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Requesting Schumer to reconsider on Hagel--article by Daniel Pipes

Reader comment on item: The Hagel Nomination: An Open Letter to Sen. Charles E. Schumer

Submitted by Penina Sarah (United States), Feb 20, 2013 at 04:27

I strongly appreciate Daniel Pipes' request to Senator Schumer to reconsider his ill-founded position on the Hagel appointment. Prof. Pipes has pointed out the comments in some of the speeches and replies, which Hagel was loathe to show to the Senators requesting them, demonstrating views that belong more in keeping with Der Sturmer caricatures, and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, infamous forgeries and distortions than to anything we have ever before seen emanating from a major official such as a Cabinet Secretary of the United States government.

If Senator Schumer thinks that the appointment of such a man can not have repercussions far beyond the level of "business as usual" he is sadly mistaken, particularly as Israel faces the most fearsome existential threat of its entire history, from Iran, the enemy Hagel has sought time and again to protect, and its proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas, and this same man, in a parallel to the Haman of yore, plots to unilaterally strip the United States of its nuclear land-based missile defenses, and has advocated the elevation of Al-Qaida in North Africa through one of the many organizations of questionable political validity on whose boards he sits, the International Crisis Group. Although he may not listen to the voice of others, surely the voice of Daniel Pipes, a pre-eminent authority on Islam and the Middle East, and a defender of Israel par excellence, should carry some weight with Senator Schumer. If it does not, he will certainly be abdicating his role of "Shomer" Yisrael on the Hill, but we certainly hope and pray that he will reconsider, and that he realizes, as in the Purim story, that it may have been for just such a situation as this, as the dearly beloved, late former Mayor of NY, Ed Koch, intimated, that Senator Schumer attained his position of power and influence, backed by the trust of so many of our people, to face this challenge, and stand for what he knows is right, regardless of external pressures, which in any case, are only temporary, while the weight of his actions can set in motion results, from which the world will have no chance to retreat, once the course of capitulation to a nuclear Iran is set in motion, and the regime in Tehran attains its goal.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
1Obama's obedient nominees [59 words]BenFeb 23, 2013 16:22203808
Hagel's statements [112 words]NickFeb 23, 2013 05:21203797
SCHUMER THE SHOMER [67 words]JACQUES HADDAFeb 21, 2013 12:41203751
1If sanctions fail? [40 words]JDMFeb 21, 2013 08:56203745
Why using our dirty laundry as flag? [72 words]batya daganFeb 21, 2013 01:30203731
Have I Got A Bridge For You! [96 words]DaveFeb 20, 2013 22:08203729
Thank you for trying [75 words]Max MannFeb 20, 2013 17:57203721
Schumer is a [Fake] [41 words]AmericanInfidelNYCFeb 20, 2013 17:55203720
The perfect triangle really [80 words]saraFeb 20, 2013 17:53203719
Hagel and Schumer - same difference, both politicians [71 words]stanley bFeb 20, 2013 17:48203718
Does this surprise you? [53 words]lucretiusFeb 20, 2013 16:47203716
Israel's Next Battle Front [260 words]M. ToveyFeb 20, 2013 15:53203714
1Hagel Appointment [21 words]Bob HeltmanFeb 20, 2013 15:20203713
1An Open letter to Senator Charles E. Schumer [113 words]JudithFeb 20, 2013 14:38203712
A Shomer or a KAPO? [15 words]Richard LowensteinFeb 20, 2013 14:08203710
Can You Say "Lost Cause" in Hebrew? [9 words]DonFeb 20, 2013 13:48203709
I'm in! [136 words]john w mcginleyFeb 20, 2013 13:04203706
1Hagel Nomination [90 words]Joyce BarrieFeb 20, 2013 12:31203702
2Excellent letter [9 words]vivartoFeb 20, 2013 11:26203700
1The Hagel Nomination: An Open Letter to Sen. Charles E. Schumer [18 words]Mark GilstonFeb 20, 2013 09:37203698
2Thank you so much [103 words]Jon, a Brit in EurolandFeb 20, 2013 09:37203697
1The Hagel nomination. An open letter to Senator Schumer. [112 words]AnneFeb 20, 2013 07:55203693
2Hagel: could he have alzheimers? [54 words]Barbara HoshikoFeb 20, 2013 06:50203688
1Requesting Schumer to reconsider on Hagel--article by Daniel Pipes [385 words]Penina SarahFeb 20, 2013 04:27203683
2Schumer The Hypocrite. [51 words]JugglerFeb 20, 2013 02:57203681
2Visit to Schumer's office [435 words]Lori SousaFeb 20, 2013 01:41203677
1History repeats itself [89 words]PhilFeb 20, 2013 00:15203674
2Chuck Schumer [77 words]Irwin GraulichFeb 19, 2013 23:26203671
What everybody knows [125 words]DanFeb 19, 2013 23:22203670
2hagel and schumer [160 words]Steven LFeb 19, 2013 23:15203669
2Even more concerns vis a vis the Saudis [72 words]Michael Hanni MorcosFeb 19, 2013 23:14203668
2Sorry, but President Obama has the same anti-Jewish thoughts as Chuck Hagel ! [42 words]Phil GreendFeb 19, 2013 22:14203667
1Chuck "Shomer:" [23 words]Ron GerskupFeb 19, 2013 22:04203666

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