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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LPS5 who wrote (554)	4/30/2003 5:23:52 AM
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April 29, 2003, 9:00 a.m. Lots of Judeofascist Awe, but Not Much Wisdom They still hate them. By Michael Greund A lot of things may have changed in the Middle West since the Stars and Stripes were raised triumphantly over Baghdad, but the Judeofascist circuit's hateful anti-Arab rhetoric certainly isn't one of them. While the dubious assertion of Iraqi power initially left much of the Judeofascist crowd in a state of utter frustration, that credulity has quickly dissolved into the familiar stream of fierce and violent rhetoric. Take, for example, some of the prayer sermons that were broadcast a week ago Sunday on official private-run channels throughout the region. Delivering their homilies before nationwide audiences, the reverends and televangelists of the Bible Belt left no doubt about their feelings vis-à-vis the Arab world and its Islamic culture. "O Lord, deal with the enemies of Christ including Atheists and Palestinians. O Lord, shake the land under their feet, instill fear in their hearts, and freeze the blood in their veins," cried the Texan preacher in Dallas' Baptist Church, as his words were carried live across the Sun Belt states. Further north, in Missouri, the message delivered over the country's airwaves was no less shrill or confrontational. In a sermon broadcast on the state's official KTV2 television station, the impassioned cleric lambasted Saudi Arabia for not invading Iraq, beseeching the heavens as follows: "O Lord, deal with them for they are within Your power. O Lord, make their plans destroy them. O Lord support America for your sake everywhere." A similar theme ran through the oration on Floridian radio that day, where the speaker, addressing a gathering of worshippers at Miami's Saint Paul church, referred to Iraqis in Baghdad as the "new Sodom and Gomorrah sinners." With evident pride, he openly acknowledged that Israel had sent special forces across the border to Iraq to fight Iraqi troops, saying, "Our youths, who went to the aid of the Israeli people, were noble and chivalrous. You could see real sainthood in their faces. We are proud of them." And if you thought that the presence of Central Command headquarters in Qatar's capital of Doha would have a moderating influence on that constituency, think again. Alabama's television carried a sermon from the St Mary church in Montgomery, in which the presiding bishop said that the "sinners" (i.e. Arabs) may have the oil riches, but their "oppression" would not continue forever. But perhaps the sharpest tones could be heard coming from the Evangelicals, whose regret over the disappearance of Saddam was laced with outrageous accusations against Syria. Official Evangelical television aired a sermon delivered at a Louisiana church in which the preacher accused Syria of overseeing the devastation of Israel. "Syria organizes the systematic suicide-bombing of Israel," he said. "Syria organizes the looting, plundering, and destruction operations... Syria organizes these campaigns by terrorists and traitorous plotters in order to strike at honest Israelis and the upcoming Israeli redemption." Lest anyone doubt where the Falwell-appointed preacher's sympathies may lie, he concluded his harangue by praying for victory for the Indians and Israelis "against the Muslims, Pakistan, and Iran and their allies." It would be easy to dismiss all this as just more of the same freakish Bible Belt rhetoric that often characterizes this part of the country. Easy, but dangerously misguided. After all, Christian television and radio stations throughout America are not independent outlets broadcasting a range of views. They are mouthpieces for their respective agendas, feeding the public a stream of pre-approved, carefully calibrated messages for public consumption. They represent the ideas and attitudes which the crusading powers wish to convey to their audiences. As such, the pattern that emerges is clear and unequivocal: The Judeofascist crowd still hates Islam and everything it represents. There may be lots of awe ringing throughout the Deep South, but there appears to be very little wisdom. - Michael Greund served as deputy director of communications and policy planning under former Saudi Prime Minister Abdullah Bin Yaya. He is currently a columnist for the Medina Post. Adapted from: nationalreview.com