...somehow, barbarism, often cloaked in the language of "resistance," has gained acceptance in the most elite circles of our society. The words "war on terror" cannot be uttered today without fear of offense. Civilized society, so it seems, is so numbed by violence that it has lost its gift to be disgusted by evil.Read the whole thing.
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This mentality of surrender then worked its way through politicians like the former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. In July 2005 he told Sky News that suicide bombing is almost man's second nature. "In an unfair balance, that's what people use," explained Mr. Livingstone.
But the clearest endorsement of terror as a legitimate instrument of political bargaining came from former President Jimmy Carter. In his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," Mr. Carter appeals to the sponsors of suicide bombing. "It is imperative that the general Arab community and all significant Palestinian groups make it clear that they will end the suicide bombings and other acts of terrorism when international laws and the ultimate goals of the Road-map for Peace are accepted by Israel." Acts of terror, according to Mr. Carter, are no longer taboo, but effective tools for terrorists to address perceived injustices.
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The media have played a major role in handing terrorism this victory of acceptability. Qatari-based Al Jazeera television, for example, is still providing Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi hours of free air time each week to spew his hateful interpretation of the Koran, authorize suicide bombing, and call for jihad against Jews and Americans.
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At my own university, UCLA, a symposium last week on human rights turned into a Hamas recruitment rally by a clever academic gimmick. The director of the Center for Near East Studies carefully selected only Israel bashers for the panel, each of whom concluded that the Jewish state is the greatest criminal in human history.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
'The normalization of evil'
Judea Pearl, father of the late Daniel Pearl who was murdered by Islamist terrorists in Pakistan in 2002, takes a whole host of people to task in a Wall Street Journal column, including Barack Obama prototype Jimmy Carter.
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I have to think that the root of our troubles comes from the UN.
Idealistic beginnings, but the long march through it has seen it become an instrument of real repression and hypocrisy.
Again, thank god for the blogosphere.
I wonder when they'll stamp down ?
That she, of all people, should have to suffer the "in your face" indignity of a Hamas recruitment rally is appalling.
We need to absolutely rise and put down our foot... and stop listening to the MSM advise us to be "politically correct." We have every right to shout, "Traitor! Traitor!" to Obama and alll his followers trying to normalize evil.
Islam is more evil than Nazism.
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