Iran is an Islamic theocracy. It is ruled by Islamic law. Homosexuals are flogged or hanged, just for being homosexual. Public hangings are not all that uncommon. Neither are honor killings or stonings.
Iran is also training people in Iraq to more effectively kill our military. They are supplying the bombs. They support Hezbollah, which kills Jewish children without remorse.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the president of Iran. He knows this goes on and allows it.
Now consider this message from the left, as written by Michelle Malkin:
Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi, an Iranian-born activist whose dissident journalist father is jailed in her homeland, was appalled at the ignorance and moral equivalence of the leftists who paraded in front of the TV cameras with their Bush-is-a-terrorist paraphernalia. A few goons held a large banner that read: “Ahmadinejad is bad. Bush is worse.” (emphasis mine.)
Really. I am trying to come to grips with this idea. I can’t decide if it is stupidity, ignorance or just blind hatred of President Bush. It is, well, I don’t know how to even describe it. These are the people you avoid talking to, because nothing you say can penetrate the thick layer of leftist propaganda that smothers their logic. I pity them, and loathe them at the same time.
This gentleman, however, gets it:
Rabbi Avi Weiss, a Jewish Orthodox leader from the Bronx, gets it. Standing amid a small but sturdy sea of “Hitler lives” and “Never forget” placards, Rabbi Weiss told me: “The First Amendment means you have the right to invite in the arch-terrorists of the world. It doesn’t mean that you are obligated to do so — especially when this whole visit was initiated by the Iranian mission, and Iranian missions around the world are known to have fomented and orchestrated in the communities where they are.” Instead of being feted, Rabbi Weiss said, “this man, who is responsible for contributing to the killing of American troops in Iraq, should be served with papers and hauled into court.” (emphasis mine.)
This message is lost on the leftists present at the speech. Why? Anyone who would hold a sign saying Bush is worse that the modern day Hitler hates the military. I don’t say that lightly. I don’t say that without merit. They have shown a contempt for the military in their statements and actions. Our military has been protested in America by groups like this. Groups like this will not only turn a blind eye to Ahmadinejad’s support of the terrorists in Iraq, they will help him justify it. America needs to see these people for the America haters they really are and see their agenda.
it is hard to excuse the person who is more upset with Lee Bollinger’s challenging of the Iranian tyrant, than they are with the tyrant himself:
On my train ride home from Mahmoudapalooza, I spoke briefly with a Columbia University grad steeped in the Ivy League haze of non-judgment. She was upset and embarrassed — not by Columbia president Lee Bollinger’s bone-headed decision to legitimize Ahmadinejad at its World Leaders Forum. No, she was mortified that Bollinger had delivered his face-saving introduction challenging Ahmadinejad.
With childlike naivete, this Columbia alum told me: “I’m frightened by the polarity.” Which about sums up the majority view of academia and the Ahmadinejad excusers on the left: They are more afraid of standing up and calling out evil than losing the West, their country and their own lives to it.
You can excuse this as the ignorance of youth, but ask yourself this: where did she learn it?
