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To the Anti-Semites of the World Edward I. Koch Friday, Feb. 28, 2003 To the anti-Semites of the world and one in particular who sent me an e-mail: I received your e-mail expressing your disagreement with my commentaries in which I "attack France for wanting peace and lie about Iraq being on the verge of developing nuclear weapons." You went on to assail me as showing "no interest in what is good for the United States but only what is good for Israel: Iraq being an immediate and long-term threat only to the latter." One could conclude by applying your reasoning that the top officials in this country are Jewish: President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice. I am a supporter of their unanimous position, which is now the policy of the U.S. government, ratified overwhelmingly by a joint congressional resolution. I support their unanimous conclusion that Iraq, because it possesses weapons of mass destruction and has actively used poison gas to kill 5,000 Iraqi Kurds and to kill and wound as many as 100,000 Iranians, is a threat to both Iraqג€™s regional neighbors, the U.S. and the world at large. President Bush and his advisers have publicly stated Saddam Hussein would not hesitate to equip al Qaeda and other terrorist groups with those weapons and that Iraq currently works with al Qaeda. Osama bin Laden recently urged his followers to support Iraq against the U.S. Back on Jan. 10 of this year, The New York Times, commenting editorially on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, said: "Successive U.N. resolutions place the burden of proof on Iraq, not Washington or the arms inspectors, to demonstrate that all unconventional weapons programs have been terminated and that known or unaccounted-for stocks of biological and chemical warfare ingredients have been verifiably destroyed. The 12,000-page declaration Iraq submitted last month conspicuously failed this test. It offered no adequate explanation of what happened to more than 500 artillery shells containing nerve gas and 400 bombs suitable for delivering germs and toxins. It didn't credibly account for more than two tons of material used to produce biological weapons." British and U.S. security agencies have publicly stated that Iraq is close to perfecting a nuclear bomb. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441, passed unanimously on Nov. 8, found Iraq to be in material breach of its obligations under numerous Security Council resolutions and warned of serious consequences in the event of continued Iraqi failure to disarm. According to Hans Blix, Iraq has neither provided evidence of elimination of its weapons of mass destruction nor given the U.N. inspectors the unfettered cooperation required by the Resolution. None of the countries voting for U.N. Resolution 1441 - one was Syria - could be described as pro-Jewish. Indeed, many are overtly hostile to Israel, the only Jewish nation in the world. Recently the European Union adopted a resolution stating: The Union's objective for Iraq remains full and effective disarmament in accordance with the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions, in particular Resolution l441." The open anti-Semitism, so obvious in the tone and substance of your message, is shameful. You wrote: "I would not be surprised if in your next utterance you speak like former Secretary of State Albright - that the death of half a million Iraqi children - in great part because of the U.S. imposed sanctions - was 'worth it' - as an excuse for what may and probably will happen if a war with Iraq erupts. This is the kind of double-tongued conduct that will make Jews always stand out - leading to the same problems as we had less than a century ago in Europe." It is appalling that you blame Jews for the Holocaust and World War II and that you seek to blame all Jews for an alleged statement of Madeline Albright, which, frankly, I do not believe she said. Assuming, arguendo, that Albright made the statement, she is not a Jew. She was born Jewish and converted to, I believe, Episcopalianism. I assume your view of Jews as "double-tongued" applies to Jesus, his mother, Mary, and the 12 Apostles as well , all of whom were born and died Jews. My opinion of the French is shared by many others. France sold Iraq the nuclear reactor which, fortunately for the U.S. and its allies in the 1991 war against Iraq, had been destroyed by Israel in 1981. In the opinion of many, Chirac and the French are hostile to the U.S. because they resent the pre-eminence of the U.S. in the world today and France's reduced status in a new Europe that includes former Soviet-bloc countries. The French want once again to be Iraq's vendor of goods and services as well as a participant in Iraqi's oil leases. They clearly have a friend in you. Recently, I traveled to Westchester County to attend the circumcision of my grandnephew, Benjamin Aaron. The circumcision ceremony, known as a Bris or covenant, dates back to the biblical covenant between the Patriarch Abraham and God. While I was in the car, it was reported on the radio that President Bush had called Saddam Hussein "a threat to America." Thinking of you, I felt particularly proud of our president, who is not afraid of those who are unwilling to demonstrate the courage required to accept that there are moments in times like these when war is just and necessary. I am sorry for the length of this reply, but I wanted it to be comprehensive so as to avoid the need for further correspondence with you. Edward I. Koch is a former mayor of New York. |
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