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Where is the Outrage and Press Coverage?

by Jan Markell,
Olive Tree Ministries

January 16, 2007

 

Some 21st century commentator said that today, "What is up is down, what is down is up; what is right is wrong, what is wrong is right--and everyone is drowning in politically correct madness." There's a twinge of the Bible in there as well.

But the following story takes the proverbial cake. Therefore, I not only have to ask, "Where is the outrage?" but also "Where is the press coverage?" If even the alternative media can only obsess on Donald Trump and Rosie O'Donnell, have they lost their minds or are they just feeding Americans what they think we want? Do they know that Americans don't care one whit that a potential disaster-in-the-making could happen at the already-dysfunctional United Nations?

Zalmay Khalilzad served as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq but on January 4, 2007, he was appointed by the President to be the new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. The administration said that the change was "a part of a broad revamping of the military team that will carry out the administration's new Iraq strategy." There are legions of stories about Iraq but I had to do an intense Google search to find the story behind the story on Khalilzad.

I quote Jack Kinsella here, editor of Omega Letter Intelligence Digest, a subscription-based biblical/current event daily e-newsletter. You can learn more about this at www.omegaletter.com.

Jack says, "So who would be the best candidate to represent the U.S. as Ambassador to the U.N. in such a delicate and potentially nation-shattering scenario? Or an American-born U.S. citizen whose undivided loyalty to America and its system of government is beyond doubt? Someone like John Bolton . . . or an Afghan-born Muslim who received his education and religious training in Beirut during the 1980s?

"In Islam, one's faith is placed in loyalty to the teachings of the Koran as a necessary step towards pleasing Allah. The Koran demands loyalty to the worldwide Islamic community as a fundamental religious duty imposed on all the faithful."

Kinsella continues, "By definition, a believer cannot put national self-interest above duty to the worldwide cause and remain faithful to the Koran. If one is a good Muslim, one cannot represent interests contrary to the interests of worldwide Islam and remain a good Muslim."

I give credit to President Bush and his team for suggesting that the war on terror could last 100 years or longer. Traditional military strategy just might not work in this war and even more so if and when the jihadists gain all forms of weapons of mass destruction. Many in the Bush Administration know that radical Islam would just love to fly an airplane into the White House. The West is in a battle to survive jihadists who want to take us back to the 7th century and behead several million along the way.

But why can't they see that while Khalilzad has been appointed to help us in the war against radical Islam, he could very well undermine all we are doing if he is going to be faithful to his religion?

Wasn't it enough of a wake-up call when we learned that Keith Ellison (D-MN), a devout Muslim convert, took his oath on the Koran and would NOT answer the questions about putting America before the Koran? Islam leaves no room for the possibility of redemption to those who betray the cause of Islam.

I wouldn't stick a bumper-sticker on my car that says, "Never trust a Muslim" and I am not an Islamophobe. However, I would display a sticker that says, "Never appoint a Muslim to high office in America." I have talked to too many experts who say Islam will try to dominate through peaceful means rather than the sword.

To better understand this concern, visit the category of "Islam & the Arabs" at my Web site. The link is here: http://www.olivetreeviews.org/topics/islam_arabs.shtml There are many programs posted on my "radio archives" that address this issue as well: http://www.olivetreeviews.org/radio/mp3/