From: melsant@vipac.org Date: Sat 27 Aug 2005 Subject: Support Israeli rule in Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim!(resendsorry) Dear Mr. President: On August 25 in the Crawford Texas Middle School the following interchange took place with your spokesman Trent Duffy: "...Q On the Middle East Prime Minister Abbas says Israel has intentionally tried to damage peace prospects by announcing plans to expand the largest West Bank settlement and after killing five extremists. What do you guys have to say about the expansion of Ma'ale Adumim as well as the recent violence? MR. DUFFY: Well we always denounce any violence and we urge both sides to exercise calm. ... " Mr. President that is not true. When American troops kill Islamist terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan they do so on your orders as their commander-in-chief. You do not "denounce" American soldiers for their use of lethal violence. On the contrary you demand it you praise it as bravery and you honor it as service to our country. For you to allow your spokesman to criticize Israel as it fights for its life against Islamist terrorists is not only hypocritical but is harmful to the American soldiers you have placed in harm's way. Every condemnation of Israel's fight for survival against Arab terror issued by your administration can and will be used to delegitimize the American soldiers you have sent to the Middle East. Such propaganda increases the vulnerability of the American soldiers there and exposes them to greater danger. Please consistently and volubly express support for Israel's fight against Arab terror. Supporting Israel's defensive wall around all of Jerusalem and its suburb of Ma'ale Adumim would be a first step in the right direction. That way your administration will be strengthening our allies in the war against Arab terror instead of encouraging the Islamist terrorists who threaten free people everywhere. Sincerely |