RUTHFULLY YOURS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/repeating-a-mistake-by-downsizing-the-army-again/2012/01/05/gIQA8fHfdP_print.html
Here we go again. President Obama made the same mistake Thursday in announcing his new military strategy that virtually all of his predecessors have made since the end of World War II. He said:

“Moreover, we have to remember the lessons of history. We cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of the past — after World War II, after Vietnam — when our military was left ill-prepared for the future. As commander in chief, I will not let that happen again. Not on my watch.”

Unfortunately, Obama’s plan does exactly that. It forgets the lessons of history. Some facts: Harry Truman seeking to never repeat the costs of World War II reduced the Army from 8 million soldiers to fewer than half a million. Without the intervention of Congress, he would have eliminated the Marine Corps entirely. The result was the evisceration of both land services in Korea, a war Truman never intended to fight.

http://wvgazette.com/Opinion/Editorials/201201090073

FROM MY E-PAL B.T. FROM ROCHESTER… “YES VIRGINIA, IN AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER A FILM IS “JEWISH” INSTEAD OF ISRAELI AND THE MURDERERS ARE CONVENIENTLY NOT IDENTIFIED……”

CHARLESTON, W.Va — Some Jews, both American and Israeli, object to Israel’s subjugation of conquered Palestinians and the endless planting of illegal Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian land.

The outlook of these peace-minded Jews is expressed in a remarkable Jewish movie, “Miral,” which shows the suffering of Palestinians under Israeli military suppression.

The film begins in 1948, just after creation of Israel, when fanatical Jews massacred Palestinians in a village named Dir Yassin. Children fleeing the slaughter reached East Jerusalem, where a socialite of a rich Palestinian family begins feeding them, eventually creating an orphanage for 2,000 such war refugees.

Miral, named for a red Mideast flower, is brought to the orphanage as a little girl by her uncle, a Muslim imam. She slowly grows into a lovely teen, unaware of the Jew-Arab hatred surrounding her sanctuary. Then she is sent to teach children in a Palestinian refugee camp, where she watches in horror as Israeli troops rip down homes of families suspected of insurrection.

Miral sees zealot Jewish residents of West Bank settlements protected by Israeli soldiers, who treat Palestinians with contempt. She falls in love with a young Arab militant and is drawn into violent Intifada protests. In the end, her lover is killed by rival militants, and the orphanage operator persuades Miral to leave for a scholarship in Italy, rather than plunge deeper into Jew-Arab conflict.

http://www.jeffjacoby.com/11006/in-new-hampshire-acceptable-is-pronounced-winner

FOR ANYONE gauging the Republican presidential contest, this week’s most significant poll results weren’t the ones tabulated in New Hampshire last night. They were the ones released by Gallup yesterday morning.

To say such a thing is heresy, I realize, given the long months of New Hampshire campaigning and the media’s obsessive focus on the state over the last few weeks. But more telling than Mitt Romney’s long-expected victory in the Granite State — he drew about 38 percent of the vote, followed at a considerable distance by Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman — was Gallup’s finding that among Republicans (and Republican-leaning independents) nationwide, only the former Massachusetts governor is regarded as an “acceptable” GOP nominee across the ideological spectrum.

www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/jan/11/oklahoma-sharia-law-ban-blocked

US appeals court blocks Oklahoma sharia law ban. Denver court upholds judge’s order that claimed Oklahoma’s attempt to ban sharia law was unconstitutional

A proposed constitutional amendment that would ban Oklahoma courts from considering international or Islamic law discriminates against religions, a federal appeals court said on Tuesday, as it gave the right to a Muslim community leader to challenge its constitutionality.

The court in Denver upheld US district judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange’s order blocking implementation of the amendment shortly after it was approved by 70% of Oklahoma voters in November 2010.

Muneer Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma, sued to block the law from taking effect, arguing that the Save Our State Amendment violated his First Amendment rights.

“This is an important reminder that the constitution is the last line of defense against a rising tide of anti-Muslim bigotry in our society, and we are pleased that the appeals court recognised that fact,” Awad said. “We are also hopeful that this decision serves as a reminder to politicians wishing to score political points through fear-mongering and bigotry.”

The amendment read, in part: “The courts shall not look to the legal precepts of other nations or cultures. Specifically, the courts shall not consider international law or sharia law.”

