Posted by
J-GOP on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 3:10:27 PM
One of the reasons that many Republican loyalists are falling out of favor with their party is the realization that leading political figures are doing and saying things that go seemingly go against the grain of long-held beliefs. For example:
President Bush fails to secure the Mexican border, and embraces a Democrat proposal that would grant illegal aliens "pseudo" amnesty status.
John McCain co-authors the McCain-Feingold Act with Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold, enabling the 527 political designation and giving birth to far left political groups such as MoveOn.org.
Now Secretary of State,
Condoleezza Rice, a person who has long been considered a rising star in the Republican party, has shown the Jewish community and supporters of the state of Israel that this admiration may have been a little premature.
An article from The Bulletin of Philadelphia, entitled,
"JERUSALEM SYNDROME AND U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice", indicates that Rice now seems to have become emotionally aligned with the Palestinians in the Middle East. According to her remarks, the Palestinian experience in occupied Israeli lands is somehow analogous to her experiences in the segregated South during the 1950s and 60s. The article states:
"For Dr. Rice the struggle of the Palestinians is analogous to that of the Afro-Americans for civil rights, and she identifies with the Palestinians. She recalled what it meant to travel in segregated buses as a little girl in Alabama. She also compared the head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, to the Rev. Martin Luther King, because, in her mind, both were committed to peace. Rice views Abbas as committed to the struggle for Palestinian independence and, like Martin Luther King, opposed to terror and violence."
While Condi may be a highly-intelligent and scholarly woman in the area of political science, she is sorely lacking on the subject of history. She wishes to remain ignorant of the fact that Palestinians have consistently rejected peace with Israel. The best example was the Intifada of 2000 which started after Israel offered the Palestinians 97% of their demands to hand over currently occupied lands.
This position also ignores the many suicide bombings, and blatant examples of anti-Semitism over the past years promoting the killing of innocent Israeli citizens. Funny, but I don't recall Martin Luther King ever advocating that blacks during the civil rights protests of the 1960s blow themselves up in the public square. Wasn't his message "Silent Disobedience"?
Her lack of historical awareness and perceptions that are based on a false and oversimplified analogy, prevent her from seeing the facts objectively and dealing fairly, which are the prerequisites for statesmanship and the position of U.S. Secretary of State.
Once again, Jewish Republicans must hang their heads in disbelief, shame, and embarrassment.