No Need To Hear Tyrants Pontificate
In deciding whether or not to attend the Durban II conference, the new president should take a cue from the Bush administration and spare taxpayers the expense of sending representatives to hear the usual claptrap about racism and discrimination from some of the worst human rights offenders on the face of the planet (“After Israel Pulls Out, Obama Faces Tough Decision on Durban II Racism Conference,” December 5).
Are our representatives to hear lectures on the sanctity of life and the dignity of man by those sent from Sudan, Libya, Syria, Iran, Myanmar and similar hellholes? The conspicuous absence of the United States will send a message to the United Nations loudly and clearly that we do not countenance the galling hypocrisy of despots and dictators who wouldn’t know a human right if it bit them on the back side.
Bob Klein
Gainesville, Va.
Indeed Bob Klein! We surely need freedom to insult demonise Islam and any one who disagrees with the morally upright Israel. Never mind its army shoots for pleasure at those evil Palestinian kids who cannot even go to school. Denying Holocaust is a crime in every Western nation.But making fun of Jesus Moses and indeed Prophet Muhammad is a fun thing.Any attempt to restrain such insidious attacks is a threat to Freedom of Expression! Have you and other apologists of Israel heard about Campus Watch or Muzzlewatch which monitors US scholars who dare to question US blind support of Israeli aggressive policies! No why should you!! Thanks to well oiled AIPAC and Madoffs of the USA all US Congressmen/women are sworn to be loyal friends of Israel no matter what she does!
Bob, your letter is right on the numbers. Now let's wait for the flaming from the run of the mill Jew haters like Robert Morgan and the usual gang of former-hippie-vegan-third-world-respecters that plague the Jewish community.
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