Bill Berkowitz has posted an alarming essay about right-wing "
Holy Warriors Set Sights on Iran." He quotes best-selling Christian Zionist author Joel Rosenberg as saying:
"If President Bush believes Iran needs to be neutralised (and I believe he does), and he is convinced that military action is the only way (I don't believe he is there right now), then the U.S. should take the lead."
After all, wrote Rosenberg, "If anyone is going to stop Iran from threatening the world with nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them, it has to be soon, perhaps no later than the end of 2007. After all, 2008 is an American election year. 2009 will be the start of a new administration. By then it may be too late. The thermonuclear genie may be out of the bottle."
Berkowtiz reveals that Rosenberg has quite a following in Washington, D.C.:
In one recent [television] appearance, Rosenberg said that he had made several visits to "speak at a White House Bible study" and had conversations with "a number of congressional leaders and Homeland Security, Pentagon [officials] about my novels, which are based on Bible prophecy."
Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, co-founder of
JewsOnFirst and the rabbi of Beth Shalom Temple in Whittier, California gave an astute analysis of Rosenberg's work:
"Rooting for war with Iran and lobbying for world destruction using Israel, as catalytic agent, is no longer 'entertainment' -- it is obscene."
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After reading your riveting comments on Iran etc., I am convinced you would appreciate going on over to Google, typing in "Powered by Christ Ministries," and scrolling down until you find "Roots of (Warlike) Christian Zionism." Louise
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