[Peace-discuss] Today's Letters to N-G = Radical Cult blindly follows research of Carl Estabrook!

[David Green]

Linda Kurtz is actually the same woman who a couple of years ago openly insulted Hibba Leseman (sp?) at the Wal-Mart regarding her Islamic apparel. I believe that she or her husband is a Democratic precinct leader in Champaign.
   
  Unfortunately, both of these writers appear to be at least nominally Jewish, and probably not by accident. It's become harder and harder for liberal Jews to resist cognitive dissonance while supporting U.S. and Israeli depredations, a problem we saw both Fred Jaher and Michael Shapiro struggling with rather neurotically while posturing as liberals (I mean liberal in the positive connotations of the word) at the recent AWARE panel.
   
  Both of these letter writers are crackpots, but neither of them dares to offer a word in support of the Iraq war. What gets their goat is that AWARE promotes criticism of Israel, and threatens their triumphalist vision of Judeo-Christian civilization. Their support for Israel allows them to maintain the illusion that somehow U.S. motives in the Middle East have a moral basis, and to see the world in moralistic terms. The useful role of American support for Israel in serving to silence or tone down so much potential dissent from influential people to general foreign polices is just one more reason to understand that it is not the Israel Lobby that is fundamental to that support.
   
  DG
   
  
Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at insightbb.com> wrote:
  AWARE members offering bad advice

Wednesday April 11, 2007

With increased Democratic Party representation throughout government, 
we can hope for policies that recognize that the function of a national 
economy is not merely to increase the production of goods and services 
but to distribute this plenty throughout the nation.

But it is even more important that our representatives safeguard U.S. 
interests worldwide by avoiding bad advice, such as that offered by a 
local cult that calls itself AWARE.

Its Web site professes a concern with the global spread of American 
power, and its goal is to decrease American power. When AWARE members 
peddle a plan to the Urbana City Council, they do not disclose their 
belief that the U.S. has too much global power, and that's an excellent 
strategy. Even Urbana residents realize that the U.S. has a moral 
obligation to use our power for right, not wrong. Without that power, 
someone else's notions of right will prevail. At present it is radical 
Islam that has an opposing notion of right and wrong.

AWARE also professes a concern with the increased militarization of 
society. Al-Qaida, Taliban, Hezbollah, Sunni insurgents in Iraq, Shiite 
death squads – AWARE is onto something here. These groups, however, 
hate the U.S. and hate the existence of Israel, so AWARE cuts them 
endless slack. To AWARE, they are resisters of foreign domination and 
protectors of sacred heritages. It is the sight of a U.S. serviceman 
proudly wearing his uniform while speaking at a school that sends AWARE 
members into a foot-stamping snit.

AWARE supporters do not belong in any position of public responsibility.

I. DAVID BERG

Urbana
Find this article at:

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/opinions/letters/2007/04/11/ 
aware_members_offering_bad_advice


Council candidate a member of AWARE

Wednesday April 11, 2007

Champaign voters be AWARE. Annette Williams, candidate for Champaign 
City Council, is an active member of the radical group AWARE. She is 
endorsed by and admits to blindly following the research of Carl 
Estabrook. Is this a person you want on your city council? I hope not.

LINDA KURTZ

Champaign
Find this article at: 
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/opinions/letters/2007/04/11/ 
council_candidate_a_member_of_aware

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