Why We Need to Be Pro-Israel

I've mentioned in the past that I've come across some interesting corrolations between American pressure on Israel to give in to terrorism and natural disasters on our own soil. It's actually not limited to just natural disasters, it also includes terrorist attacks and stock market “corrections”.

The best resource to illustrate what I'm talking about is “Israel: The Blessing or the Curse” by John McTernan and Bill Koenig, which I recently finished reading, and now “Eye to Eye: Facing the Consequences of Dividing Israel” by William Koenig (yes, they're the same guy), which I haven't read yet.

Bill Koenig was in town this past weekend and spoke at a conference titled “Understanding the Times”. I was fortunate enough to make it to the entire conference, and found Koenig's topics interesting (but not new to me). He outlined instances when either our President or our Nation as a whole has had negative things happen as a direct response to pressure on Israel to give up land in exchange for “peace” going back to President Nixon, but becoming almost commonplace beginning with Gearge H.W. Bush and the Madrid peace talks of 1992. Similar correlations have been made between these disasters and major decisions/legislation on the gay agenda, abortion, and pornography. An example of some of the more recent events he has tracked can be found at this page on his website, watch.org

• Cheney Says He Opposes the Federal Marriage Amendment, He Says People Should Have the Freedom of Any Relationship – August 24
• A Tropical Depression Begins in Atlantic – August 24
• The Tropical Depression Becomes Tropical Storm Frances – August 26
• Tropical Storm Frances Becomes Hurricane Frances – August 27
• Sharon Agrees to Accelerate Settlement Evacuations – August 31
• New Orleans Opens One of the World's Largest Gay Events – August 31
• Hurricane Frances Becomes a Category 4 – August 31
• President Bush Accepts His Party's Nomination for President at the Republican Convention; Says Israel is a Good Friend of US, He doesn't Mention the Peace Process – September 2
• Hurricane Frances Shares the Headlines with President Bush's Speech; President Bush doesn't mention the Middle East peace process – September 2
• Hurricane Frances Drops to a Category 2 – September 3
• Another Tropical Depression Forms – September 2
• The New Tropical Depression forms Tropical Storm Ivan – September 3
• Hurricane Frances Comes Ashore in Florida – September 5-6
• Southern Decadence Ends in New Orleans – September 5
• Tropical Storm Ivan Becomes Hurricane Ivan – September 5
• President Bush Visits Florida to Survey Damage – September 8
• Third Federal Judge Rules Against Partial-Birth Abortion Ban – September 8
• Federal Judge Rules Against Internet Child Porn Ban – Sept. 10
• National Days of Prayer and Remembrance for 9-11 Terror Events – September 11
• New Spasm of Violence Sweeps Iraq, Killing 110 – September 12
• Sharon warns of civil war in Israel – September 12
• Weisglass Meets Powell in Washington over Disengagement Plan – September 13
• Weisglass Meets Rice in Washington over Disengagement Plan – September 14
• Senate OKs $36B Homeland Security Measure – September 14
• Bush Asks for an Additional $3 billion for Hurricane States – September 14
• Sharon-s Cabinet Okays Key Evacuation Guidelines – September 14
• IDF's Central Command is setting up a course for troops to learn how to evacuate Jewish settlers – September 14
• Ivan Begins to Hit Gulf Coast – September 15
• New Iraq Attacks Are More Sophisticated – more than 200 dead in four days – September 15
• Intel Officials Have Bleak View for Iraq – September 15
• Ivan Comes Ashore at 130 mph, Damage Estimates up to $10 billion – September 16
• Ya'alon: IDF advances in preparation for Gaza pullout – September 16
• UN-s Annan questions legality of Iraq war and elections – September 16
• President Bush signed disaster declarations for Mississippi,
  Alabama and Louisiana and was awaiting paperwork from Florida –
  September 16
• Ivan Damage Called Extreme as Tornadoes and Rains Continue Throughout Southeast and Northeast – September 17-18