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The new Bush-Giuliani Doctrine: Either you’re with us, or we sell you smart bombs
Saudi Arabia, writes Diana West, keeps “fomenting and financing global jihad”; it keeps “teaching and preaching the eradication or repression of non-Muslims”; it keeps “trampling human rights, women’s rights, freedom of conscience and freedom of speech”; it keeps “supporting Sunni insurgents in Iraq who are battling American troops.” And how does the U.S. government respond? It delivers the Saudis $20 billion of cutting edge weaponry. Why do we do this? Because “Saudi Arabia is supposed to serve as a counterbalance to Shiite Iranian terror-statism. Forget about Saudi Arabian terror-statism.” West concludes: “American resolve has given way to American submission, and almost no one has noticed. Very little outrage over the Saudi sale has bubbled over, even in what could still be called the war camp.” Of course, this pro-Saudi, appeasement-besotted war camp consists of the same people who are striving with all their might for the election of Giuliani as the heir of Bush, the same people who tell us that choosing a “strong,” pro-war-on-terror candidate as president is of such transcendent importance that we must drop three thousand years of Judeo-Christian morality down the memory hole in order to secure his election. And what do we get if we drop our conservative beliefs and help Giuliani become president? Well, we get the destruction of the conservative movement, AND we get the endless continuation of the phony war on terror, including lots and lots of Muslim immigrants. What a deal!
It’s one thing to sell your soul for some worldly advantage, such as permanent victory over your mortal enemies. But to sell your soul for appeasement to your mortal enemies? That’s what the pro-Giuliani “conservatives” are selling us. Email entry |