Posted on 09/24/2002 6:51:17 AM PDT by mhking
Rob Douglas - Douglas Investigations Saddam Hussein As Jesus Christ
You know the feeling. First the sniffles start. Then a cough develops. Soon you’ve got that achy-all-over discomfort. You try to sleep. You burrow deeper under the covers. Toss. Turn. Toss some more. It’s 3:30 in the morning. A cold rain beating down on the roof. You can feel the cold that started in your sinuses digging into your chest. Breathing is a chore. Sleep is out of the question. Head to the couch. Pop on the T.V. Flip through the channels. Maybe the drone of some late-night talk show will dull the senses and allow sleep to overcome. Hundreds of stations. Not one worth watching. Flip. Flip. Flip. Old movies. Bad movies. How to make a million with tiny classified ads. Orange cleaner. Dent popper. Where do they dream this stuff up? Who buys it? Flip. Jesse Jackson’s face fills the screen. He's discussing what it will take to remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq. A shake of the head. Maybe the fever has brought on delirium. Pick up the remote again. Who ever invented the Dish Network PVR is a genius. Hit the back-up button and replay Jesse. It’s not delirium. Jesse Jackson believes fighting a war to oust Hussein is like King Herod and the Romans slaughtering all babies in an attempt to kill the baby Jesus. Jesse Jackson equates Saddam Hussein to Jesus Christ. Saddam Hussein as Jesus Christ. I’m not making this up. On Friday night (I caught the 3:30am Saturday morning replay) Jesse Jackson was on Black Entertainment Television (BET)Tonight with Ed Gordon. The episode was titled 9/11: What Black America Needs To Know. While it is not clear to me why “Black America” would need to know anything different than all Americans, I’ll leave that for another day. What is important during a time when there is both a national and international debate concerning Iraq taking place is to hear well-reasoned arguments both pro and con. Equating Saddam Hussein to Jesus Christ does not advance the debate. In fact, it may be the most shameful statement in the history of public discourse. Coming from you or me would be bad enough. Coming from a national leader with an international reputation is utterly disgraceful. Coming from a man of the cloth is beyond imagination. Although Jackson clearly placed his statement in a religious context, it fails even if he were not talking about Jesus. Had Jackson only been equating Saddam Hussein to an infant- any infant -the attempt at moral equivalency would still be a fool’s errand. Saddam Hussein has slaughtered, gassed, tortured, imprisoned, murdered, mutilated, and starved hundreds of thousands if not millions. In a particularly gross form of irony consider that Jackson is equating the attempt to remove Hussein from power with the slaughter of all infants in order to kill one child, while at the same time Hussein murders and imprisons children – including toddlers. Don’t take my word for it. Take the word of former weapons inspector Scott Ritter. After all, he is the poster child for the Iraq hand-wringers. In an interview with Time Magazine Ritter was asked: “You’ve spoke about having seen the children’s prisons in Iraq. Can you describe what you saw there?” Ritter replied: Saddam Hussein imprisons children of his political opponents. Saddam Hussein has gassed citizens of Iraq – including infants and children. Yet Jesse Jackson equates Hussein to the infant Jesus. The appropriate analogy would obviously be that of Hussein to the Roman emperor seeking to kill the infant Jesus. After all, Hussein imprisons and kills the children of his political opponents just as the Romans sought to kill Jesus out of fear. Yet Jesse Jackson equates Saddam Hussein with Jesus Christ. Jesse Jackson is a fool.
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“Since he’s not gonna volunteer, it means you have to kill Hussein. In order to get to him you’re going to have to kill a lot of innocent people - to get to him. It’s reminiscent of biblical times – killing all those children to get to Jesus.”
“The prison in question is at the General Security Services headquarters, which was inspected by my team in Jan. 1998. It appeared to be a prison for children – toddlers up to pre-adolescents – whose only crime was to be the offspring of those who have spoken out politically against the regime of Saddam Hussein. It was a horrific scene. Actually I’m not going to describe what I saw there because what I saw was so horrible that it can be used by those who would want to promote war with Iraq, and right now I am waging peace.”
Yep, I totally see what you mean. There is absolutely no common sense to it. If he saw things that were so horrible going on --and to innocent Children, for heaven's sake!!-- then he is contradicting his priciples. This guy is saying that he values "peace" and non-violence so much that he's willing to allow violence and torture (of children) to continue, because the violence it would take to stop such horrors would be equally wrong. Makes no sense to me at all.
That's another good point...he's not a reverend. Get Joeseph Timmermann's book Shakedown and read the part about his 'ordination,' or more accurately his lack thereof. It's still a relatively new book, so you may be able to find it at the library.
Don't worry about never having heard this bit of info before. I didn't know either, until I read the book. It's not something his supporters in the media are willing to report, expecially since he is the leader of their 'Hate America' crusades.
No I had never heard this but after all of the bible misquotes it sure doesn't surprise me. As a matter of fact it makes me feel a little better considering what he has said now and in the past while supposedly quoting scripture..
As a non-Christian these "theories" are not inherently offensive (though I give no creedence to them). But I can see where a Christian would find these supremely offensive. Reverend?
The Saddam as Jesus thing, however is universally offensive to any decent person. Isn't he supposed to be a "reverend"? OK it's a free country and he can call himself "reverend". "Reverend" of what?
Even most libs won't go for this one. They'll likely give Jesse a pass, but it will be an embarrasment not to be mentioned.
I must disagree with this. Of all the terms that have been used, "African American" is the most accurate. They are primarily Americans, and (some of) their ancestors are from Africa. This follows the same form as "Italian American", "Irish American" etc. Just plain "American" would be better, but because everybody makes the distinction in practise it's necessary to find the unambiguous term that's least offensive without jumping through PC hoops.
So to me "African American" it is, or "black" due to common usage (or discussing a group that includes non-Americans). "Negro" only when discussing physical anthropology.
I find myself having to speak out for the intelligence of Clinton and others, not because I admire any of the ilk. I most certainly do not. But it is important to understand when there is method in the seeming madness of our foes. One should not underestimate them.
The fools are the professional "liberals," in the media and academia, who keep building up the Jesse Jacksons of this world. The huckster and extortionist who exploits them understands what he is doing.
Now if you want to comment on the reverence of the "Reverend," that is quite another matter.
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No......................he's an idiot and a fool. Big difference; one that makes him all the more dangerous.
You beat me to it.
Jesse clearly has a make-it-up-as-you-go Bible.
The idea that he calls himself a "Reverend" is a joke.
I would be curious as to what translation he is using. I fear it's the gospel according to Jesse..
Now that's the best news I've heard all week. I would suggest that black Christians stand up and proclaim the guy for what he is: a pimp and a wolf in sheep's clothing, proclaiming the word of the Lord, while he's proved that money is his real God.
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