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September 6, 2006

Ed Koch Lays Into Fifth-Column Moonbats

Let's hope three-term NYC Mayor Ed Koch is through running for office as a Democrat, because the treatment Joe Lieberman received from his fellow Dems for supporting the War on Terror would be downright decent compared to what they would have in store for Koch after his recent editorial Wake Up! We Are At War. Koch throws a roundhouse at the treasonous kooks who have taken over his party, and connects squarely:

There is something terribly wrong with people seeking to demean and weaken the president in wartime, thereby strengthening our country's enemies. As a result of the language and tactics of those opposed to our presence in Iraq, our enemies have been emboldened, believing the American public to be sharply divided on the war, and in fact at war with itself. To other countries, Americans appear pitted against one another not in an election, but in a verbal bloodbath, convincing the world we are impotent—a paper tiger.

Lefty bloggers are fond of wringing their hands and muttering about conspiracies to pick a war with Iran. Actually, we are already at war with Iran, and have been since 1979. We just haven't started fighting back yet. But don't blame Koch for that:

The tyrannical forces in Iran led by its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, make clear that if they can destroy us, they will. Ahmadinejad has said about the United States, "…Is it possible for us to witness a world without America and Zionism?...you had best know that this slogan and this goal are attainable, and surely can be achieved…" Ahmadinejad has also stated his goal of destroying the state of Israel several times, saying, "…Israel must be wiped off the map."

If a sovereign nation makes such threats, do those who are threatened have to wait until the missiles are in the air before taking action? Or may threatened states defend themselves with preemptive action?

Being Jewish, Koch can't help but pick up on the anti-Semitism that is becoming increasingly prevalent on the Left. He also can't help but notice the fact that in the War on Terror, progressives are not on civilization's side:

Many of those who attack the president, hoping to make him ineffective and bring him down, are opposed to our alliance with Israel. You can verify that and the signs of anti-Semitism by looking at the banners and listening to the anti-Israel invective in the speeches in the street demonstrations and marches against the war in Iraq and President Bush. Regrettably, many of those marchers are blind to the terrorism that faces the Western civilization, sympathize with it, or fear it less than they despise the governmental leaders of the U.S.

Koch has wandered so far off the modern Democratic reservation, he even acknowledges that British-born Muslims constitute a threat, and that we're afraid to ask ourselves if the same might be true of Muslims born here. He notes that despite pious bullying from "civil libertarians," ethnic profiling is critical to defending ourselves from Muslim terrorism:

We know today that the 19 terrorists who brought the World Trade Center towers down were Muslims. We know that Muslims planned and implemented the attacks on our embassies in Africa, the USS Cole in Yemen and the army barracks in Saudi Arabia. So when our counterintelligence investigates alleged terrorist groups, shouldn't suspected Muslim groups be first on the list?

There was a time when common sense from a Democrat wasn't as startling as hearing a cat talk. Unfortunately Koch is among the last of a dying breed.

Posted by Van Helsing at September 6, 2006 4:31 PM

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Posted by: Fuzzlenutter at September 6, 2006 8:51 PM