Posted on 02/08/2011 9:46:48 AM PST by HorowitzianConservative
Bill Kristol is entitled to his optimism about democratic revolutions in the Islamic world. Perhaps the elections in Egypt will turn out better than those in Gaza where Hamas now rules a terrorist state; Iraq, which has instituted an Islamic Republic; Lebanon, where Hezbollah now rules a terrorist state; and Afghanistan, which is a kleptocracy wooing the terrorist theocracy in Iran. What he should not be doing as a conservative leader is demonizing Glenn Beck, who has done more to educate Americans about the unholy alliance between the secular left and the Islamic jihadists than anyone else. Kristol needs to apologize to Beck for comparing him -- outrageously -- to the conspiracist Robert Welch, and should be embarrassed by his own ignorance of the agendas of both American radicals and their jihadist allies. At this point in time, such ignorance is not only inexcusable but dangerous.
Here are some sources for Kristol to consult:
David Horowitz, Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left, 2004
Andrew McCarthy, The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America, 2010
"Radical Islam's Alliance with the Socialist Left" a section of DiscovertheNetworks.org
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Assuming the worst of intentions for them is the safest policy. I'm with Beck on this one.
Kristol is completely ignorant on this subject.
The question is, is it intentional.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2670021/posts?page=82#82
Bill Kristol, Rich Lowry and Joe Klein Gang Up on Glenn Beck
We all know there is an unholy alliance between the extreme left and anti-American extremists everywhere..but the Muslim Brotherhood did not..repeat..did not start the protests in Egypt...high prices, high unemployment and strong arm tactics cause them. That is not to say they wouldn't love to have a Caliphate or take over the protests. Which brings me to the problem I have with what Beck is doing right now...
Beck is giving too much credit and advertisement to a marginalized fraction of the population. Sorry..it's a dumb thing to do right now.
“and if Sarah Palin is elected his head will explode.”
I think you need to revisit Kristol’s stance on Palin.
Bill wants to be a TV contrarian like Krauthammer and can't heft he gravitas he is shooting for without missteps like this.
The only “side” that is right is that we should never have gotten into this mess. To translate, that means that we should have NEVER extorted U.S. tax money and given to either Israel or the sadistic torturer welfare bum, Mubarak.
Did anyone offer an explanation for the involvement of various leftist entities such as Code Pink, Bill Ayers, George Soros, GOOGLE (for crying out loud), etc. in the recent Egyptian unrest?
So we should believe that that muslim brotherhood is akin to the boy scouts and then when the middle east is observing Sharia law we’ll say to ourselves.......gee, Beck was right?
Democracy is indispensable to socialism. The goal of socialism is communism. -V.I. Lenin
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism .-Karl Marx
Showing the limits of the neo-com vision. Their secularism is a blind spot. As Mark Stein pointed out yesterday, the culture in the Middle East has become visibly more Islamic than it was thirty years ago. The PLO, originally secular in character, inviting even Christians into leadership positions,became more religious in Arafat’s last years. Hamas is just a louder version of the Muslim Brotherhood. Ditto Hizbollah. Syria is more openly an ally of Iran. Afghanistan is a lost cause, and even Iraq has become a fiery furnace for a Christian community that goes back to apostolic times. The Jews of Bagdad are all gone:soon it was be the Christians who are gone. How long will the Bagdad government remain friendly to the United States? Forget the technicality of the Caliphate. The Muslim world is reverting to what it was in the 17th century, reasserting itself against a weakening “Christian” world.
Beck has taken what we all have known for years (like he has done for the past two plus years without ever mentioning this website BTW) and announced it like it's all a sudden an epiphany of his own and is acting all freaked out about it...giving aid and advertisement to a fanning of the flames across the ME.
It's all very reckless...our state dept (which I'm sure is way to liberal for my taste) must be wondering what the h@ck is he thinking injecting himself into the situation like this....
Pure democracy is the road to chaos! Democray only works with-in a framework of strict limits.!
Yes. He is a Globalist. One Worlder. Beck is not. Kristol is a Bilderberger member if that gives anyone a clue. He is working to help form the Amero Zone eventually. USA, Canada, and Mexico. The NWO is trying to form up the Arab zone starting with Egypt. They think the Euro Zone is such a good thing.
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