[all the best]

"Shame on you Ted Cruz: what you did is exemplify how the worst of the left and liberals speak. Conservatives, and especially Christians, are supposed to rise far above this abysmal standard."

[oldbrowser]

“Christians have no greater ally than the Jewish state,”

I don't know where the "gaffe" is in that statement.

[x]

What does any of this -- the conference, Cruz's speech, the booing and heckling, Cruz's walkout, all the subsequent controversy -- do to help persecuted Christians in the Middle East?

Maybe the gathering was itself just one of those Washington opportunities to network and look concerned, but how did Cruz's speech improve things for Christians in that part of the world? And if his goal was to improve relations between Arab or Arab-American Christians and Israelis or Jews, how did that work out?

Also, look at the comment that got Ted booed: “Christians have no greater ally than Israel.” Where is the US in that? Are we really not much of an ally for Middle Eastern Christians and other persecuted groups? Is that because Obama is so feckless? Or does Cruz really believe Netanyahu is the best friend of Christians in the region whoever's in the White House? Or is it just the sort of thing politicians blurt out without giving it much thought?

[grania]

Assad is a protector of Christians, yet Cruz said nothing against Obama's policy of still trying to overthrow him. Who will support the Christians then? Cruz might be wise to acknowledge that the policy of overthrowing leaders who protect minorities is wrong. Does Israel have a policy of supporting governments only if they protect the rights of Christians and other minorities? This has got to be addressed. Anyone who supports the overthrow of govs that protect Christians is not a friend of Christianity. And that includes the US.

And Cruz should condemn the overthrow of such governments, or expect boos from those whose loved ones are being slaughtered.

[gusopol3]

in some pro-“Israel” Bible study, safely tucked away in America somewhere between the pages of a Scofield Bible and a Left Behind novel, with hands laid-on by a charismatic millenarian prophesying about blessing “Abraham’s seed.”

Yeah, those actually are the people to be afraid of , lefty (author); they were steadfast against the Godless Soviets, and that shaped history. (Scofield Bible users not real likely to be "charismatic.")

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[GeronL]

These writers are imbeciles.

"Stand with Israel" is not a gaffe

[GeronL]

That audience had Muslims in it, as far as I am concerned.

Cruz did the right thing.

[tomkat]

             

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