Al Jazeera.Info Endorses Democrats!
Here's an endorsement I'll bet the Democrats really don't want. Al Jazeera, serial apologist for Jihadis everywhere, A site called al Jazeera.info* comes out strongly urging people to vote Democrat.
Sen. Rick Santorum (R., Pa.) remarks at the National Press Club on Wednesday July 19th 2006 calling for regime change in Iran and described "Islamic fascism" as the "great test" of this generation, as threatening to the United States as last century's German Nazism and Soviet communism was inappropriate. These prejudicial remarks were derogatory, and highly unbecoming for a member of US senate. The Senator rhetoric in a public forum demeans both himself and the party he represents, particularly at a time when entire Middle East is in turmoil. Muslim of Lehigh Valley strongly condemned Senator remarks outrageous, inflammatory and un-American.
The Senator should know that extremists come in all faiths, and do not reflect the values and beliefs of the vast majority of the members of the religious groups to which they belong. The Senator's inflammatory comments do nothing to advance America's role in the world as the leading voice for tolerance and religious freedom and should be soundly condemned as election rhetoric and appeasing the neo-conservatives and American extremism ("millennial" or end-time Christians and Zionist zealots).
True to form, Senator Santorum has crossed the line and shows his clear hatred of Muslims. It is irresponsible that such comments are coming from someone who self-righteously claims to be holier than thou. Elected officials should be a voice of moderation and peace, not a voice of hatred and violence. America's image is damaged by such inciting and irresponsible rhetoric, at a time when we are trying to demand that other countries challenge their own religious extremists. All religious and political leaders should project true American values of tolerance and pluralism by condemning Senators remarks and his hate speech at National Press club.
Except, of course, that Santorum clearly did differentiate and singled out Islamic fascism, not all Muslims. So the author of this piece chooses to interpret that remark as pertaining to all Muslims? Who is the extremist here? But the part that I'm sure has Democratic strategists tickled pink:
By associating the words "Fascism" with the Islam is to instill fear and by not acknowledging that a political agenda is not the same thing as a belief system, Senator Santorum invoked the oldest and the strongest kind of human fear — fear of the unknown. Zionist and the pro-Israel lobby continue to instill fear in Americans by escalating unsubstantiated threats against them and fabricating a vast web of lies to justify their actions against Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran. By instilling fear of orange and red alerts we Americans have witnessed increased government intrusion into our daily lives and the erosion of our basic rights and freedoms.
Don’t ask Santorum to “apologize,” folks. Vote Democratic.
Santorum did not hang the tag on all Muslims. The author of this piece did, though. I personally wouldn't want the endorsement of al Jazeera if I were running for elected office. I wonder how happy Santorum's opponent is right now?
Not very, I bet.
UPDATE: Sorry, I jumped to a conclusion there, the site is not the al Jazeera television network, but another site altogether. Still not an endorsement I'd crave judging by their other content.
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A Newer World — July 26, 2006 @ 11:17 am
By Juaquin Salgado, July 26, 2006 @ 9:49 am
I’m absolutely certain that the left has played directly into the hands of the islamic fascists even better than had Osama or Ahmadinejad orchestrated it, and they are completely oblivious to this fact. It’s unbelievable.
By Give Me a Break, July 26, 2006 @ 10:56 am
Come on man. That ediortial is not from the actual Arab news outlet Al Jazeera.
This is Al Jazeera:
http://english.aljazeera.net
That site is a US based glorified blog. As the site itself says:
“This website, Al-Jazeerah.info, is not related by any means to Aljazeera TV station of Qatar. It does not aim at profit. All donations and proceeds are used…”
By Gaius, July 26, 2006 @ 11:20 am
That’s really funny coming from a site that always – every.single.time. – has taken something I wrote out of context.