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Both Bush and Blair Miss the Point
Gary Cooperberg
November 20, 2003
I could not help but think of Tony and George as two muppets, dancing together and entertaining their audience. They stand united in their resolve to fight terror until it is defeated. Tony stated that there can be no compromise. He pointed out that we are all subject to terror, whether in Britain, the USA, Turkey or Palestine. I am surprised he didn't refer to the USA as "the colonies". Could it be that his Freudian slip betrays the fact that he truly doesn't recognize Israel as a sovereign state? How can he and Bush talk about fighting terror without compromise while simultaneously telling Israel that it must bow to terror by stopping to build its homeland and giving in to the demands of the PLO?
The fact that Moslems were also victims of these terrorist attacks in no way changes the reality that the attacks themselves were motivated by fanatic Islamic beliefs. We all should have learned by now that, for Islamic fanatics, Moslem life takes second seat to the goal of destroying all obstacles to Islam. Mr. Bush was asked if he believes that Moslems worship the same G-d as do Christians. He stated that he did. Perhaps his reply was politically expedient. But it was wrong.
The war he is fighting is not against "terror". It is not against those who "hate freedom". It is a fight against those who deny the Living G-d of Israel. My Bible and the one George Bush reads both clearly state that it is G-d's Will to return the people of Israel to the Land of Israel in fulfillment of His eternal covenant with our Father, Abraham. Yet, Mr. Bush had no problem telling the world that "There is no choice. The Holy Land must be divided." There is no choice? Does the President of the United States really think that he can issue decrees that cancel Divine Promises as stated in his own Bible?
The real reason terror is running rampant in our world today is precisely because Bush and other world leaders refuse to recognize G-d. Israel and the Jewish People exist for the sole purpose of showing the entire world that G-d does exist. That is why, despite her tiny size and bumbling leadership, the Jewish State was reborn and continues to defy logic by not only continuing to exist, despite all obstacles, but to grow and thrive as well.
The Jewish People has always been burdened with the obligation to bring the message of G-d to all the nations of the world. That we have sought to escape our obligations is the main reason for our suffering throughout the ages. Yet our destiny cannot be thwarted, even if we try to avoid it. Peace cannot and will not result from spitting in the face of G-d by trying to nullify His Redemption. The Jewish State was resurrected to set into motion the beginning of the process of Divine Redemption. This process cannot be stopped or even slowed down. All who interfere will bring tragedy upon their own heads. It is precisely because the governmental leadership in Israel seeks peace by defying Jewish obligations that we suffer from terror here in Israel. And it is precisely because George Bush calls for a PLO state on Jewish Land that America is now in grave danger.
George Bush may be a patriotic American. But he would do well to reflect on the fact that the original patriots were also G-d fearing men. Freedom is not genuine unless it reflects obedience to our Creator. Opposing Biblical destiny is the chief obstacle to freedom and redemption. Only when Bush and Blair and other world leaders recognize this fact and act upon it will we be able to defeat terror. All nations who stand in the way of the G-dly process will perish by the Hand of G-d.
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