Those three radical lefty Christian Peacemaker Team hostages being held by terrorists in Iraq for months were rescued by British Special Forces (days after one of their fellows, an American, was killed by their captors). So who are the CPT group’s words of praise reserved for? Not the guys in uniform who saved their friends, but the Bronze-Age thugs who kidnapped them. From Kathy Shaidle:
I’m listening to the official statement of the Peacemakers on the radio. Lots of stuff about “the root cause” of the kidnappings being “the illegal occupation of Iraq”. Lots of praise for “our Muslim brothers and sisters.” Not a word of gratitude to the uniformed men and women who saved their colleagues.
What a smug, self-righteous and utterly graceless performance.
Creeps.
British Special Forces should send the Peacemakers a bill for their rescue.
Oh, and check this out:
In reaction Kember’s friend, Bruce Kent (...) said the miltants holding the hostages ‘must have been people of great faith.’
Not the rescuers, mind—the kidnappers! You can’t make this crap up! This is yer morally unmoored “progressive” Christianity, folks. I’m disgusted.
Update: Kathy reports that she misquoted Kember’s friend, Kent. He actually said that the hostages themselves were people of great faith, not the terrorists.
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I read the Statement by Christian Peacemaker Teams in response to the freeing of the hostages and there was not one word of thanks to their rescuers. Not one. Not even that they had been rescued, only “safely released”.
The statement ends, in part:
“With God’s abiding kindness, we will love even our enemies.”
Bet I know whom they consider their enemies: it wasn’t their captors, but their rescuers.
Read more nauseating drivel here:
http://www.pulse24.com/News/Top_Story/20060323-005/page.asp
If they’ve been hanging around with the righteous side, maybe we should send them back to the kidnappers in Karbama.
These people are not really for peace. Instead they stand steadfastly opposed to anaything and everything connected to the United States Military.
The question is did the terrorists themselves get so tired of their drivel that the called in special forces to get rid of them?
This mindset is well entrenched with the “peace” crowd.
Recall how proud they were of bringing an end to the Vietnam War, yet where were they when Vietnamese were persecuted following the fall of Saigon? Were they taking to the streets when Pol Pot unleashed the terror machine in Cambodia?
CAtholic Mom nails it concerning their true motivation for ‘peace and justice.’
OK, Kathy. I’ll update this post.