As Mr. King, a Republican, rose as a Long Island politician in the 1980s, benefiting from strong Irish-American support, the I.R.A. was carrying out a bloody campaign of bombing and sniping, targeting the British Army, Protestant paramilitaries and sometimes pubs and other civilian gathering spots.
In later years, by all accounts, Mr. King became an important go-between in talks that led to peace in Northern Ireland, drawing on his personal contacts with leaders of I.R.A.'s political wing, Sinn Fein, and winning plaudits from both Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, the former president and the British prime minister.
As Mr. King takes the spotlight this week with his hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims, "Vale of Tears" shows he has long been considering the dangers posed by radical Muslims, as well as what role a mere congressman can play in protecting his country.
The importance of these hearings is monumental and prehaps even historical. This is the line in the sand and izzlum knows it. I hope he goes into the writings of the koran and hadeethaa and all the other hate literature of this cancer.
He has stood firm by not letting enemies “water down” the hearings by introducing side shows. We all know it that if that happened, the terrorists from the splc would spin this out of control and turn it into an anti Tea Party diatribe.
Pray for this man, because the work he is doing is of historical importance.
izzlum knows this, and Rep. King’s life and the lives of his family, are in great danger.
Lets stop acting like leftists when it comes to King. Instead of defending the indefensible, lets ask why our side was so stupid to put a past supporter of terrorism in the chairmanship of the Homeland Security Commitee. Anybody with a little knowledge of King knew he was a supporter and vocal backer of the Provos. For the last 15 years I knew this would eventually bite us in the ass. Instead of whining unfair, lets admit we were stupid for having King be a front man for anything to do with terrorism. Is there nobody else in the GOP who could have sat in this position. Instead our side selects the only representative who supported pub bombings in the past. This reminds me of the 90’s, when some of those selected to lead the correct impeachment of Slick were found out to have cheated on their wives also. The stupidity of our Congressional leaders never fails to amaze me anymore.