Posted on 12/30/2011 12:24:19 PM PST by mnehring
One of the more insane claims in Ron Paul’s newsletters was that the Israelis were behind the WTC bombings in 1993:
Whether [the 1993 World Trade Center bombing] was a setup by the Israeli Mossad, as a Jewish friend of mine suspects, or was truly a retaliation by the Islamic fundamentalists, matters little.
This claim is of course so ridiculous and absurd that even Paul has to protect himself by claiming that “a Jewish friend” told him about it. What a handy rhetorical device! If only Paul had had the foresight to couch all his racist remarks in the newsletters in this way, he wouldn’t have any problems right now! “As a black friend of mine once told me, 95% of all black people in DC are criminal or semi-criminal.” See how effective that is?
Dan has already covered some of the statements in Paul’s book (which he has not yet disavowed writing) that sound a lot like the newsletters he now disavows. One of the excerpts CNN did not cover was Paul’s section on the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut. You’ll never guess who Paul thinks was responsible:
The Middle East, in the last forty years, has soaked up billions of dollars in the name of American security and peace. The more we give Israel, the more we must give their Arab enemies. The height of this folly was vividly and tragically dramatized on October 23, 1981, with the killing of the 241 Marines in Beirut when their barracks were destroyed by radical Moslems. The terrorists probably were aided by Iran and supplied with explosives sold to them by Israel, originating from the United States and paid for by American taxpayers.
I have to admit that this is somewhat of a new spin on the usual anti-Israel conspiracy theory associated with this particular event. One thing that seems clear is that Paul’s natural instinct is to disbelieve that Muslim terrorism can exist unless those rascally Jews are behind it somehow.
Hmmmmmm...where do you find writings about ‘Replacement Theology’ in the written teachings of those groups?
What is ‘Supercessionism’ and exactly where was it introduced in the Second Century?
By the way, what does the Bible say about the Good News being taken to the Gentiles?
What do you think is the “correct” belief....and why?
Do some research. Here’s a head start: Justin Martyr’s “Dialogue With Trypho The Jew” written in the Second Century. It is older than the oldest complete manuscript of the New Testament.
You made the claim. You should provide the substantive proof.
Are you unaware of Covenant Theology?
“If you don’t like the facts,...”
“I am intimately aware of Covenant Theology, and also that it’s(sic) adherants(sic) hold to a variation of Supercessionism.”
What you consider to be facts may not be completely accurate.
Also, how is it that you are *intimately* aware of Covenant Theology? Do you have problems with it? If so, why?
One more question: Are you a Christian?
Thanks for telling us all that you’d throw our only real ally in the MidEast to the wolves in the name of convenience.
What I consider myself is of little consequence. That I am known the Creator is what defines me.
Biblical theology....interesting. I mean that sincerely. You are a believer in God then?
“That I am known the Creator is what defines me.”
Did you mean to say this?
So...what exactly do you think about Covenant Theology?
I figured that might be what you had wanted to say. ;-)
May God bless you and all of His people in this new year. May He grant us all the Light to SEE what is GOOD...and to follow His plan.
I figured that this would also be the case...but wanted to be sure.
;-)
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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The unsubstantiated conspiracy theorist charge from a Congressman aside, the interesting part of the statement is that it doesn't matter if it was the Mossad or Islamists. Does Paul not care if innocents are sitting in jail cause they're Muslims, or is he just anxious to raise an anti-Israel canard.
Paul, of course, refers to Ron the Phantom Paul, I don't mean to suggest ther real Ron Paul wrote his newsletters. He cashed the checks, which I suspect was the idea.
Yes, if you read the proceedings at Nuremburg and some of the memoirs you'll find lots of them had Jewish "friends". Barbers, doctors, lawyers, lovers. They didn't hate Jews, the individual, rather Jews, the collective. Which is irrelevant when you're killed, but I suppose relevant when you're playing the "I was following orders" card. The individual isn't the collective.
Dare I note that "I have a Jewish friend" or "I have Jews in the family" is often played on FR.
The old Pat Buchanan-Bill Buckely debate, Pat-I have Jewish friends, how can I be an antisemite.
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