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Posted on 8/28/2004, 9:16:40 PM by Cincinna
Waffling and 'sensitivity' won't beat terror THE JERUSALEM POST Aug. 26, 2004
Why George W. Bush has earned the support of American Jewry
Why should Jews want the re-election of George W. Bush? Let's start with the removal of Saddam Hussein, his resolve in fighting Islamic terrorists, his unequivocal support for Israel's government and people, his willingness to confront the appeasers of terror in the United Nations, and his steadfast commitment to the principle of prevention.
The case for George W. Bush is the case for a clear and consistent US foreign policy. In three and a half years, President Bush has done more for Israel than any other president in the last 50. And, unlike his opponent, he has never wavered, vacillated, or equivocated in his support.
For all practical purposes, national security and defense are among the few issues that truly fall under presidential power.
Budgets, taxes, spending programs are crafted and approved by Congress. Nor do presidents determine social policy - including such contentious issues as abortion and prayer in school. Congress makes the laws, and it is up to the Supreme Court to interpret them. A president cannot even determine the makeup of the Supreme Court. Just ask Robert Bork and all the judicial nominees rejected by the Senate over the last few decades.
In fact, about the only almost unchecked power a president does have today is in foreign policy. When it comes to national security and international relations, what a president says and what a president does is taken seriously.
So when Senator John Kerry says we have to be more "sensitive" in our efforts against those who fly planes into skyscrapers on American soil, or those who send children to blow themselves up in crowded Israeli restaurants and buses, exactly what message is he sending? Kerry's philosophy, also held by the man he first mooted as a "special Middle East adviser," Jimmy Carter, is based on "consensus-building." But how do you build consensus with people who support the destruction of our land and our people? "War is not the answer" is an easy bumper sticker to display, but it is hardly an effective foreign policy for a peaceful world in the 21st century.
When President Bush declared war on global terrorism, America's agenda became Israel's agenda, and vice versa. The words he used at this year's AIPAC conference were direct, blunt, and unwavering: "Freedom-loving people did not seek this conflict. It has come to us by the choices of violent men, hateful men... Israel longs for peace. America longs for peace. Yet there can be no peace without defending our security. There is only one path to peace and safety. America will use every resource we have to fight and defeat these enemies of freedom."
In a survey my firm conducted for the Hudson Institute, beating terrorism is the single greatest priority in America today. The president adopted Israel's approach for fighting terror - bringing the fight directly to the doorsteps of every terrorist network, no matter where their disciples may hide. And just as Israel's non-sensitive approach has reduced a flood of deaths by terror to a trickle, there has not been a successful terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11.
Now compare that language and approach with Senator Kerry's speech at the Arab American Institute National Leadership Conference last October. "I know how disheartened Palestinians are by the Israeli government's decision to build a barrier off the Green Line, cutting deeply into Palestinian areas," said Kerry. "We do not need another barrier to peace."
To be fair, Kerry did eventually recognize that the fence was a "legitimate act of self-defense." But hundreds of Israelis had been murdered before Kerry decided to parrot Palestinian propaganda. Is that what the Jewish community wants in their president - someone who flips one way and another as Israeli blood is being spilled? This type of political tiptoeing has even loyal Democrats nervous. They fear that an absence of conviction will reveal an absence of strength and leadership.
Another significant difference between the two candidates is their world view. Senator Kerry has argued that US policy needs to be more attentive to and respectful of the Europe Union and the United Nations, the same bodies who turn a blind eye to global anti-Semitism and terrorism.
It should not be surprising what happens when Kerry's world view is applied to the Middle East. In his 1997 book The New War, Senator Kerry wrote, "Terrorist organizations with specific political agendas may be encouraged and emboldened by Yasser Arafat's transformation from outlaw to statesman." What a warm, gracious tribute to a despot who bankrupted his own people, broke every commitment made at Oslo, supplied illegal arms and funding to terrorist organizations, and has allowed subordinates to rain down incessant violence on innocent Israelis.
You will not hear President Bush echo such sweet language about Yasser Arafat. Sure, his words are often simple and his world vision relatively black and white - but that's a value Jews should appreciate. In the war against terror, moral clarity is an asset, not a liability. The Bush approach is founded on a very simple principle: The best way to pursue peace is to maintain strength.
Not since the Yom Kippur War has an American president mattered more to the safety and survival of the Jewish state.
President Bush's support for Israel, and the greater war on terror, is not a stand-alone issue. It defines his entire agenda, domestic and foreign. Terrorism has already adversely affected jobs, taxes, and other important domestic concerns. Staying the course in these troubled times will indeed test who we are as a nation and as a people. The fact is, we cannot have economic or personal security without national and homeland security.
George W. Bush gets it. With unequivocal opposition to Palestinian terrorism, his public declaration that some areas of Jerusalem and the West Bank must remain under Israeli control, the public rejection of the Palestinian "right of return" claims, and the elimination of one of the great sources of evil in the Middle East, this president has earned the support of the Jewish community.
The writer, a vice-president at Luntz Research Companies and an adjunct professor of communications at Pepperdine University, was the Southern California director of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
It's about time!
MEGA-
Stay Strong
Fuzzy
I'd like to think this was true, but several recent polls show Bush doing no better among the jewish vote than last time.
Thanks! I have been battling some dims on another site who are convinced that I am a "racist" for backing Israel against the Islamofacists.
Too much time on my hands, apparently.
I saw Alon Pincus on Fox this afternoon,and he believes GWB will get 10% more of the Jewish vote than he got in 2000.
If in battleground stated like Ohio, Florida and Nevada, it could be very important.
Does anyone have any polling info?
Alas you are correct. Bush does terrific with the Jewish people in Israel but not here in the U.S.
When I traveled there, we met many who talked about the fear of WWIII and how Israel didn't want to be in the center of it.
Earning is not the same as getting.
But according to Pinkus Bush will be lucky to get 30% of the Jewish vote. Some loyalty and appreciation that is.
just like the way W has treated the crimminal puppet backed by the russians, lord arafat. kerry, like clinton and carter, would treat this guy like a king.
Someone, please forward this great article to the attention of the LA Slimes! If their many Jewish readers see this, they may change their minds about Kerry, the traitor.
In fairness, this is a harangue aimed at those American Jewish voters who habitually pull the Demo lever, which is most of them. The writer doesn't assert that Jews will give GW the support he deserves.
Shalom you morons.
That's hard to understand. Democrats always side with the anti-Jew's in Europe.
The communist party, the party responsible for the Holocaust, supports Democrats.
Why do they vote for their enemies?
I don't understand their motive to do so. It's like a death wish. Why would they do that?
What is it that rewards them? What's the logic?
Is there a survey out there?
It is ok, as a matter of fact necessary, to discriminate racially. Not doing so will get you killed.
"I don't understand their motive to do so. It's like a death wish. Why would they do that?
What is it that rewards them? What's the logic?"
It's anything but logical.
I think it's emotional and I think it has something to do with the socialization and mores of American Jews. The ones I know are gentle people who want to live peacefully in a gentle world. Not the kind of folks who apply to Ranger school in other words. Their impulse is to settly any argument by talking, not by picking up a tire iron.
I know there are some tough Jews in this world but I think most of them are in Israel.
BUMP
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