This Is Now Our America, Part II

As readers know, I now refer to the mainstream media as the Democratic Party-Mainstream Media Complex, or D-MSM for short.  It pays to see what they are saying in today's America.  On the front page of today's Los Angeles Times, above the fold, is this story:  "Mideast war has campuses on edge."  The story continues on page 8, occupying the entire page.  It is not described as opinion or analysis.  Therefore, we are to take it as "news."  On the front page under the fold is this:  "Palestinians in Gaza scramble to evacuate."  It is continued on page 4.  On page one is also a picture of a young Palestinian said to be injured by an Israeli airstrike.  Let's talk about the main article, atop the fold.

We are told that over 1300 Israelis were massacred by Hamas "militants."  Many D-MSM news outlets refuse to refer to Hamas as terrorists.  But what do you call people who murder babies and children and unarmed civilians?  It is certainly not military conflict.  It is intended to terrorize the civilian population.  Earlier in the week, I was astounded by this front page headline in the LA Times:  "Israel, Hamas toll rises over 1100."  What?  Innocent and unarmed Israeli civilians are lumped together with Hamas terrorists?  The D-MSM does this quite often.  Such as when a bad guy shoots and kills two people for example, but then the police shoot him dead.  The headline will be "Three killed in shootout."  No!  It's two killed by a murderer, who was then shot dead by the police.  The criminals should never be equated with the innocent victims.  The same goes for terrorists.  But this is now America. 

Inside, we ae told that student groups across the country either criticized university administrators for not issuing sufficiently harsh statements condemning Hamas, or not condemning Hamas at all.  Palestinian students and groups wanted expressions of support for Hamas' actions.  I am reminded of when Representative Ilhan Omar made one antisemitic comment after the next, and the Republicans in the House tried to get a resolution passed condemning antisemitism.  But then Speaker Nancy Pelosi would only allow a generic type of resolution, condemning all discrimination and all hate.  Whereas many members of Congress knelt in the Capitol rotunda on behalf of George Floyd and black lives, no such special consideration could be given for Jewish lives.  

Here's something by the La F.U.E.R.Z.A. Student Association at Cal State Long Beach:  "WHEN PEOPLE ARE COLONIZED RESISTANCE IS JUSTIFIED."  How is it possible that so many young people are insensitive to the murder of babies even?  This is now America.  The National Chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (which, by the way, just like Hamas, is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood) said the Hamas attack was a "historic win for the Palestinian resistance."  "Bears for Palestine," a Berkeley student group, called Israel an "apartheid regime," and per the paper claimed that Israel "has occupied Palestinian lands for decades, depriving more than 2 million Gazans of their human rights and basic necessities for the last 16 years."  Here's an idea.  Tell Hamas to lay down their weapons, accept Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, use all the money they get to build a civil society, and let's see what happens.  We don't need to see what happens if Israel lays down its weapons...we saw that firsthand on October 7.  A day when more Jews were murdered than at any time since the Holocaust.  

I certainly would have preferred if the article quoted more Jewish professors and Jewish organizations.  But the article ended with a very telling quote from a 22 year-old Jewish student who did not want to walk alone on campus, because she did not want interactions with students supporting the recent actions by Hamas.  "It's a lonely feeling for I think a lot of us, where you see people that you thought you were friends with and they're blatantly promoting what's happening."  

That is a question for all of America.  That is a question raised in "Are We At War With Islam?"  I am sure most have us have seen Rashida Tlaib, a member of Congress, refuse to condemn the murder of even Jewish babies.  Yes, some in the "Squad" have.  But what if people like Tlaib become so numerous in the country and in Congress, that all support for Israel would end.  Can you imagine funding Hamas?  Oh wait, we do fund UNRWA (The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East), which operates in Gaza.  And Hamas controls Gaza.  It is past time to cease funding for UNRWA.  Why, 75 years later, after so many people were displaced from so many countries following the end of WWII (including hundreds of thousands of Jews from Arab countries) do we have a UN agency devoted to one group of "refugees."  Stop calling them refugees.  Stop saying "refugee camps."  It is nonsense.

I cannot end this post without discussing Iran.  Iran is frequently called the leading state sponsor of terrorism.  Hamas and Hezbollah would not be able to operate without Iran supplying both money and weaponry.  Why should Iran be able to walk away from this conflict unscathed?