Posted on 09/17/2001 6:26:26 AM PDT by Temple Drake
CNSNews.com) - Minister Louis Farrakhan has warned President Bush that declaring war on terrorism could "trigger the war that would end all wars, the war of Armageddon."
Farrakhan is the leader of the black Muslim separatist movement Nation of Islam and the architect of the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C.
In a speech Sunday at a Chicago mosque, Farrakhan implied that U.S. foreign policy is to blame for last weeks terrorist attacks on Washington and New York. He called on American officials to summon "the courage to look at the foreign policy" and asked if the policies have "produced this danger and hatred toward America."
He described the events of last week as a "dark hour in American and world history." He defended the Palestinians celebrating in the streets after the terrorist attacks because they have "sustained injustice since 1948," which refers to the year Israel became a state.
"They dance in the streets not because they have no feeling for American life, they dance because they wanted America to feel what they feel."
According to Farrakhan, the terrorists that struck America are the product of "despair and hopelessness."
"This is what causes children to strap themselves with bombs. They care nothing for their lives. They want others to feel the pain of what they live with everyday."
He then accused the American government and media of unfairness towards Muslims. He noted that convicted Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy McVeigh professed to be a Christian, yet the U.S. did not fear all Christians.
"Even though his crime was the most horrific committed up until that time, no one said Christian Timothy McViegh, they just said Timothy McVeigh," he noted. He called McVeigh's actions "un-Christian like" and he declared the attacks last week on the US to be "un-Muslim like."
He said Muslims throughout the world have no quarrel with the citizens of America, only it's foreign policy. He believes these are policies "that the American people know nothing about."
"A better foreign policy of America would defeat terrorism forever in the world," he declared.
Now how about Al Sharpon (he's from NYC, no?)
And wattabout Charlie Rangel (he's a Congressman from NYC, no?)
What's this minister from Chicago trying to outdo the guys from NYC? WAit a minute, Jesse Jackson IS from Chicago. Whats Jesse have to say? The silence is deafening.
If he was on fire I wouldn't urinate on him to put him out.
I wonder when's JJ's going to weigh in?
Mustard
Didn't he almost beat Joe Louis?
Dust 'em.
Are they just as interested in feeling the pain of the WTC victims?
Starting from the Beirut truck bomb in 1982 to the Berlin disco bombing in 1986, to Pan Am 103 in 1988, to the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, to the Khobar Towers truck bomb in 1996, to the embassy bombings in 1998, to Egyptair 110 in 1999, to last Tuesday--the number of African Americans killed by Muslim extremists is easily in the hundreds.
For an alleged "leader" of black Americans not to condemn their murder tells you all you need to know about this piece of garbage's agenda.
Uh, whether we like it or not, the fact remains that this war IS about Palestine and Israel, at least in part, and our support of Israel.
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