Apparently, Rangel Works For Reuters
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) doesn’t think we should label the group Hezbollah as “Islamic terrorists.”
Top House Democrat Charlie Rangel said Tuesday that it was an act of discrimination to label groups like Hezbollah “Islamic terrorists.”
Asked about the refusal by some European governments to declare Hezbollah an Islamic terror group, Rangel told WWRL’s Steve Malzberg and Karen Hunter, “To call it Islamic terror is discriminating, it’s bigoted, it is not the right thing to say.”
I thought only Reuters was guilty of using scare quotes around the word terrorist when speaking about groups of middle eastern men who bomb buildings and kill innocent people. Apparently, Rep. Rangel has a soft spot for these guys.
Rangel even questioned whether, in fact, a worldwide Islamic terrorist movement even existed, saying, “We just take for granted that there is an Islamic terror movement because we do have some fanatic people who come from Islamic countries.”
I wonder what he would call the people who make up al Qaeda? Surely they qualify as “fanatic people who come from Islamic countries.” What about the blind guy who, along with his friends, plotted and carried out the original bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993? Is it okay to call him a terrorist?
Sometimes, you just have to sit there and wonder about the thought process that goes on in the head of someone like Rep. Rangel. Mostly, I wonder if there even is a thought process in the head of Rep. Rangel.
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