THE FAR LEFT LOVES HAMAS TERRORISTS

This photo captures the essence of the dedication that the far left has for the terrorist cause of Hamas. For the most part, there is no intellectual honesty in that support. The majority of the reaction on the far left, both here at home and around the world, is motivated by hatred for the United States, hatred for Israel or, unfortunately in a few cases, anti-Semitism.

A good place to begin considering the lefty position is to look at the facts. Here are a few:

1. Hamas is a terrorist organization that was founded on the principle of destroying the legitimate State of Israel, a country created under the direction of the United Nations, all the while killing as many Jews as possible.

2. Destroying a nation is illegal under international law as is the willful and indiscriminate slaughter of innocent civilians.

3. Under the United Nations Charter and international law, every country in the world is entitled to the right of self-defense.

4. Israel has exercised immense patience and restraint as, over time, Hamas shot over 6,000 missiles pell mell into the Israeli civilian population, killing innocent non-combatants including children. In many instances, Israel cooperated with a variety of efforts by the international community to mediate that problem. None of it did any good.

5. Hamas is widely disliked by most all Arab governments.

6. Arab nations throughout the Middle East routinely refuse to take on Palestinian refugees, leaving them trapped in Gaza and at the mercy of Hamas.

7. Hamas is a brutal, murderous, terrorist organization that has no mercy and cares little for the welfare of everyday Palestinians. To Hamas, the civilian population in Gaza is only valued as human shields, to be manipulated as a propaganda tool to gain international sympathy, especially from the far left and their media mouthpieces. In fact, the more innocent Palestinians die, the better it is for Hamas. They have no problem with that.

Yet it cannot be concluded that far left logic is limited to such obviously flawed reasons for supporting Hamas. There is more to their rabid protests against Israel than meets the eye of the casual observer. It has more to do with what is and always will be their 'big bad wolf'.

Setting anti-Semitic sentiment aside, the left most certainly has no use for Israel. They claim that it is an illegal state, a wholly false assertion, that has no right to exist. Thus for them, supporting an organization dedicated to the elimination of Israel, like Hamas, fits their false reality. It is important to note that one consistent characteristic of the far left has always been the ability to ignore the facts and proclaim the lie whenever it is convenient to do so for the good of their cause. Appropriately, their sycophant media allies obediently promote the same fiction. In their world of anything goes, the ends justify the means.

But there is an even larger force at work here. Our domestic far left, as well as the far left throughout the world, hates the United States of America. Since we are the most staunch and committed ally of Israel, the far left must, by deduction, be in favor of Hamas. After all, the more Hamas succeeds and the more Israel fails, the more damage is done to us and our standing.

The truth is that the left hearts Hamas because of it's visceral hatred of America. It fits their greater agenda to do so. The link below to the web site of the Workers Party of New Zealand is provided as an example of the left in action. Communists, terrorists, dictators, tyrants, theocratic tyrannies like Iran and other thugs worldwide support Hamas. That makes anti-American sense and is consistent with far left doctrine.

Free peoples, on the other hand, deplore the fighting and mourn the innocent victims on both sides. They long to see a permanent end to the fighting in the region and they literally as well as figuratively pray for peace amongst the peoples of the Middle East. Most importantly, they do not support terrorists or their organizations.

We all know from history that there are no easy answers to the conflicts in that part of the globe. Well intended people have worked tirelessly for decades to bring peace and harmony there. It has not worked.

Hamas, and the far left, will not allow it.

THE WORKERS PARTY OF NEW ZEALAND

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