Posted on 02/01/2008 6:24:57 AM PST by PurpleMan
Miss Rosett tried — and failed — to get straight answers from Mr. Wensing about why Mr. Islam claimed that when he was 7 his family was bombed by Israeli jets at his home in Cairo, when there is no evidence the Israelis bombed the Egyptian capital during the 1967 war.
Also, Mr. Wensing could not explain why Mr. Islam said in his biography that he was on a freighter sunk by an Iranian torpedo in the Persian Gulf when there is no record of the ship being sunk.
According to his 1992 master's thesis at the Naval Postgraduate School, Mr. Islam is highly critical of Israel and the influence of American Jews on U.S. politics, noting that U.S. ties to Israel have harmed relations to other states in the Middle East.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Link to Rosett's original article: http://article.nationalreview.com/? q=NTQ1ZjE0MWZlYWI2ODVjYzU3MjcyZjBkMzcxNzBjNTQ=
Thanks for posting, PurpleMan.
A Former Jihadist Validates Stephen Coughlin’s Thesis...here...
This is taking very interesting twists. Below the media radar but very interesting.
The bureaucrats/commies in the Pentagon just cannot catch a break with the Pajama Insurgents...thank you Claudia Rossett and Bill gertz and the PJ’s unflagging attacks!
We can do it!
“bureaucrats/commies”????
Sheesh. A little over the top with the rhetoric?
“Bureaucrats” for sure, even political hacks, but “commies”??
You can’t be serious. If you are, run for Joe McCarty’s seat in Wisconsin.
Seems as though you’re equating Reagan w/McCarthy?
Shoeless Joe - say it ain’t so.
"Comrade J, the untold secrets of Russia's Spy in America after the end of the Cold War".
Yet another heads up on FR for the printed word which I will have to order. You will have heard of this book no doubt, but I take the liberty of mentioning this "heads up" info, that caused me to have it right here. This in my nasty right wing paws. (laughs)
"Blacklisted By History (The untold story of Senator Joe McCarthy)". Author M.Stanton Evans. Crown Forum Press 2007.
The reproduction of actual printed material, both from the newspapers of the day and confidential documents, gives the impression of the "big lie". It ain't Tailgunner Joe's big lie, that is for sure.
Some of the rotters outed by McCarthy, lived in opulence to a ripe old age. They had walked. This with the finest medical care, the best residences, the best of everything - in the country they betrayed- America.
Are you clueless or just not up to date on Joe McCarthy? Both Joe and Ron were both were warriors against Communism with pretty good results. For a some current reading on Joe McCarthy google a bit on “Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies” by M. Stanton Evans.
Hello Peter, you must have been reading my mind, see the last post to Purpleman also recommending the terrific Saunton Evans’ Blacklisted!
I assume you also saw the Heritage or Hoover video interview with Evans re Blacklisted with one of the Venona authors in attendacne also!
Yep. They were both anti-commies.
Tail-Gunner Joe was a ruthless drunk. Although his “position” was on, he used it to run a reckless witch hunt. He injured people who had no connection to the actual Communist conspiracy and were innocent of any criminal and/or subversive deeds.
You could NEVER say Reagan acted similarly. To equate the two as one is an abomination
There’s a lot more to Joe McCarthy than the many years of Leftist misinformation has lead you to believe. Try to catch up if you care to know the truth about McCarthy....a good place to start is Blacklisted by History, hint, hint.
The thread went from the Pentagon trashing an anaylst because he showed Isalm in a bad light to Joe McCarthy wasn’t such a bad guy afterall.
I’m going to open a vein.
Don’t open a vein, lols, have a good weekend. We are looking for sunny and 70 here in SC, hope you have some good weather also!
Oh, last Wednesday Sault Ste Marie Ontario, was completely shut down. Police advised stay in. What a storm! Five degrees (fahrenheit) your temperature measure. Tim Hortons Coffee Shops opened though. Therefore we had no riot. (Laughs). Big ten day Ice Carnival today here and our sister city Sault Ste Marie, Michigan hosts the I-500 snowmobile races for a week.
Anyway have a good weekend. Weather moderate now.
DoD did take Islam’s bio down. I was linking many of the Coughlin threads to my neighbors. Your post PurpleMan explains it. I pinged you both regarding this - ignore the ping. It wastes your time.
They took the story down, too, but here it is......
**********
Senior Advisor to Deputy Secretary Focuses on Relationship Building
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2007 – If Hesham Islam’s life story was translated into a screenplay — and it’s got all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster — the director would be hard-pressed to come up with a more compelling chain of events landing him as a top advisor to the deputy defense secretary.
Hesham Islam, special assistant for international affairs to Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, spends a rare moment in his Pentagon office. Islam spends most of his time out of the office, building relationships.
