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To: Sully- who wrote (24129)	12/19/2006 9:06:33 PM
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NEWT & THE FLYING IMAMS NEW YORK POST Editorial December 19, 2006 Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich - chief architect of the 1994 "Republican Revolution" that brought about the GOP congressional majority just ended by this year's election - made some news this weekend in his uniquely flamboyant way. No, not Gingrich's comment on Sunday that he's considering a run for president, but won't make a formal decision until next Labor Day. He's been talking of putting his hat in the ring for months now. It was his other notable statement - uttered Friday evening in front of a group of New Hampshire Republicans - that made the presidential talk tantalizing: In the matter of the six Muslim clerics who were kicked off U.S. Airways Flight 300 last month - after they were observed engaging in such suspicious activity as invoking "bin Laden," criticizing America in Arabic, making odd requests of the flight crew and (in three cases) buying only one-way tickets - Gingrich offered two thoughts: * "Those six people should have been arrested and prosecuted for pretending to be terrorists. * "The crew of the U.S. Air plane should have been invited to the White House and congratulated for being correct in the protection of citizens." Provocative? Yes. Unwarranted? No. Certainly, Gingrich helped focus attention on a critical issue: America's unwillingness, five-plus years after 9/11, to come to terms with the fact that Islamic terrorism has a face, and it looks very much like what the crew of US Air 300 encountered last month. This isn't to say that the imams are terrorists. Far from it. But it is to say that - to whatever purpose - their behavior was extraordinarily provocative. And three cheers to Newt Gingrich for saying so. All Americans interested in serious policy matters would do well to pay close attention to what the former speaker has to say over the next couple of years. He is both a professor and student of history: His knowledge of military and foreign-policy issues alone makes him a formidable voice in the ongoing national-security debate. Yes, as his tenure as speaker demonstrated, he has a real talent for letting his words get him in trouble. In that respect, however, he's hardly alone. Bottom line: Gingrich will improve the quality of the 2008 campaign debate. nypost.com

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