I don’t claim to know the motives behind TC’s choice of topics.
But it was very poorly chosen. If an American had gone to Dublin in 1940 and given a speech about supporting the brave Englishmen fighting Hitler, I would have expected a similar reaction.
Not because what he was saying was untrue, but because the Irishmen in the audience had a long and sad history of conflict with the English, one the American just didn’t share.
IOW, it looks like TC gave a speech that would have been well received at a Southern Baptist meeting. Not so much where many of the attendees were ethnic Arabs, whose ethnic brothers had fought many wars against the Israelis. Rights or wrongs of those wars can be argued indefinitely, but it isn’t reasonable to expect them to love each other.
Here’s the comment that first drew boos. “And today, Christians have no greater ally than the Jewish state. [mixed applause, boos, “come on”]”
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/coppage/ted-cruz-crashes-defense-of-christians-summit/
It is entirely to be expected that Palestinian Arab Christians would not feel that they have “no greater ally than the Jewish state.”
There are only two possibilities here. TC foresaw the response that such comments would get from this audience and went ahead with them anyway, for some obscure reason. Or he didn’t, and that doesn’t say good things about his judgment.
Maybe you don’t realize he was responding to speeches that came before his, with vitriol and hate thrown at Israel.
I am glad he responded to them, in person to their faces.
Oh, it proves his judgement is far superior!
The sand nazi undercurrent in the audience (CAIR?) afforded Ted an opportunity to make a statement of principal!
Hear hear
Damn Sherman...I’m proud of you....22 posts before someone responds about what’s really going on here
I’m kinda saddened to see how uninformed so many here are about the Notzri.....
Well done.
This is the first time I’ve questioned Ted..BTW....it was bound to happen
Why would his handlers send him before that crowd with that message
When it comes to Israel....Freepers are like Sean Hannity....they mean well
But....
Middle Eastern Christians have hated Jews since the Crucifixion. When Christians fell under the Muslim yoke, they found partners in their Jew hatred that gave them a degree of protection. In 1948, under the banner of "Arab nationalism", they plotted the destruction of the new nation of Israel with their fellow Arabs. When Israel turn out to be much stronger than expected, the Christians became bitter and their Jew hatred amplified.
This goes back two thousand years. The Jews have never oppressed anyone since the construction of the Second Temple. Yet we are supposed to give a pass to anti Jewish anti-Israel sentiment because Israel turned out to be much more successful than expected?
Unfortunately, Middle Eastern Christians are getting much as they deserve from the Arab majorities. What did they expect from the Muslims? Had they ever read the Koran? If I grew up there, I would have considered the Koran fundamental opposition research. They could have left, as the Jews did. Instead, they elected to stay, marinating their souls in ancient animosities until the Muslims finally came for them as well. It took two thousand years, but reality eventually struck.
Middle East Christians, and I am a Christian, can expect our support and protection when they drag their ethics out of the first Century.
p.s. Baptist Fundamentalism is no more relevant to Middle Eastern Christian attitudes than the 1948 Arab-Israeli War or the Seven Day War.