Is the American Left the Puppet of Hezbollah Terrorists?
A protest march in New Zealand yesterday that turned into a small riot unfortunately exemplifies the leftist position on the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. That position has less to do with the facts of the conflict and more to do with the left’s irrational hatred for the United States and Israel.
Why does the U.S. enter in to the debate? In the developing world-wide conflict, the left is choosing to side with Islam because Islam, like the left, views Christians and Jews as the enemy. And unlike Europe, Christianity and Judaism are taken seriously in America and Israel. Consider that a primary target of yesterday’s march was the U.S. Consulate where protesters pulled down the American flag before clashing with police.
David Horowitz writes in FrontPageMagazine.com today that contrary to the drumbeat we are hearing from the left, Hezbollah fighters are not the innocent targets of Israeli aggression. The situation is, in fact, just the opposite. As Jennifer Griffin of Fox News reported a few days ago, Hezbollah terrorists have not moved in to occupy southern Lebanon because they live there already. She pointed out that women and children have often been casualties because it’s their husbands, fathers and brothers who are the Hezbollah fighters.
Hezbollah deliberately places family members in harm’s way to discourage retaliation for their attacks. And contrary to leftist media reports that Israel pulled the trigger first, consider that Hezbollah has built a complex system of tunnels in southern Lebanon that have been very well stockpiled with armaments in preparation for an offensive. This conflict did not just happen overnight.
July 24th, 2006 at 3:16 pm
Absolutely.