Posted on 11/29/2005 12:49:34 AM PST by dervish
Great post dervish! Excellent reportage. Was this in NYC? If so, I am very, very, extremely sorry I missed it.
She gets it,big time.
thought this might be of interest.
also --
Oriana Fallaci and the War Against Islamofascism
This is the text of David Horowitz's speech given at a dinner organized by the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, when he bestowed the Center's prestigious Annie Taylor Award on Oriana Fallaci for her lifelong struggle against totalitarian ideologies. – The Editors.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20343
So weird seeing Fallaci praised on a conservative site...
Thank you.
Yes, it was in NYC. At the Republican Women's Club near Rockefeller Center.
What Italian will come forward to fill her shoes?That will be be a task.She is a courageous woman and it's a pity she can't run for president.
"At the Republican Women's Club near Rockefeller Center."
Oh, that is such a great place. I went to the "Right to Life Ball" there once. Wish I'd been there with you all.
I love Oriana! Thanks for the post! She does get it, and I have written to Bush to state my objection to his Israeli policy, but no response, of course. Maybe we need a petition, drawn up by an organization that he listens to, to get his attention. I realize there are things we don't know that he is privy to, but overall, this path looks to be a dnagerous one for Israel, and I'm ashamed that we are pushing them to continue it.
Other threads about Fallaci can be found here.
I agree, but it should not be (weird).
Truth is Truth, even when spoken by an atheist.
Ms. Fallaci speaks the truth as she knows it, and this woman has been around the block a time or two. I am personally inspired by her stand, by her bravery and by the message she is so inflamed about.
Would that our precioius Republicans in office had 10% of this woman's courage and dedication to speaking the truth.
Cheers,
Lloyd
Another useful idiot (Kember, the "Peacemaker" kidnapped in Iraq).
Oriana Fallaci is so right - we just don't get it. Or perhaps we refuse to get it because it would mean so many changes in our preconceptions and ideas about the world, and we've gotten comfortable with them, even though they don't work.
I wonder if those "assorted other" included those warriors who are forced to write under pseudonyms, such as Ibn Warraq and Bat Y'eor -- those, like Spencer, whose lives are threatened by Islamists on a daily basis for speaking the truth about Islam.
What a great honor to be in Fallaci's presence, and the presence of those who have sacrificed personal security to wage a life and death struggle against the threat of Islam -- and what a contrast to those, like Murtha, who choose security and denial over the future of their grandchildren.
Thanks for the report.
How large was the crowd and what was the gender mix? How did the audience respond to her?
"Moderate Islam is our invention. There is Islam and that is all." If the West doesn't accept this truth, we are doomed.
Oriani ping
Thanks for the report!
btttt
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