The movie would open with Islam as a young boy growing up in Cairo, Egypt, huddling in terror as Israeli bombs came raining down, demolishing much of the building around him and his family.
Next would be the scene of the teenager who moves to Iraq when his Egyptian naval officer father is transferred to help establish the Arabian Gulf naval academy Islam would later attend.
The camera would then close in on a young merchant mariner adrift for three days in the Arabian Sea after an Iranian torpedo sunk his 16,000-ton cargo ship, drowning all but Islam and four of his crewmates.
Next viewers would see the young man, who after corresponding with an American pen-pal for more than three years, dares ask for the photograph that leaves him smitten with his future wife.
The action would shift to the United States, where the new husband, desperate to provide for his family, enlists in the Navy. Later he will be accepted into Officer Candidate School, then ultimately retire 20 years later as a Navy commander.
Today, Islam is drawing on those vast experiences to advise Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England on international affairs.
Although Islam’s life lends itself to high-drama scenes typically seen on the big screen, England sees him more as a behind-the-scenes player with a special talent for bringing other actors together.
Before retiring from the Navy, Islam contributed this skill and his regional and language expertise on the staff of then-Navy Secretary England. Much of Islam’s work focused on U.S. military engagement with the Middle East.
As England moved to the No. 2 Pentagon position, Islam followed, broadening his purview to “the whole globe.”
“He’s my interlocutor,” England said. “He represents me to the international community. He assists me in my own outreach efforts, and he’s extraordinarily good at it.”
*************Islam is rarely at his Pentagon desk, believing the best way to serve as England’s “man out in town in Washington, D.C.” is to be out and about, building relationships.*****************
“I am a strong believer that there are no relationships between countries,” he said. “Relationships are between people, and those relationships are what bring countries together.”
“It is all about friendships between people,” agreed England, “and you build them one person at a time.”
England calls relationship building “a contact sport.” “You can’t develop friendships unless you actually go out and take the effort to meet people and interact with people,” he said.
As he represents the Defense Department around the country and the around the world, England said, he counts on Islam’s insights and advice. “Hesham helps me understand people’s different perspectives and how they see things,” England said. “He has a cultural background that’s very helpful, but he also works at it very hard to get a better understanding of people and how they think.”
Islam works tirelessly to befriend diplomats from around the world, learning from each about their country, its sensitivities, and its requirements. “I help them understand us, as Americans, and help my boss understand them,” he said. “My goal is to bridge the gap and help people understand each other, even if we are different.”
Not all Islam’s efforts are directed toward other countries. A Muslim, Islam works closely with the Muslim-American community, encouraging its members to integrate into American society and take an active stand with the United States in the war on violent extremism. “This war can’t be won by just Americans,” he said. “It’s a war that has to be fought by Muslims. Islam has been hijacked, and it is time to take it back.”
Islam said he’s proud of the 5,000 Muslims actively supporting that effort in the U.S. military. Among them is his own son, Navy Lt. j.g. Rami Islam, who serves aboard the carrier USS Carl Vinson. “As a parent, I’m very proud that my son is serving this country,” he said.
After growing up in wartime, first in Egypt, then in Iraq, Islam hopes this dialogue can help eliminate differences that can lead to misunderstanding and conflict. “If people talk, people don’t fight. If they talk, they don’t argue,” he said. “I try to bring talking and understanding into the dialogue.”
“Hesham has wonderful friendships and relationships, and therefore he can give me extraordinarily good advice in dealing with countries and people,” England said. “I take his advice, and I listen to him all the time.”
England said he rarely disagrees with Islam’s guidance. “After all,” he said, “if you have a good doctor, you listen to your doctor, right?”
More interesting discussion...many posts(69)...with links to other items...here...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019783.php#comments
Thanks to Robert Spencer & Hugh Fitgerald (read his comment) and the outstanding posters at jihadwatch.
I am deeply into reading "Blacklisted By History" M.Stanton Evans(Crown Forum 2007. The finest defence of Tailgunner Joe. I am picking various chapters at random. Over six hundred pages and well documented, superbly documented, as it would have to be.
One chapter 38. Titled: The Moles of Monmouth. At the Army Signals Corps research post at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, New Jersey the FBI had listed 34 employees under investigation. This in 1951, suffice to say information led Senator McCarthy to believe two years later, that a hotbed of lax security and possible espionage existed.
McCarthy was assailed by fierce denials and accusations by certain of the Army. Two men, Samuel Snyder and Joseph Levitsky who had worked there, both invoked the Fifth Amendment on questioning.
Out of much of this, I have a chilling suspicion. No one would be more relieved than myself, if completely and absolutely wrong. That suspicion is as follows.
Could the adherents to militant Islam be doing exactly, as the communists did during the WW2 and later in the years following? Verona files anyone?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.