauder
President
World Jewish Congress

On April 7th, the Obama Administration announced it will be striping terms like “Islamic Extremism” from the central document defining the United States’ stances on national security. Evidentially, the Administration is afraid of alienating Islamic nations. Members of the Administration said that defining the war on terror as a war against Islamic extremism would be viewing Muslim nations through a lens of terror. I am of the opinion that doing so may not entirely be a bad idea. It wasn’t the IRA who killed almost 3000 Americans on September 11, 2001.

More and more these days, Islamic leaders are seeing a climate of tolerance in the western world. This climate of tolerance is creating an environment where they are no longer afraid to come out and publicly share their views on subjects like Jihad and the killing of non-Muslims. Below is a video of British Mullah Anjum Chaudri describing how he believes the killing of “non-believers” is justified. This is not an isolated thing as video after video of major players in the Muslim world have come out in support of the “convert or die” mentality.

Calling for Global Jihad…

Espousing the killing of the Jews.

These are but a few examples of what we are dealing with. These people believe that their religion gives them the right to subjugate and or kill you for not believing in their God. This fanaticism has driven thousands to strap bombs to their chests and blow themselves up taking as many as possible with them. This “Religion of Peace” convinced men that blowing up the World Trade Center and killing 2800+ Americans was justified because they didn’t believe in Muhammad. It convinced Nidal Hassan in Texas to massacre 13 Soldiers and wound another 30 while screaming “Allah Akbar” in the name of his religion.

In the month of March, 2010, there were 165 attacks abroad perpetrated by extremists in 15 different nations. These attacks killed 1300+ innocents and critically wounded another 2000+. They call it the “Religion of Peace” but as a friend of mine, Angelo of ConservativeRule.com, likes to put it, Islam is the “Religion of Pieces”. We know where these people came from and we know their motivations.

Islamo-fascism is sprouting up all over the globe. Most people understand that countries like Yemen and Pakistan are hotbeds for terrorism, providing cover for jihadist training camps and affording known figures in the terrorist world aid. What most people are not aware of is that this fanaticism is spreading everywhere like wildfire. Along with the Middle East and Northern Africa, groups like al-Qaeda now have a strong presence in Asian nations like Japan and the Philippines and there are known Islamic terrorist organisations in Chile, Honduras and Columbia as well.

Countries like Russia know the threat well. On March 29th, 2 “Black Widow” female Chechnyans with bombs strapped to their bodies bombed 2 Russian train stations killing 38 people and wounding another 64. An Islamic group from the Northern Caucasus region claimed responsibility for the acts. Russia is a country that has been hit especially hard over the last 10 years. Back in September, 2004, Islamic terrorists took 1,100 hostages at The Beslan School in in the North Causasus. The resulting bloodbath left 334 hostages dead, 186 were school children, and hundreds injured and many reported missing.

What happened in Russia was horrible and inexcusable but no one was hit harder in one single terrorist action than the United States. It’s amazing to me how quickly some forget that day. I remember it well; I watched it live on the television unfolding before my astonished eyes.

Our current government is so quick to denounce these facts that they weaken us. We are no longer to call an act of terrorism for what it is but instead, a “man made disaster”.

Nations like Yemen, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia claim to be against violence in the name of Islam but time and again have been proven to harbour, finance and spread terrorism. Whether it be through direct support or a lack of action, nations that allow terrorism to propagate should be held accountable. If a terrorist act was perpetrated by individuals from Yemen, trained in Yemen and allowed to live in Yemen then Yemen has some responsibility in the situation.

If we don’t hold these nations accountable for their complicity then the war on terror will never be won. Mr. Obama’s willingness to be soft on terror with his warm and fuzzy policies, entertaining civilian trials for those that conspire to kill us and his refusal to confront nations like Iran and their nuclear ambitions will only serve to weaken our ability to protect our homeland.

