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| Fifth Column |
| Fifth Column? Arab-"Americans" For Hizbollah |
| 2006-08-11 |
| ...On the streets of Dearborn, Hezbollah is not seen as a terrorist group but as a heroic resistance force. Residents say the group led the "freedom fight" in Lebanon during 18 years of Israeli occupation. Without the diligence and sacrifice of Hezbollah, people here say they would not have been able to return every summer to show their children their hillside villages and share their ancestral heritage. Hezbollah also provides social services and education for their relatives in Lebanon who are too poor to afford them. Watching reports from the Middle East, many in Dearborn feel betrayed and unfairly targeted by the U.S. government. This week some 200 Hezbollah fighters engaged in fierce battles defending Bint Jbeil, a village that is a longtime Hezbollah stronghold near the Israeli border. Some 15,000 Dearborn residents have emigrated over the years from Bint Jbeil. They created a community center named after the village. When about 10,000 Arab-Americans demonstrated in Dearborn last week in support of the Lebanese cause, some held up portraits of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah. People here draw a distinction, though, between Hezbollah's strict religious theocracy and its military movement... |
| Posted by:Snease Shaiting3550 |
| #13 Crawford, when support for people who kill Israelis drops below 5%, among europeans, let me know. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-08-11 21:07 |
| #12 Leave. Get out. NOW. |
| Posted by: newc 2006-08-11 17:59 |
| #11 "Yes, it is. Islam largely views man as being forbidden from making laws that govern his fellow men. Only Allah, and the sharia law descending from his word, is regarded as being worthy of such status. " Nonetheless Turkey is not only a functioning democracy, but is strictly secularist (head coverings forbidden in govt buildings) Yet they (even the ones who support the secularism) consider themselves muslims. Obviously theyre not REAL Muslims, even though they think they are. What we need are more muslims who arent real muslims, whatever they think of themselves as. Or something. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-08-11 16:12 |
| #10 There's some on both sides of this conflict, disgusting as the one side is. Sadly, the ratio is somewhere around 99:1 and its not in our favor. Islam is antithetical to the very concept of freedom, liberty and tolerance. I think this is where we really need to start. What's the solution? I have NO idea. Yes, it is. Islam largely views man as being forbidden from making laws that govern his fellow men. Only Allah, and the sharia law descending from his word, is regarded as being worthy of such status. This is entirely inimical to democratic rule of law and Islam is a direct threat to it. As to a solution? We are currently developing fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of the brain to where it may well serve as a very reliable lie detector. There may come a time where it will be necessary to take each and every single Muslim or immigrant from an Islamic country (that old taqiya thingie), and subject them to fMRI interrogation about their views on terrorism, jihadism, acceptance of democratic rule and so forth. Massive violation of civil rights? Undoubtedly. Do the Islamists entertain even more massive violations of human rights along with even greater atrocities and crimes against humanity? Absolutely. We know who the enemies within our midst are. Eventually we will need to come to terms with the importance of identifying them without mistake and taking appropriate measures there after. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-11 15:35 |
| #9 There is no such thing as Islamic Americans BP may be right. Islam is antithetical to the very concept of freedom, liberty and tolerance. I think this is where we really need to start. What's the solution? I have NO idea. |
| Posted by: mcsegeeek1 2006-08-11 12:27 |
| #8 From the cited article " Even though the U.S. government has linked Hezbollah with the deadly attack on the Marine barracks and the U.S. Embassy in Beirut in the 1980s, Hezbollah has never attacked America at home" -- Headline should have read "Dearborn Arabs continue to support terrorist group" |
| Posted by: Ulelet Uniting8249 2006-08-11 11:36 |
| #7 Which not all Irish Americans did. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-08-11 10:06 |
| #6 #1 People here draw a distinction, though, between Hezbollah's strict religious theocracy and its military movement... Same rationale, a distinction between the political and military arms, used by many a Irish-American as they dropped their dollars into the the IRA collection plates stateside. |
| Posted by: Cheash Elmaish2033 2006-08-11 09:39 |
| #5 You know, you get the idea that domestic muzzies are sitting on the sidelines to see which side wins. I would like to see them more actively engaged in the WOT--not as the enemy. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2006-08-11 09:28 |
| #4 There's some on both sides of this conflict, disgusting as the one side is. Uh-huh. When Western Muslim support for terrorists drops below, oh, 5%, let me know. Make sure the definition of "terrorist" includes people who kill Israelis. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-08-11 09:24 |
| #3 Reportedly the Paks or Brits got the tip off for the latest aircraft plot from a Muslim. There's some on both sides of this conflict, disgusting as the one side is. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-08-11 09:00 |
| #2 There is no such thing as Islamic Americans. They are colonists working for the ummah. Unfortunatly for them america has already been colonised so they need to work with the local treasonous population. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2006-08-11 08:51 |
| #1 People here draw a distinction, though, between Hezbollah's strict religious theocracy and its military movement... Suuuuuuuuure they do... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-08-11 08:39 |