Jews for George
Why is that more Jewish voters are not speaking out in support of President Bush. There have been a few, Senator Joe Lieberman, Ed Koch and Ron Silver but why haven't more supported the president. Jerry Zucker produced an effective and funny ad for the President but most of Hollywood has been both rude and crude in their comments about the President.
Let's look at President Bush's record:
President Bush has refused to deal with Yassar Arafat because he knows that Arafat is a terrorist and has no desires for a peace settlement with Israel. Arafat condones the war on Israel. Arafat is also giving his support for John Kerry.
President Bush removed Saddam Hussein. Saddam paid the families of Palestinian suicide bombers $30,000 a piece to compensate the bomber's families. Since Saddam's removal the bombings have decreased and the $30,000 family compensation is no longer available. Evidence has come out that small weapons factories were discovered in Iraq. Iraq planned to support a bomb that could be carried by terrorists and detonated in public places to cause mass death and terror. Israel would have been a prime target.
Abu Nihdal was captured in Iraq after the war. Nihdal was the mastermind behind numerous terrorist acts against Israel and Jews. Nihdal was behind the killing of American Jew Leon Klinghoffer.
President Bush's support for Israel has raised the ire of many European leaders and the United Nations, both of which take anti-Semitic stances. In France alone the anti-Semitic violence is at an all time high. In fact, Israel has recently offered to fly French Jews out of France for their own safety.
President Bush was committed to bringing back New York City's economy. New York City has the highest Jewish population in the United States.
Jonathon Forbes Kerry will rely on the United Nations and European leaders to shape our foreign policy and that will impact our support for Israel.
Why does Mr. Kerry side with the French and the UN? Both hold anti-Semitic stances and views. Why was Mr. Kerry against the removal of Suddam Hussein who wanted not only to destroy the United States but foremost Israel?
The odd thing is that Mr. Kerry's own father was Jewish and so were his father's parents. Mr. Kerry's grandfather, Fritz Kohn, a Czech Jew, was forced to change his name to Frederick Kerry to avoid anti-Semitism in Europe. His grandmother, Ida Lowe, was a Jew born in Budapest. They changed their name to Kerry and were both baptized as Catholics in 1902, and immigrated to the United States in 1905. Mr. Kerry doesn't address this fact. Is he ashamed or is he afraid that an Irish last name sells better in Boston? Is this topic "Fair Game?" Perhaps, just as he abandoned his "Band of Brothers" in Vietnam, he is now prepared to due the same to Israel and his fathers and grandparents heritage as well. Can America afford to trust someone like this?
Israel is a great ally and a great country so where are the Jews for George? I hope that they are just a silent majority.
Al Haig
Chairman of "Fly Over Country-United" (focu)
