Posted on 09/03/2010 7:37:59 AM PDT by Nachum
A high powered and well connected "veterans group" has issued a letter backing "Park 51", the Islamic community center and mosque proposed for Lower Manhattan - the popularly known "Ground Zero Mosque".
According to Joel Wendland, himself an army veteran and editor of the Communist Party USA newsite Peoples World, the organization VoteVets.org, believes that the proposed mosque should be supported on Constitutional grounds and will serve to enhance U.S. national security in the long term.
According to an August 26 Wendland article in the World ;
Authored by VoteVets.org, an organization that advocates for veterans' issues and supports veterans for elected office, the letter urged the Park51 organizers not to abandon the project.For the full statement go here.In addition the letter asked the group to circulate the letter to any interested party, "so they know that veterans like us see this as an important issue of our very Constitution and our national security."
The veterans cited their sworn oath as members of the military "to uphold the Constitution" as a basic reason for their support for the project.
The letter noted the hypocrisy of the opponents of the project:
"For all the talk these days from some quarters about the importance of protecting the Constitution and allowing the free market to work unfettered, those same people are fighting against your community's right to buy property and worship freely. Our duty to protect the Constitution didn't end when our service did. It's up to us to stand up for the right for all Americans to enjoy the Constitutional freedoms that so many around the world don't have. So, we are standing up for you."
Protection of the rights of all Americans to practice their faith in the manner of their choosing would also "deal a blow to the propaganda of al Qaeda and Islamist extremists, who recruit on the talking point that the United States is in a war against Islam."
Finally, the letter noted that taking a stand on behalf of the Constitution promotes the safety of U.S. military forces abroad.
"As veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan," it concluded, "we believe the construction of your community center isn't 'anti-America' at all. In fact, building your community center is about as pro-America as one can get."
Who are these patriots, taking such a noble stand for the U.S. Constitution and the safety and security of America's troops and citizenry?
While professing to be a non partisan group, it appears that almost all of VoteVets.org's supported candidates are Democrats. The group's Political Action Committee is charged with seeking to elect Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans to public office "regardless of party".
However, between 2006 and 2010 VoteVets.org gave $228,700 to Democratic Party candidates and only $15,100 to Republican candidates.
Also, many VoteVets.org personnel have ties to the Obama Administration, the Democratic Party, the Democrat aligned and the George Soros funded Center for American Progress and in one case, directly to the Soros Open Society Institute.
Obama Administration connections include;
Is the the call by VoteVets.org, for Park51 to go ahead a genuine attempt to shed light the issue, by calling for tolerance and extending an olive branch to moderate Islam?
Or is it a cynical ploy by the Obama Administration and its allies, to take some heat out of the issue, by using "veterans" as cover for what is essentially a "progressive" agenda?
Americans rightly respect their veterans and tend to listen to their opinions. Would the public be happy to know that VoteVets.org was connected to both President Barack Obama and the not so popular George Soros?
Do they really want to be on the same side as the Communist Party USA on this issue?
The former servicemen and women of VoteVets.org are genuine veterans, but are their paymasters genuine patriots?
Should VoteVets.org's opinions on this issue be respected? Or should Americans view them as little but cynical propaganda from quarters who have previously shown little regard for the U.S. Constitution, national security, or the well-being of American troops in the field?
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Time to shine the light on this charade group !
Time to shine the light on this charade group !
Let’s just call it what it is:
The Marxist Money Mosque.
Communists wanting to protect our Constitution. Yeah, right. Are they also advocating for the rebuilding of the Greek Orthodox church that was destroyed at GZ?
Guess who is “public enemy #1” for Soros....the Tea Party
See Soros Launches ‘Frontal Assault’ Against Tea Party
http://www.infowars.com/globalist-soros-launches-frontal-assault-against-tea-party/
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