Well at least, Bay Area dupes are claiming him as one of their own. But what do some think we owe him? Compassion. “We’d want nothing less for our own children, who could easily have found themselves in a similar mess.” Yes, guys. And that’s the problem.
THE BRITISH ASHCROFT: Here’s Britain’s Home Secretary, David Blunkett, on those in the House of Lords who are trying to delay and amend the British government’s anti-terrorism legislation: “God willing there won’t be an attack on us over Christmas and New Year, because all those who tell me we are not [at risk] are the ones who do not have the security and intelligence information which, for my sins, I carry. And that information tells us that because of our alliance – quite rightly – with the United States and because of our vulnerability we are at risk.” Blunkett, of course, is no Ashcroft. He’s a long-standing member of the Labour Party, he’s blind, he’s relatively liberal, he may well be the next British prime minister. And what he’s doing suggests that Ashcroft, for all my protestations, isn’t the only one upping the ante.
HAMAS AMONG THE DEMOCRATS: A key aide to Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney resigned last week after writing a letter to the Hill newspaper. In the letter, Raeed Tayeh, identifying himself as McKinney’s aide, opined: “What is more disturbing to me is that many of these pro-Israeli lawmakers sit on the House International Relations Committee despite the obvious conflict of interest that their emotional attachments to Israel cause… The Israeli occupation of all territories must end, including Congress.” It turns out that Tayeh has an interesting past. According to the Forward newspaper, “Mr. Tayeh has served on the executive board of the Islamic Association for Palestine, based in Richardson, Texas and Chicago. Authorities say that the IAP’s finances are entwined with those of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, also based in Richardson and Chicago. On Tuesday, the government froze the assets of the foundation, saying that it finances the terrorist group Hamas. As recently as this fall Mr. Tayeh worked as a researcher at the United Association for Studies and Research. In 1993 a convicted Hamas operative testified in an Israeli court that the UASR was the political arm of Hamas in the United States.” Puts McKinney’s long-standing flirtations with anti-Semitism in perspective, doesn’t it?
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