Try Men’s Souls
By Maj. Gen
Jerry R. Curry (Ret'd)
CurryforAmerica.com
Were
Patrick Henry of the famous “Give me liberty or give
me death speech” walking among us today, he would no
doubt remind both America and Israel of the words he
spoke on Dec. 23, 1776 when he said, “These are the
times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and
the sunshine patriot will in this crisis shrink from
the service of their country, but he that stands by
it now, deserves the thanks of man and woman.
Tyranny like hell, is not easily conquered, yet we
have this consolation with us, that the harder the
conflict, the more glorious the triumph,” -- Dec.
23, 1776.
It is
past time that the United States came alongside and
supported the tiny democratic state of Israel in its
fight to the death for liberty and freedom against
the rip tide of middle-eastern Islamic evil which,
like Nazi Germany, has pledged to totally destroy
every living Jew on the face of the earth while the
U.N. stands idly by twiddling its thumbs.
For
the most part, America’s Christian Community is
standing by Israel. But this fight should be led by
America’s Jews, just as the Civil Rights fight was
led by Martin Luther King Jr. and the NAACP.
Certainly the
Jewish community should be out front agitating and
stirring up support for Israel. So why are the
Jewish leaders of the U.S.
Congress nearly mute on the subject?
Some think
this is just a continuation of the historic
Jewish-Arab-Muslim conflict that has and will go on
and on for centuries to come. Not so, this game is
being played for keeps. If Hamas, with Iran’s help,
is successful in annihilating Israel, then they will
turn their attention to the annihilation of western
civilization. Meanwhile America’s Jewish political
leadership seems to be dozing at the switch. Israel
needs our help and the help of the western world –
now!
In
the last two elections Jewish voters have gone to
the polls and faithfully supported the Democrat
Party and its Islamic leaning presidential
candidate. Now, when a great opportunity has arisen
for the party to return the favor, there is mostly
silence coming out of the Democrat camp. Israel gets
more help and support from America’s Christians and
conservatives than from Democrat and Jewish
political leaders and organizations.
For
them political party support seems more important
than the survival of the state of Israel. Jewish
political leaders like Senators Charles E. Schumer,
Patrick Leahy and Carl Levin should be jumping up
and down on the senate floor screaming that unless
immediate action is taken by the U. S. to come to
Israel’s aid, they will lead a political vendetta
against both political parties that will singe their
hair and turn them all out of office this November.
In the meantime, America’s President is warning
Israel and its Prime Minister that they must
restrain themselves; he forgets that it is never
wise to restrain good policy.
In
the meantime, where are the American Jewish Martin
Luther King Jrs.?
Certainly neither Schumer, Leahy nor Levin
fall into that category.
Their treatment of Israel and the Jewish
voters is more like how Al Sharpton and Jesse
Jackson treat black voters, lots of talk and a
dearth of action.
But Israel
does not have a choice. For the second time in less
than a hundred years Israel faces total
extermination. It must do all it can to defend and
protect its citizens from Hamas’ reign of terror.
Time and time again Israel and Hamas have agreed to
a ceasefire and Israel has honored that agreement by
ceasing its fire while Hamas has kept right on
firing missiles into Israel.
Israel goes to extreme lengths not to kill or wound
Arab civilians. Hamas goes to extreme lengths to
hide its weapons in homes, schools, mosques, and
U.N. administered hospitals and schools, knowing
that the Israelis will be reluctant to fire into
areas where there are a lot of innocent children.
And they hope
pictures of dead Arab children will appear on TV.
Patrick Henry was right when he said that, “Tyranny
like hell, is not easily conquered”. Truly for
Israel, “These are the times that try men’s souls”.
But more than just the survival of Israel is at
stake, the survival of western civilization is
equally at hazard.