Playing politics with the Iran protest
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly next week. A consortium of Jewish groups has planned a protest rally in New York for Monday to call attention to Iran's manifestly beligerent stance toward Israel and the Jewish people. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was invited to attend along with many other dignataries. Earlier this week Senator Hillary Clinton, who was also invited to appear, publicly declined her invitation, reportedly because she did not want to share a stage with Governor Palin.

Then it was reported that Senator Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for vice president, was invited in Senator Clinton's stead. He also declined the invitation. Shortly thereafter Governor Palin's invitation was rescinded.

I would have thought that we could unite in condemnation of Iran. They are overt sponsors of terrorism and the perpetrators of attacks upon American soldiers. The stated goal of the Iranian regime is the destruction of the State of Israel, presumably via the use of nuclear weapons. President Ahmadinejad's presence at the UN gives him an aura of legitimacy and a forum for the dissemination of his patented brand of smiling obfuscation. The United States, and all freedom-loving peoples of the world, should join together to denounce him and his Islamist troglodyte enablers.

Instead, according to this report the organizers of the rally "encountered heavy pressure from Jewish Democrats, including members of the conference, members of Congress, and the liberal group J Street, not to give Palin a platform". Why? Has the political climate in this country become so blatantly polarized that Democrats cannot countenance joining with Republicans in support of a noble cause?

The McCain campaign's reaction to the snub against Governor Palin calls out the Democrats on the political angle:

Senator McCain and Governor Palin stand united with the civilized world in oppostion to the the Iranian regime and its meglomanical ambitions. Senator Obama and Senator Biden appear willing to equivocate when given the opportunity to confront evil head-on.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

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