Boy Scouts to Issue Fatwah

Malkin turned me on to this one. It is a letter to the editor in San Francisco in response to a story on youth camps sponsored by Hamas.

Editor -- Yes, it is disturbing that Palestinian children are being taught to chant "Rifle fire! Raise it up!" in Hamas summer camps.

But, hey, we've got militaristic chants going in this country for our kiddies, too. On Sunday, President Bush met with the Boy Scouts, a gathering of 50,000, at their National Jamboree at an Army base in Virginia. Among other things, he went on about patriotism and military service.

Bush's audience had been warmed up by a man wearing an Army T-shirt who, as balloons with military emblems floated about, led the children in chants of "OO-rah" and "U.S.A.!"
Looks like we've got some of our own sun, fun and indoctrination.

JUDITH ROSS
San Francisco

For Judith's sake, here is the scout oath:

On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country
and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight.

And, here are the stated goals of Hamas:

'The Islamic Resistance Movement is a distinguished Palestinianmovement, whose allegiance is to Allah, and whose way of life isIslam. It strives to raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine.' (Article 6)

'Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam willobliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.' (Preamble)

'The Day of Judgment will not come about until Moslems fight Jews andkill them. Then, the Jews will hide behind rocks and trees, and therocks and trees will cry out: 'O Moslem, there is a Jew hiding behindme, come and kill him.' (Article 7)

'The land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf [Holy Possession]consecrated for future Moslem generations until Judgment Day. No onecan renounce it or any part, or abandon it or any part of it.'(Article 11)

'The day the enemies usurp part of Moslem land, Jihad becomes theindividual duty of every Moslem. In the face of the Jews' usurpation,it is compulsory that the banner of Jihad be raised.' (Article 15)

I was unable to locate the sections on helping little old ladies cross the street or the importance of community service, unless you include killing every Jew in sight a community service.

Judith is an idiot and a liberal; two designations that are increasingly married to one another. What occurs to me is, if a liberal were ever to run for public office on a platform based on true feelings about scouts, America, patriotism, the military, Christians, they wouldn't be able to garner enough votes for dog catcher.

Which is why all liberal politicians are liars. They have to be. Who would vote for a "I hate this country and everything it stands for" platform?

Also posting: Museum of Left-Wing Lunacy, Jeff the Baptist