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From: bentway11/13/2009 12:30:11 PM
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Krauthammer: Why Can't We Just Say That the Problem Is Islam

By M.J. Rosenberg - November 13, 2009, 9:24AM

I'm going to write about Charles Krauthammer today without telling about the time he freaked out royally in synagogue on Yom Kippur.

I'll get right to his column today which is a diatribe against the media for not attributing the actions of the Fort Hood killer to his religion. Actually, I have noticed no such reluctance. There is hardly a story about Nidal Hassan that does not mention his adherence to the most extreme and violent strains of Islam. And that is the way it should be. His views matter so do their source.

But Krauthammer wants something more. He ends his column by quoting a headline citing a "Jersey City man" in connection with 9/11. He writes that the man's Jersey-ness is not the point. It's his religion. And the media should say it.

Interesting. Wouldn't the world be a better place if we went back to mass generalizations based on religion or race? . Obviously not. Would Krauthammer like these headlines, "Catholics Block Abortion Compromise," "US Defends Jewish Barbarism In Gaza," not to mention the old "Negro Accused Of Killing Woman?"

No Krauthammer would not like that (except the last one perhaps).

The man is a bigot. I suggest he recuse himself from writing on all issues that even tangentially relate to Israel (i.e. Islam). His subtext is always the same: look, Americans, Muslims are anti-American and violent. They also hate Israel. That is why you must back everything Israel does. Its enemies are yours.

That in a nutshell (good word) is Krauthammer's entire ideology. If it's good for the Likud party, it's good for us. He is entitled to his passion. But we can't allow him to mask it even if the mask is so utterly transparent.

NOTE: I WILL SOON BEGIN SENDING out by e-mail a weekly Friday column on foreign policy issues. If you want to receive it by e-mail, send your address to:

mjrosenberg8@gmail.com
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