Iran is an example of how disastrous Obama’s policies could be. Because he drug his feet on the issue of Iran becoming a nuclear state, the material and technology they are developing could very well end up in the hands of a terrorist group bent on detonating a nuclear or dirty bomb on US soil. The resulting loss of life would be staggering and possibly reach well into the hundreds of thousands. Because of his lack of support for Israel, our only ally in the Middle East, nations like Russia and China have now come out saying that an Israeli attack on Iran would result in a “world war”. With the support of the United States, Russia and China would not have been so willing to attempt to tie up Israel’s ability to protect itself from the threat of a nation who’s leader openly calls for the total annihilation of their country.

The Obama Administration’s stance on terror is weakening us and could very well result in another 9/11 style attack on US soil. I pray everyday that it never happens but it seems inevitable.

We need hard lined policies designed to combat this threat to our security and to freedom and liberty world wide. Now is not the time to join hands and sing Kumbayah. Now is the time to take the fight to those who would hurt us. Now is the time to tell these terrorist harbouring nations that we will not allow them to stand by as Islamic terrorist organisations train and prepare on their soil. I can’t remember ever reading about any non-Islamic group detonating anything on US soil unless you include Bill Ayers or the Black Panthers. I don’t need to point out the connections there.

Now is the time to do what ever is necessary to ensure the security of America and free people everywhere. I don’t know about you, but if I knew someone wanted to kill me and I saw them rushing at me with a knife, I’d put em down first and worry about everything else later. This is life or death, not foreign diplomacy.

February 6th, 2010

The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a federal civil rights complaint against Lancaster, Ca Mayor R. Rex Parris on Friday. The pro-Islam group contends that Parris violated the civil rights of people everywhere when he made the statement that he was  ”growing a Christian community” in one of his State of the City addresses attended by Christian ministers at an event he paid for.

I understand the importance of preventing government from endorsing one religion over another  but it seems CAIR is only worried about civil rights violations when involving non-Islamic references. To say Islam is the religion of peace and tolerance is the over statement of the century. Not surprisingly, FOXNews.com was the only outlet to pick this up.

LANCASTER, Calif. — A Muslim group filed a federal civil rights complaint Friday after a Southern California mayor remarked that he was “growing a Christian community” in a state of the city address last week.

In a letter to the U.S. Justice Department, the Council on American-Islamic Relations claimed Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris violated the civil rights of non-Christians and shouldn’t have used his official capacity at a city event to advance a particular religion.

The civil rights group also said Parris referred to an April ballot measure that would endorse prayer at city meetings without restricting its content, including references to Jesus Christ, as a way to “validate a Christian stance.”

Such a mixing of church and state is “unhealthy, unconstitutional and very divisive,” said Hussam Ayloush, executive director of CAIR in greater Los Angeles.

“The role of any faith, of religion in general, is needed as much as the role of government… Our concern is when the wall of separation is blurred,” said Ayloush, whose letter requested a Justice Department investigation.

Parris, who was elected mayor in 2008, said he made the comment in a speech to Christian ministers at an event he paid for and thought it was appropriate. He said he was sorry if anyone was hurt by the remark, which was not his intent.

“I think it is totally ludicrous,” Parris said Friday. “Something very dangerous is happening in America when a profession of your faith can end up in actual government hearings.

“All of us get to express our opinion wherever, whenever we want to, including opinions of faith, and that is what I did and that is what I will continue to do.”

So at what point are we going to recognize this for what it is? If a newspaper dares to publish a cartoon depicting Muhammad, a religious fatwa is issued calling for the death of the author. At the same time, no one within CAIR ever stepped up and stood to protect the civil rights of the two beautiful girls in the picture above. Because of a perceived slight that their father thought they perpetrated on him, they ended up being found brutally murdered in the back of their fathers taxi cab after one of the girls managed to place a call to 911 implicating her father before she died from 9 gunshot wounds.

17 year old Sarah and her sister Amina, 18, had a bright future snuffed out by what happens over 5,000 times a year within Muslim communities world wide. I’d like to see CAIR work on their internal issues with the civil rights of their own Muslim women who have been repressed and abused for hundreds of years. Something about a mote and a splinter?