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"Issues of World War III" Survey
"Should the U.S. treat the Iraqi Kurds as allies?" This was apparently a tough question; we had fewer responses this time, and they were scattered all over the spectrum. Roughly speaking, half the stated opinions were against taking sides between the Kurdish groups and Turkish interests, another quarter leaned against supporting the Kurds, and the remaining quarter fell under "other." Thus the only unsupported viewpoint was the idea of explicitly siding with the Kurds. It seems no one was too terribly sure just what to make of the U.S. alliance with Iraqi Kurds. Here are a couple of excerpted comments:
Factual Background:
The drive for a united "Kurdistan" did not become serious until World War II, when the Soviet Red Army temporarily occupied the northern region of Persia (today Iran). The Soviets used the opportunity to back Communist agents who had long infiltrated the Kurdish communities, agitating for revolution against the Persian government. Simultaneously, the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) worked heavily at organizing Iraqi Kurds, and soon various Communist-controlled, Soviet-backed organizations were leading Kurdish revolts throughout the Middle East.
Out of this Marxist-Leninist network came the major Kurdish groups today in Iraq, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), both of which are still controlled and heavily supported by the Soviets via the Iranian government (itself under direct Soviet Russian supervision). The KDP and PUK pretended for years to fight against the Communist-controlled Baathist regime of Saddam Hussein — one of the most heavily Soviet-backed puppet states in the world — but the fighting only served to kill ordinary Kurdish people while helping the KDP and PUK Communists tighten their grip on Kurdish society. This is typical of Communist dialectical strategy: to support two Communist-led sides against one another, crushing the targeted populations in the middle of a vise grip, and thereby increasing Communist control over both sides.
The Turkish Kurds did not start coming under Communist influence until 1980, when the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Communist party of Turkish Kurds, was formed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) — or, to be more precise, by the openly Marxist-Leninist wing of the PLO known as the "Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine" (PFLP). Over the last 25 years, the Soviet- and Iranian-backed PKK has infiltrated Kurdish communities inside Turkey, agitated revolution, and conducted waves of brutal terrorism against both Kurds and other Turks. Gradually, the Turkish Kurds have been forced into cooperating with a Communist revolution they oppose.
Naturally, when the U.S. aligned itself with the Marxist Kurdish groups in northern Iraq, first in the Persian Gulf War of 1991 and then more overtly in the Iraq War of 2003, the Turkish government became nervous. They expected the KDP and PUK of Iraq to assist the PKK, and American backing would only make it difficult or impossible for the Turks to fight back. The last thing Turkey needs is a Communist "Kurdistan" in northern Iraq directly supporting revolution across the Turkish border.
And that is precisely what happened. With American support, the KDP and PUK welcomed PKK fighters into northern Iraq, arming and supplying them in their war against Turkey. The PKK, under Soviet and Iranian coordination (the PKK has for years been integrated into the Hezbollah International, an umbrella organization controlled by Iranian intelligence under the supervision of the Soviet Russian KGB), has recently renewed its terrorist war, and now the casualties are mounting in Turkey.
Turkey has been a primary target of Soviet subversion and revolution for decades. Operating according to its Soviet directives, the PLO has focused its Middle East revolutionary drive against three governments: Israel, Iran (which fell to the PLO-backed Marxist revolution of Khomeini in 1979) — and Turkey (which controls Soviet naval access from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean).
Relevant Torah Principles:
2) In that light, it goes without saying that a government may not render support or assistance to a potential enemy. Such aid is treason, a direct violation of the Noahide Laws for which a person is liable to death, according to Torah (and according to American Constitutional law).
Analysis:
Thus even to protect its own existence, America is responsible to defend its ally Turkey from Communist revolutionary assault, and to stop assisting the Communist revolutionaries. The bulk of the United States army is now in Iraq, and has far more resources than needed to attack and destroy the Communist Kurdish groups in the northern region. The PKK, KDP, and PUK could all be annihilated, and the Kurdish people liberated, in a matter of days with a coordinated, determined offensive. Almost overnight, the Soviet drive for revolution in Turkey would be halted, the PLO revolution against Israel (and against Jordan and Saudi Arabia, we might add) would be severely undermined, and even the revolution in Iraq would probably be weakened — given the likelihood that the Kurdish groups are serving as a conduit for Soviet arms and munitions to the Marxist-Baathist terrorists now wreaking havoc in Iraq.
And since the Bush Adminstration continues to assist and protect the Communist Kurdish groups, it is self-evident that the Senate must begin impeachment proceedings, on charges of treason, against Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, and George Bush himself. All three are guilty of assisting the Communist revolution, thus betraying our Turkish ally and thereby indirectly assisting the Iraqi terrorists now murdering American soldiers.
And now for this week's survey question:
(1) We need emergency public health measures immediately.
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THE HALL OF SHAME…
The ongoing wave of new endorsements for the JAHG-USA campaign to defund the PLO has just caused yet another "refusenik" rabbi to change his mind and sign on. It appears we may be on the verge of several more defections to our campaign, so we'll once again postpone the "Hall of Shame" for a week to see just where everyone now stands. The tide is turning rapidly in favor of our campaign, and we hope to have more good news next week.
Here are some more actual or attempted attacks that took place this last week in Israel:
These attacks are not driven by local Arabs; they are the product of aid and coordination by outside Communist powers. The Islamic Jihad, which carried out the suicide bombing in Netanya, is backed by Communist Syria and Communist Egypt, and it has long worked closely with the Soviet-controlled PLO; the PLO-run PA openly expresses support for Islamic Jihad, and the PLO's al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades conduct attacks on behalf of the Islamic Jihad. The Hezbollah, directed and armed by Syria and Iran, now aggressively finances terror operations by all arms of the PLO, including the Fatah, and by Hamas and Islamic Jihad. And the PLO is directly assisted by Egyptian troops in waging war against Israel's Jews and Arabs.
