Family Security Matters Briefings - Week of 7/21/08

Are Voters Who Don't Support Obama Racists? The Twisted Logic of Political Correctness
By KT McFarland

New York Governor David Paterson gave one of the keynote addresses at the NAACP's 99th annual convention at Cincinnati last week. According to one newspaper account he "suggested that the defeat of Senator Obama in the presidential election would be a victory for racism in America."

Huh? Is Governor Paterson implying that anyone who votes against Barack Obama is a racist? Can't someone vote against him because they don't trust his flip-flopping on major issues? Or they worry a President Obama will join the ranks of Presidents Hoover and Carter and raise taxes during a recession? Or they think Senator Obama's plan for immediate withdrawal from Iraq would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? Or they suspect his brand of "aggressive diplomacy" with Iran would result in an Iranian nuclear arsenal? Or they believe he's too inexperienced and untried to be president in these precarious times?

Is this what political correctness has brought us to? That we are now a nation of people who are assumed to cast our votes, not on the basis of a candidate's record or policies, but merely on the basis of his race and ethnicity? [more...]

Israeli Strike Highlights Rogue-State Axis
By Joel Himelfarb

While the details of Israel's September 6th airstrike inside Syria remain a closely guarded secret, this much is clear: The Israeli raid has focused plenty of attention on the longstanding military relationship between Syria and North Korea, and the connections between rogue regimes in Damascus, Pyongyang and Tehran. North Korea has long been involved in helping Syria develop and improve its Scud missile force. For example, Syria is believed to have purchased more than 100 Scud-C missiles from the DPRK regime, which may be capable of carrying chemical or biological warheads. Another missile that North Korea may have helped the Syrians develop is the Scud-D; that missile, with a range of well over 400 miles, has the capability to reach pretty much anywhere in Israel and Jordan and Lebanon, in addition to U.S. forces based in Iraq and Turkey, a NATO ally. Syrian strongman Bashar Assad's regime is widely believed to have chemical and biological weapons, including mustard gas, sarin, and anthrax. And it maintains this arsenal in part through the acquisition of dual-use equipment (items with both military and civilian uses) from North Korea. [more...]

How Britain Helps Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood: Part One of Two
By Adrian Morgan

This week, the annual British event known as "Islam Expo" came to a close. In 2006, this "celebration" of Islamic heritage and identity gathered criticism as the event - then held in Alexandra Palace in North London - took place while relatives were commemorating the first anniversary of the 7/7 attacks. Additionally, some of the proposed speakers at that 2006 event were known to hold extremist views. [more...]