King wouldn’t support anti-war protesters
Monday’s nationwide anti-Americanism orgy was timed to coincide with Martin Luther King Jr. day. This was supposedly to honor King, who was organizing a Vietnam protest when he was assassinated. However, it is a stretch of liberal fantasy to assume that MLK would appreciate such a dubious distinction. Would he join in defending the murderous Saddam Hussein? Would he approve of signs labeling Colin Powell a “House Negro — Fakes Left, Moves Right,” or claiming Condoleezza Rice “Will Kill Africans for Oil?”
Doubtful. These were not crowds Dr. King would condone or join. Yes — unions, families, teachers, church leaders and little old ladies were all there. But don’t pretend that these rallies
represent a diverse cross-section of Americana. More accurately a perverse cross-section of race-baiters and anti-Semites who have found the media a willing participant in the manipulative charade of “dissent is patriotic.”
The Emerald, The Register-Guard, The Oregonian, and The New York Times all gushed at the organizing abilities of International ANSWER. But not one of them ever mentions the organization’s past triumphs, including their defenses of Ayatollah Khomeini, Kim Jong Il and Slobodan Milosevic.
After all, as one truly daring sign put it, “The difference between Bush and Hussein is that Hussein won the election.”
When Iraq is liberated, its people freed, and the images of the starving and tortured masses revealed, history will remember these protesters as idle witnesses to a crime.
Happy birthday, Dr. King!

Pete R. Hunt
editor in chief
Oregon Commentator