A little bit of science fiction: What if the staff of the SPLC were transported via time machine to seventh century southern Arabia. Wouldn't their Intelligence Report be filled with articles about a religious fanatic who was responsible for hate crimes against polytheists, Jews, and Christians? Wouldn't this little band of misfits be likened to The Order who committed armed robbery to finance their extremist and racist cause. Wouldn't they be railing against the murderous founder and his Arab chauvinism? Wouldn't they attack the separatist notion of one people, one language, and one religion for Arabia? Wouldn't the founder's recitation be likened to the Turner Diaries, a recipe for murder and destruction? Maybe after returning to 2012, the SPLC staff would find that Robert Spencer had a point. Maybe. (Or is political correctness a stronger impulse than truth?)
Flipside, you are right; there is a pattern. However, it is not the Zionist comspiracy that you imagine. These attacks always precede any diplomatic mission or milestone of the peace process. It is the Palestinians who are responsible for the diplomatic train wreck.
Most of us are tired of the excuses of the PA, that these incidents are caused by extremists. If the PA was serious about a two-state solution, they would have cracked down on these extremists long ago. In fact, the PA supports these extremists, sometimes openly, and sometimes on the sly. (Maybe it is because the PA is a hotbed of extremism.)
Thanks for the links. I have friends who raise rabbits. This stuff is really unbelievable and scary.
Of course all this aid to Gaza allows Hamas to free its resources for its military wing. Its like the Greek myth. The Greeks sacrificed their best youths to the Minotaur in the Labyrinth which kept the monster alive and growing stronger. Hamas is a monster and a labyrinthine organization.
The ordinary people of Iran hate the mullahcracy. They want the repressive government overthrown. Certainly, the people don't want their country blown to bits. They want protection from the Revolutionary Guard, the fortress of the mullahcracy. Another uprising is inevitable.
The USDA raided a top rabbitry in Missouri. I believe I heard that on the Dana Loesch Show recently. The family was threatened with fines from $90,000-4,000,000. This type of intimidation is going to destroy the rabbit hobby. There are many kids who raise rabbits in 4-H. The American Rabbit Breeders Association is a huge organization that has enough members to have conventions in some of the top convention centers and state fair grounds in the US. The ARBA sponsors many shows in every state that are regularly attended by both youth and adults. They are supportive of 4-H programs for kids and offer scholarships for their youth members.
Both animal rights extremists and the government are a danger to small farms. Remember the notorious sheep farm case in Vermont. The USDA seized a herd of rare milking sheep on the basis of problematic evidence that they carried scrapie (mad sheep disease). The family was financially destroyed because they challenged the USDA.
Isn't it amazing how the Ron Paul Fan Club has swarmed onto this site just because of a negative report. Maybe they need to get a life.
I have read several books about Iran by respected authors. I also have a few Iranian friends living in exile. Yes, I wasn't unaware of the CIA plot that placed the Shah on the throne. Yes, I do understand the concept of blowback. However, do you think if the United States ceases to intervene in the world that Russia, China, and a host of other nations with ambitions would cease too? If we take that attitude we might find ourselves checkmated at some point when our strategic assets are threatened. Caroline Glick has written an informative new column in the Jerusalem Post about the foreign policy spectrum that is found in the Republican Party.
Ron Paul's foreign policy is as naive as the pontifications of Code Pink.
Face it, Ron Paul sank his presidential ambitions last night.
I am sympathetic with Ron Paul's stand on civil liberties. Yes, we need to choose our fights more wisely than we have in the past. Yes, many of our foreign policy decisions have led us into tangled messes. (Iran is certainly one of them.) However, his comment about Iran was disturbing considering the dangers of the mullahcracy. What's done is done. We need to deal with the present reality. Iran has ambitions to control the Persian Gulf, including the Arabian Peninsula. They have been a destabilizing force throughout the MIddle East:. They want to set up missile bases in Venezuela. They have proven that they can strike thousands of miles away in terrorists attacks using their proxies. Their proxies are some of the most sophisticated and disciplined terrorist organizations in the world. The regime that is now ruling Iran are the people that the Ayatollah Khomeini considered dangerous and crazy. (And we know how crazy Khomeini was.)
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