Each year, America sends $2 billion of direct foreign aid to Communist Egypt, many tens of billions of dollars to the regimes of Soviet Russia and Red China (which support all branches of the PLO revolution), and hundreds of millions of dollars — perhaps a billion dollars — to the PLO and its Palestinian Authority. It is American money that finances the Communist revolution in the Middle East. The victims are Jews, Arabs, Turks, Iraqis, Americans, and ultimately every other nation on earth.
It's no wonder so many Jewish leaders are finally turning to support the badly-overdue JAHG-USA campaign to "Stop Financing the Terrorist PLO!"
(Sources: various Israeli news agencies)
…AND THE HALL OF FAME
This week's example:
A JAHG-USA volunteer showed Rabbi Avichezer our Proclamation (declaring the Torah duty for everyone to help defund the PLO) on June 8th. Looking it over, the rabbi signed immediately to show his support. His organization conducts outreach to non-observant Jews throughout the New York metro area, providing kosher tefillin (prayer phylacteries), conducting Torah-study classes, holding special workshops on practical religious affairs, and conducting sundry Jewish ceremonies and celebrations. Having shown leadership in other Jewish issues, Rabbi Avichezer now sends a clear signal that getting active in JAHG-USA's PLO-defunding campaign is an essential part of Jewish observance, and that it is everyone's duty to participate.
What do you think about Jewish leadership on PLO defunding? Send us your comments at newsletter@noahide.com.
For a complete listing of all rabbis who have received our proclamation, the up-to-date status of their responses, and how you can get help the campaign, visit ATTAC Report at http://www.attacreport.com/plo/.
Letters to the Editor • (In response to the question of whether PLO funding should be terminated):
Our response: The Torah-mandated obligation of tzedaka (charitable assistance) applies to gentiles, especially when it is necessary to promote civilized existence. This includes assistance to the peoples of other nations, since by helping other nations, one promotes civilization everywhere. This is all the more true when another country is threatened by a common enemy, such that assisting the other targeted country helps protect one's own national security.
The PLO is not an Arab or Muslim organization; it is a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary group under tight Communist-Bloc supervision. It is one arm of a worldwide network of subversion, revolution, and terrorism aimed at destroying all nations and societies throughout the world. Aid to the PLO isn't just a betrayal of Israel; it's a betrayal of the United States and all other nations.
We are not saying that aid to Israel is necessarily tzedaka; in fact, much of the aid is destructive, used to promote the deadly grip of the Socialist Labor movement over Israel and to intimidate Israelis into surrendering to the PLO. Some of the aid — particularly military aid — is of some genuine help.
But the larger point is that America is obligated to assist Israel in fighting the PLO, first and foremost by cutting off aid to the PLO and to its sponsors in Syria, Iran, Egypt, Algeria, Soviet Russia (& Ukraine, etc.), Red China, and the rest of the Communist Bloc. But the U.S. must also do whatever else is necessary to annihilate those Communists, potentially including aid and military intervention. The issue is of getting results.
The fool who thinks he can stand by idly while the Communists attack another victim is one who is himself destined to be fed to the Communist maw of destruction. Yes, the problems of Jews and Arabs (and Turks) facing revolution in the Middle East are very much the problems of the average American — because Joe American is the next target.
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Week of 10 Kislev, 5766 / December 11, 2005
Historically, the dozens of Kurdish tribal factions (spread throughout the mountainous regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria) have never been able to unite or even stop fighting one another. At no time did they come together with aspirations of forming a nation.
1) As part of its duty to uphold national security, every government is required to neutralize danger from menacing enemies as effectively as possible. This includes proactively striking against an enemy on its way to attack, and many include launching offensive war before the danger becomes too great. As halacha (religious law) puts it regarding a Jewish government, Jews are required to mobilize immediately and launch an attack against even a potential enemy who merely crosses the corners of Jewish-held territory for the purpose of gathering loose straw — and to break the holy Shabbos, if necessary, to mobilize the attack against those trespassers. Drastic action is required not to stop trespassing itself, but to prevent the remote possibility of a future attack in disguise. This same principle applies to any gentile government under the Noahide commandment of establishing justice.
The war between "Kurdish" revolutionary groups and Turkey is not an ethnic squabble; it is part of the global war of Communist revolution against all nations. The overthrow of the Turkish government and its replacement with a Communist occupation regime would give the Soviet Red Army strategic territory from which to launch war against Israel, while opening the Bosporus (the passageway between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean) to the Soviet navy and giving it easy access to Europe and North Africa. A victory for the PKK would be a victory for the entire Communist Bloc and a dangerous prelude to the unleashing of World War III across the entire planet.
The Bush Administration, the World Health Organization, and various governments are warning of a possible epidemic of avian flu amongst humans. What measures should be taken?
(2) If we can produce a good vaccine in time, that might be enough.
(3) We shouldn't do anything; there's nothing to worry about.
(4) Other
Have Some Chabad Shluchim Betrayed Their Rebbe?
Terrorism Update:
Last week, in mentioning the suicide bombing in Netanya, Israel, we erroneously stated that three people died. The correct number was five deaths, plus a number of injuries, from the Islamic Jihad bomber who attacked a shopping mall.
Some Chabad Shluchim Are Helping the JAHG-USA Campaign
Rabbi Gavriel Avichezer, Chabad-Lubavitch Torah Educational Services, Brooklyn, NY
"Send none of our tax dollars to them [the PLO] or Israel. We have plenty of problems here to deal with. They are not ours." — JAB.