No excuse for cheering Hezbollah

Check out my Los Angeles Daily News column today -- and additional analysis on Political Mavens -- on the reprehensible actions of anti-war, anti-Israel protesters who also are cheering on terrorist group Hezbollah:

"You may have missed the march in downtown L.A. on Aug. 12, but I was there. I expected the Palestinian flags, the jaunty kaffiyehs, the drum-beating and brow-beating. But I nearly dropped my pen in the gutter when I heard cries of 'Long live Hezbollah!' from the marchers.

It's one thing to protest the Israel-U.S. alliance, to think Israel's a big bully, etc. I don't agree, but a free country is open to varied political discourse. Call everyone with whom you disagree a Nazi if it makes you feel better.

But it's quite another to cheer on a terrorist organization. And if you think it isn't happening in the United States, you may have missed some recent far-left rallies where that anti-Israel stance crossed the line to anti-Semitism, where the traditional anti-Bush chants were supplemented with support for guerrilla militias armed by Iran.

When I saw the signs saying 'Hezbollah forever' and 'Hezbollah, Hamas - People's Resistance,' among others, I knew I wasn't hearing things. And the Anti-Defamation League reports similar occurrences at that day's other rallies, including 'Long live Hezbollah' cries in San Francisco and San Diego, and a chant of 'Nasrallah, Nasrallah, the martyr is the beloved of Allah, the Zionists are the enemy of Allah' in Washington, D.C.

Since when did Hassan Nasrallah become a man of the people, a pied piper to lead the oppressed masses? Since when did Americans find his draconian theological warfare to be a symbol of liberation? 'The most honorable death is death by killing,' Nasrallah told his followers last year.

'Our motto, which we are not afraid to repeat year after year, is "Death to America,"' he also said.

Would people get miffed if marchers were screaming 'Long live al-Qaida!' through downtown? Or if Osama bin Laden became the sexy new poster boy for anti-war demonstrations? How vile will these protesters become simply to spite the current administration?"

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Comments

[Ned]

"Would people get miffed if marchers were screaming 'Long live al-Qaida!' through downtown?"

If one of the chief maxibats said to do it the minibats would. Most of them are dumber than a box of rocks and are in the streets because they need attention. I think the more they protest and people see what they are the better. Thanks to the internet images of these nut cases are being made public and not being screened by the drive-by media.

[Lewis B. Sckolnick]

We got us a long war-our civilization of theirs-your choice.