(portion quoted by Angelee Sailer Anderson in her share of this link, but do read the entire article by Dennis Prager) Was Ted Cruz irresponsibly engaged in a political performance as Douthat (and others) charge? The Israel portion of his remarks are transcribed above, so readers can judge for themselves. They strike me as pretty accurate. And, having spent some time with the senator and, separately, with his father Rafael, a Christian pastor, I am certain that Ted Cruz believes every word he said. If I had been asked to write the keynote address for Senator Cruz, I might have worded these truths a bit differently, and I would have suggested speaking about Israel toward the end of the speech, after gaining the trust of the audience. This is what I would have suggested: I know that some of you are opposed to the State of Israel. And I know that for some of you, expressing anything other than radical hostility to Israel can get you arrested and perhaps even killed. Nevertheless, given that unlike many of you, I live in a country that provides complete freedom to members of every faith, I have no excuse for not telling you this truth as both a Christian and as a human being: Those who hate Israel and the Jews are enemies of Christ and of Christians. And, as difficult as it may be to hear after living a lifetime in a society immersed in Israel-hatred, Israel really is the Christians best friend in the Middle East. I appreciate that, for reasons of self-preservation, some of you feel that you cannot say any of these things publicly in Lebanon or in Syria or elsewhere in the Arab world. But at least you need to understand all this. If you do not, you do not understand who threatens Christian survival in the Middle East. So, I ask the critics of Ted Cruz: Had the Senator put it that way, would you still object? And if so, why?
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:40:55 +0000
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