<< The only reason it gets all that media attention from around the world is because the targets are *Jewish* targets. If those attacks had been against, say, some Baptist churches, it would probably only have been mentioned in a three-line article on page 27 or so of some major newspaper. On CNN, it would probably go something like "President Bush met with Russian president Putin to <yadda yadda yadda -- long story>. In Europe, a few Baptist churches were burned down by protesters. And now, the weather." >>
Nobody ever created an entire government whose sole purpose for existence was to murder every single Baptist on the planet. Jews are still under threat around the world, simply for being Jews. You can't say that about Baptists. And, in fact, when various Black churches in the American South were under attack a few years ago (there was a series of bombings and burnings), it did get nationwide news attention. Muslims in India are under attack by Hindus; does Europe care? Does Europe even notice? You have to stand up to evil, not accommodate it. If enough Europeans would say, "If there is no freedom for Jews, there is no freedom for any of us," the terrorists would turn tail and flee. Asking Jews (or anybody) to bear the sole risk entirely on their own is chickenshit, craven cowardice. The Danish king did not wear a Star of David during WW II; if he had, if everyone had, the Holocaust would not have taken place. The terrorists are targeting Jews today; they'll be after you, and you, and you next. Don't say you weren't warned. Tom Beck "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I didn't realize I'd also see the last." - Jerry Pournelle
