Monday, March 09, 2009

Eloquence

News Ltd CEO Rupert Murdoch received the American Jewish Comittee National Humanitarian Award this week and I'd like to quote from his acceptance speech. (Rupert, I hope that's OK with you.)

He had delivered a succinct summation of the situation in Israel and Gaza, and he ended with this...

My friends, I do not pretend to have all the answers to Gaza this evening. But I do know this: The free world makes a terrible mistake if we deceive ourselves into thinking this is not our fight. In the end, the Israeli people are fighting the same enemy we are: cold-blooded killers who reject peace … who reject freedom … and who rule by the suicide vest, the car bomb, and the human shield. Against such an enemy, I will not second-guess the decisions of a free Israel defending her citizens. And I would ask all those who support peace and freedom to do the same.

I encourage you to read the full test of his speech HERE

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