Posted on 07/18/2006 10:58:12 AM PDT by BigFinn
Implicit implications are a bit like unknown unknowns.
Apology accepted. Make a point of verbally assailing Mohammedans (or Moslems) both of which offend the enemy (unless of course you want to play along with the 'Religion of Peace' propaganda in hopes of not having to fight all of them, in which case calling them Muslims is fine).
Actually, the ones who are there to support Islamic jihad are being accused of much worse than that.
...you bear the burden of proof.
If this were a court of law (in the U.S.), and I were a prosecuting attorney, that would be true. However, this is FreeRepublic, and it is the court of public opinion. Sometimes the court of public opinion is more accurate than a court of law. (i.e. Did OJ do it?)
(Why would a "loyal American" choose to live (or spend a large amount of time in Lebanon)?)
Because Lebanon without war is a slice of heaven. Think of country with beautiful temperate Mediterranean weather without the ridiculously high prices of a French Nice or Riviera. The Mediterranean water even in the dead winter is still warmer than the Pacific Ocean - Imagine skiing on Mount Lebanon and within half hour swimming in the Mediterranean (not many swim in the winter, but you could). The food, women, and nightlife are awesome and the Lebanese people are warm and hospitable and know how to have fun. Lebanon would be the perfect retirement spot for me.
Think of all the American citizens who live in places other than the United States. There are tons of them. Ask yourself why you are targeting only Americans who live in Lebanon. Regardless, most Americans citizens stuck there now were there for vacation or business and do not live there permanently.
Thank you for bringing this info to the uneducated. Christians who lived in the Middle East have been quite useful to the War on Terror thanks to their language skills, and to their understanding (way before 9/11) that there are people dedicated to killing non-Muslims. To be lumped with the terrorists after all this is quite insulting until we remember people feel that way due to ignorance. I then remember not to take it to heart as we're fighting the same enemy.
Needs to be repeated over and over again.
Tuesday, June 15, 2004 1:59 p.m. EDT Heinz Kerry-Funded Web Site Praises Hezbollah
A Web site partially funded by Teresa Heinz Kerry offers a report glorifying Hezbollah (Hizbullah) suicide bombers as "deified in paradise and venerated on earth for fighting Israel" - and praises the terrorist group's support network for women widowed by their husband's "martyrdom" attacks.
Women's eNews.org still features the September 2003 report, written by Sarah Smiles, who's identified as a "WeNews correspondent."
Smiles interviewed a number of Lebanese women who were widowed after their husbands decided to join in the cause of killing Israelis and Americans.
At the end of her screed, the Web site notes:
"Women's eNews is supported by our readers; reprints and licensing fees; and the Fund for the City of New York, the Teresa and H. John Heinz III fund of the Heinz Family Foundations, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, the Rockefeller Family Fund, The Helena Rubinstein Foundation, the Sister Fund, the Starry Night Fund."
First noted yesterday by OpinionJournal.com, the Heinz Kerry-funded report reads like a recruiting brochure for suicide bombers. Here are some highlights:
- "Hizbullah has built up an impenetrable support network for the women. Through the Hizbullah martyrs' wives association some 2500 families in Lebanon receive a monthly salary, free health care and schooling for their children to the tune of $1,200 each a month.
- "'We do everything in our power to make them feel they are not missing anything,' says Mohsan Shaheen, a spokesperson for the association. 'Anything a martyr's wife wants, we will give it to her, basically, because her husband sacrificed himself. The only thing we can't provide for her is to bring him back.'
- "On top of sending their children to the best schools and universities abroad if they choose, the association runs vocational training classes and seminars for the woman and offers a dating service to help them remarry if they wish. ..."
Comments from Hezbollah suicide widows:
- "A staunch, pious woman veiled completely in black, Naji shows little regret about her ultimately fateful marriage.
- "'When I married him, I knew he followed the party. I knew I had a martyr at home,' she says. Leaning closer, she confesses her ambitions for her sons, the youngest of whom was a nursling when Aboud died.
- "'When my sons tell me: "I hope to become a martyr one day," I say: "I hope so too. I hope God chooses you as a martyr.'"
- "'Although a mother doesn't need to tell the son of a martyr to do it,' she says, 'she may guide him towards it, but really, it's innate. He automatically has a feeling that he must follow his father.' ...
- "Pregnant when her husband Ahmed Fadlallah was killed in a Hizbullah operation in 1999, Zoorgoof has struggled to come to terms with the loss.
- "'I tell my daughter: "your father is a hero." I take her to his grave. But this feeling of loneliness and despair ...' she says, her voice growing distant.
- "Since Fadlallah's death, Zoorgoof has relied heavily on the Hizbullah martyrs' wives association, which is helping her buy a house and pays for her to go to university, where she is studying Arabic literature.
- "'Hizbullah is like a family. It takes care of us, provides for us,' she says."
Thanks for the post. At first I thought, "what the hell am I supposed to do with this? IANAL?"
So dual citizenship for disloyal Americans is one more slam that America got from the Warren court, mostly. (Not that Burger was any better. He was worse). Funny, I was just looking at Trop v. Dulles in reference to Lt. Watada.
Also, I didn't say anthing about Marc Rich, I don't know why you're quoting me on him. He was obviously a special case of an operator trying to play jurisdiction games, not a citizen of divided loyalty, like, say, Afroyim.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
Fascinating angle!
More consequences of our screwed up immigration system!
We'll leave the emotion-driven ignorant bigotry to the DUmpster. If emotion-driven ignorant bigotry is all you have to offer, try peddling it there. They'll love it.
Schlussel's own page links that line to an earlier column of hers:
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/columns/column101104.shtml
I cannot find any reference to Spencer Abraham (whom I recall as being markedly pro-Arab) in her column. There is a link to a proposal of $268 million (not $86 million) in Hezbollah-controlled South Lebanon, but the link, to the Detroit News, is dead.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
Wayback Machine shows this:
Blocked Site Error.
http://www.detnews.com/2000/wayne/0007/11/d03-88722.htm is not available in the Wayback Machine
The State Dept. has always had a strong arabist contingent (and yeah...I know...the Lebs aren't arabs).
"Women's eNews is supported by our readers; reprints and licensing fees; and the Fund for the City of New York, the Teresa and H. John Heinz III fund of the Heinz Family Foundations, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, the Rockefeller Family Fund, The Helena Rubinstein Foundation, the Sister Fund, the Starry Night Fund."
Friends in high places...
So evacuating these "American" Hezzie supporters is going to mean picking up a flock of possible Trojan horses who will be sailing aboard our battleships? Wonderful.
Sounds like someone's plan, but doubt if they're that smart.
I think the law has been changed. I've read it before, IIRC, on the State Dept website...
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