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/1061/jews-hindus On January 8, 2012, I delivered a rather passionate speech in Pune, India via skype. I was invited to do so by “Youth 4 Panun Kashmir.” The organizers were especially interested in my drawing parallels between Israel and India, Jews and Hindus both of whom have, historically, been genocidally exterminated and driven out of […]

http://www.stonegateinstitute.org/2739/two-state-solution-india-pakistan The first round of “face-to-face” talks, after a fifteen months interval, between Israel’s chief negotiator, Yitzhak Molcho, and his Palestinian counterpart, Saeb Erakat, ended January 3, 2012 in Jordan’s capital, Amman, with both positive and skeptical reactions. Jordanian Foreign Minister, Nasser Judeh said, “The two sides expressed their commitment to a two-state solution, [but] […]

Read more: http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2012/01/09/jordan-allows-hamas-to-take-up-residence-on-its-soil/#ixzz1j4kxDfa8

WHAT A ROLE FOR GEORGE CLOONEY WHEN THEY MAKE THE MOVIE

Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011.
Exiled Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addresses a meeting with some 40 Palestinian prisoners who were freed by Israel but are to be deported overseas, in Cairo on October 18, 2011.
In what sure looks like further evidence of diminishing American influence in the Middle East, the country that summarily ejected Hamas a dozen years ago is opening its doors to senior leaders of the group Washington and Israel regard first and foremost as a terrorist organization.

GEE MAYBE STEPHANOPOULUS AND DIANE SAWYER SHOULD ASK THEM SOME QUESTIONS….RSK http://m.dailymail.co.uk/mobile/news/article.html?articleID=2084684 ‘Gay people should get the death penalty’: Five Muslim men on trial for stirring up hatred after ‘handing out homophobic leaflets near mosque’  One leaflet called The Death Penalty? showed image of mannequin hanging from a noose and said buggery led to hell, […]

You Will LOVE This GOP Candidate For Utah’s 4th Congressional District

http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2012/01/you-will-love-this-gop-candidate-for.html?utm_source=The+Lid+List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=aaacb1fd82-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN

In a way Mia Love, reminds me of Marco Rubio. She was born into a family of Haitian immigrants, she has deeply rooted values, love for this country, and guiding conservative principles. Just like Rubio, her parent instilled in her a sense of responsibility, not a desire for hand-outs. She remembers what her father said to her as she entered college:

If elected, Love will become the first Republican black woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives. But even more important is the fact that she would be another conservative voice in the house. And by conservative, I mean she is on the right side of the issues and she is not afraid to fight for the right thing.

Norwegian Schools Preach the Wonders of Niqab Posted By Bruce Bawer

The news came three days before Christmas:

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has announced that the Department of Defense will now allow Muslim and Sikh students participating in Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) to wear headscarves and turbans while in uniform.

When I read this, the first thing I thought was: What?! And the second was: Since when does CAIR make announcements on behalf of the Department of Defense?

The background was as follows: a Muslim girl in Tennessee was told by her JROTC commanding officer that she could not wear her headscarf, or hijab, in a homecoming parade. She contacted CAIR, which in turn contacted Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, asking for a change in policy. And instead of informing CAIR that the Department of Defense does not take its marching orders from fronts for terrorist organizations, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Larry Stubblefield fell right into line, writing a letter to CAIR assuring that henceforth JROTC policy would be different.

France and the Netherlands have banned the niqab, the face-covering veil, in public; the hijab is also prohibited in certain venues (such as classrooms and government offices) in a few European jurisdictions. But in most of the Western world, there are no laws against any Muslim garments. In many Western cities, there has been a visible increase in the number of women wearing these things in public. And there has also been an increase in the number of Muslims who demand their right to wear them in institutions ranging from the armed forces and police to schools and universities.

Case in point: a twenty-year-old woman named Aisha Shezadi Kausar. Kausar wears niqab. Last year her name appeared on an essay, “You, Me, and Niqab,” which was included in Utilslørt (Uncovered), a collection of essays by and about Muslim women. On December 20, she was featured in a news report on Norwegian public television (NRK) about a nationwide project aimed at Norwegian children and teenagers. Kausar, NRK reported, is making personal appearances at various schools around Norway, where she presents her use of the niqab as a feminist choice. In the report, she was seen in front of an auditorium full of students, first praying, then talking about Allah, and then making her case. She’s engaged in a “struggle for freedom” and “fighting against xenophobia.” The only reasons for opposition to niqab are “prejudice” and “fear of foreigners.” At the end of her talk the students gave her a big round of applause, and the kids interviewed by NRK said all the “right” things about diversity and tolerance. Plainly they had not learned anything about Islam, the place of women in Islam, or what niqab actually represents. Their teachers had taken them away from their studies to be propagandized.