Let's start off with Sen. Ted Cruz's Buh-Bye line from last nights speech to an organization called Defense Of Christians:
(Politico) “I will say this: I’m saddened to see that some here, not everyone, are so consumed with hate,” he said at the outset of the video, his comments prompting continued booing and yelling out from some members of the crowd. “I will say this: If you will not stand with Israel and the Jews, then I will not stand with you. Thank you, and God bless you,” he said, walking off stage to scattered applause and boos.
http://launch.newsinc.com/... Well worth clicking on Daily Caller to watch this short clip. It comes as Cruz cuts his act short after a typical Israel pander ... well here, I'll let Sweaty Teddy tell the tale:
“I told the attendees that those who hate Israel also hate America,” he said. “That those who hate Jews also hate Christians. And that anyone who hates Israel and the Jewish people is not following the teachings of Christ. These statements were met with angry boos.”
“Anti-Semitism is a corrosive evil, and it reared its ugly head tonight,”
It seems that the Hate-Seeking Cruz Mizzle caught some flack when he thought he was flying into friendly territory. No doubt his speech scheduler probably googles "Christian organization" regularly for new gatherings of the choir to preach to, but this wasn't your typical assembly of white Baptists.
You see, Defense Of Christians is an organization advocating for the safety and liberty of real Christians living in the land of the Chaldeans. Their Jesus is not a pale aryan, rather he looks like them, brown with curly black hair and a sturdy nose like most true descendants of Abraham. To them Jesus looks like an arab or an egyptian or a persian or a bedoin... or a Jew.
Living as a religious minority for 1400 years (at least) has probably given most of these repressed Christians a better perspective on life in the Levant then Mr Cruz. Yes, he was born a poor white kid (dude is Spanish, not Guatamalan), but he overcame the mean streets of Calgary and in a tale of border crossing, deceit and treachery reminiscent of Scarface he became a US Senator (from Tejas but it still counts). Christians on Euphrates have learned that all faiths have their thugs and dictators.
In just the past 100 years Mosil has been ruled by Ottoman Turks, Brits, Americans and a variety of locally grown despots. The most recent thugs are the Sunni ISIL (I'm going with that version because the POTUS does and he rocks) who despise them, at best want to charge them an apostate tax and at worst want to crucify them. The thug before that was a Shia who turned a blind eye while Shiite militia regular torched Christian churches. You have to go back to the thug life of Saddam Hussein to find a safe time to be a Christian in Iraq. Aaah, the good old days. Baathists have their faults but they tend to protect the religious minorities. Unfortunately a Dominionist Christian army with zero plan for peace screwed that all up.
Middle Eastern Christians don't see Israel as an enclave clinging onto its very survival (which is exactly how Israelis see themselves), they see them as the biggest superpower in the region. And they see that the Israelis have a minority problem. When this minority gets uppity and demands their place at the table... or more scraps at least... the Israeli ARMY marches in and gleefully slaughters hundreds, thousands while crushing hundreds of buildings in the only city Gazans have. For Gazans it's Mesada every day and the Jews are the new Romans.
That's how M.E. Christians see Israel these days Senator Cruz. But I understand why you don't get that... because you are THE BIGGEST FUCKING IDIOT IN THE WORLD !
Here's the complete transcript of his very short AIPAC infomercial:
Good evening. Today we are gathered at a time of extraordinary challenge. Tonight we are all united in defense of Christians.
APPLAUSE
Tonight we are all united in defense of Jews.
APPLAUSE
Tonight we are all united in defense of people of good faith who are standing together against those who would persecute and murder those who dare to disagree with their religious teachings.
APPLAUSE
Religious bigotry is a cancer with many manifestations. ISIS, Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and their state sponsors like Syria and Iran, are all engaged in a vicious genocidal campaign to destroy religious minorities in the Middle East.
Sometimes we are told not to lump these groups together, but we have to understand their so-called nuances and differences. But we shouldn't try to parse different manifestations of evil that are on murderous rampage through the region. Hate is hate and murder is murder.
Our purpose here tonight is to highlight a terrible injustice, a humanitarian crisis. Christians are being systematically exterminated.
In 1948 Jews throughout the Middle East faced murder and extermination and fled to the nation of Israel. And today Christians have no better ally than the Jewish state.
AUDIENCE: stop it, stop it...boooh
Cruz: Let me say this: those who hate Israel hate America.
AUDIENCE: no
Cruz: And those who hate Jews hate Christians.
AUDIENCE: boooh--
Cruz: And if this room will not recognize that, then my heart weeps that the men and women here will not stand in solidarity with Jews and Christians alike who are persecuted by radicals who seek to murder them.
APPLAUSE
If you hate the Jewish people you are not reflecting the teachings of Christ--
AUDIENCE: nobody said we hate the Jews...the meeting is for the Christians...
Cruz: And the very same people who persecute and murder Christians right now, who crucify Christians, who behead children, are the very same people who target and murder Jews for their faith for the same reason.
APPLAUSE
AUDIENCE: ...is not fighting Jews, it is fighting Christians...
I will say this--
AUDIENCE: don't say anymore...enough...that is enough...enough
THE PRESIDENT OF IDC: please respect the...
Cruz: I am saddened to see some here, not everyone, but some here are so consumed with hate--
AUDIENCE: We are not consumed with hate, no, you are consumed with hate--
Cruz: ...if you will not stand with Israel and Jews, then I will not stand with you. Thank you and God bless you.