THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume VI, Issue # 144, July 3, 2004
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
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PREACHERS OF HATE: ISLAM & THE WAR ON AMERICA
By Kenneth Timmerman
FULL STORY:
My two most recent books, Preachers of Hate: Islam and the War on America and The French Betrayal of America are
a reporter's journey through Europe and the Middle East, including meetings with "preachers of hate" and "ayatollahs of intolerance,"
both in the Middle East and in France.
A FAMILIAR KIND OF HATE
Preachers of Hate is a book about anti-Semitism, written specifically for non-Jews to enable them gain a better understanding
of what has been pervading the Middle East and Europe. Americans of all faiths need to realize that when Jews get attacked around
the world, it puts all Americans at risk, both abroad and in the United States of America. September 11, 2001, taught the lesson that
America is at war with radical Islam. Islamists hate the United States of America, the first liberal [i.e., constitutionalist and democratic]
empire in the history of the world, because it is free. The Islamists believe that the U.S.A. must be destroyed.
The roots of this hatred lie in works such as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which, despite being a forgery, is believed to
be true even by intelligent Islamists. These radicals believe Jews are attempting to take over the world, rule the banking, sex, and film
industries, and are responsible for both World War I and World War II. The Holocaust is termed a work of fiction that was exploited
by Jews to create the racist, Zionist State of Israel.
ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST
As stories of Jewish plots become increasingly accepted in Muslim societies, so too does the idea among Muslims that Jews do not
have the right to exist in Israel or anywhere on earth. Organizations that represent this way of thinking are steadily growing in strength;
Hizbullah, Hamas, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad are just the most obvious examples.
The phenomenon of anti-Semitism is obviously not new. Jews are often the first to be attacked, particularly when there are no other
major targets. The saturation of anti-Semitism in the Middle East is the source from which Osama bin Laden and his terrorists have
emerged. A disturbing and not well-known fact is that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Hitler's voice in the Arab world during World War
II, also served as Yasser Arafat's mentor.
The Western media devotes little coverage to the opposition to Arafat in the West Bank and Gaza. Arafat and other terrorists do not
have great and overwhelming support among their "people" and a large population of voiceless people exists in the territories. Many
Arabs wonder if the Western media is a pawn of Arafat, since his abuses are so little reported in the media.
SPREADING FREEDOM IN THE MIDDLE EAST
While Palestinian allies of the U.S.A. are less noticeable, the U.S.A. has great and potentially powerful friends in Iraq that must not
be betrayed. If these allies are assisted, they can incubate freedom in the region. The incredible current potential for constitutional
democracy in Iraq is the reason why Iran is sending fighters across the border to harass the U.S. forces.
Iran is one of two state sponsors of anti-Semitism, a major state sponsor of terrorism, and a source of anti-American hatred in the
Middle East. There is, however, tremendous animosity in Iran from the younger generation against the Iranian government. If the
endeavor to constitutionalize and democratize Iraq succeeds, it is likely that the Iranian political regime will fall.
Libya is an example of a state sponsor of terrorism that has changed, in large part because of U.S. actions in Iraq.
The Saudis offer a much more dismal picture. Saudi Arabia fosters a cultural of hate. The Kingdom provides a strong case for the
invasion of Iraq because it shows that even great wealth will not diminish terror. Terrorism does not have as much to do with
economics as it does with hate. Creating jobs will not stop terrorism.
WHY HAS FRANCE EMBRACED THE NEW ANTI-SEMITISM?
There has lately been a strong and unsettling resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe, particularly in France. Anti-Semitism in
France has become virtually institutionalized under President Jacques Chirac. He presided over a vicious 18-month span of
anti-Semitic attacks that were virtually ignored, most noticeably by he himself. Chirac is an old partner of Saddam Hussein, and
the French President, along with his Ministers, worked vociferously at the United Nations to undermine and mislead the
United States. Chirac personally told President Bush in the fall of 2002 that, no matter what he said to the French public, he
would support the U.S.A. in Iraq and would send a French general to assist in the planning of the Coalition. This turned out to
be untrue. France had $100 billion in oil contracts with Iraq that would have gone into effect had Saddam remained in power and
UN sanctions eventually lifted.
The U.S.A. and France were reasonably close allies during the Cold War, despite the French withdrawal of its troops from
the NATO military-command structure. Chirac's France, however, is not with the United States in the war against Iraq. Some
French leaders have a scheme to regain France's lost historical power. These leaders, including Chirac's former Foreign
Minister, Dominique de Villepin (who venerates Napoleon), believe they cannot compete with the United States of America
unless France returns to a more authoritarian form of government. France's actions and fabrications at the UN were political
moves in this grand design.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Europe, Europeans, & American Foreign Policy
The Middle East & the Problem of Iraq
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The Problem of Rogue States:
Iraq as a Case History
The Middle East & the Arabs
The Israeli-Arab Conflict
Islamism & Jihadism -- The Threat of Radical Islam
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War & Peace in the Real World
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Islamist Terrorist Attacks on the U.S.A.
Osama bin Laden & the Islamist Declaration of War
Against the U.S.A. & Western Civilization
Islamist International Terrorism &
U.S. Intelligence Agencies
U.S. National Security Strategy
The foregoig statement, a summary account of Kenneth Timmerman's address at the April 21, 2004, meeting of the Middle East
Forum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was written by Patrick J. Murphy, research assistant at the Middle East Forum.
Kenneth Timmerman is an investigative reporter, who has written for Time, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal,
Insight Magazine, and Reader's Digest. His books include the best-selling Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse
Jackson (Washington, D.C: Regnery Publishing; 2002). Since 1987, Mr. Timmerman has operated Middle East Data Project, Inc.,
a small business that provides investigative support and policy guidance to government agencies and private companies on three
continents. He helped establish the Foundation for Democracy in Iran (FDI) in 1996, which helps keep Congress and the public
informed of the ongoing repression and support for terrorism by Iran's political and religious leadership.
Republished with Permission of the Middle East Forum
Reprinted from the Middle East Forum News
mefnews@meforum.org (MEF NEWS)
June 21, 2004
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