Radical Rep Omar, Democrat, MN is under fire in Congress for accusing the U.S. military of committing war crimes in the Middle East. She tweeted the “U.S., Hamas and the Taliban have all committed unspeakable atrocities.” The leftist propaganda machine ramped up to defend her. They hope enough in Congress won’t remove her committee assignments like Democrats and a few Republicans did to Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican, Ga.
This is not Omar’s first dance into controversy. In 2019, she made her infamous comment about “some people did something” in reference to the murderous attack by radical Islamists on 9/11. Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, Ca. struggled trying to make excuses for her then. Pelosi said, “I do not believe she understood the full weight of her words.” What did that mean?
Also on May 19 of this year, on Twitter, the busy Ms. Omar tweeted “bombing a hospital is war crime.” On Oct. 3, 2015, during the Obama administration’s military campaign in Afghanistan, a hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders was attacked by a US gunship. It was reported 42 were killed and 30 were wounded. Interestingly there has been no reference to this by Omar. Could it be because it took place under the Barrack Obama administration?
Ms. Omar has been an outspoken critic of Israel and said, “The U.S. has been underwriting crimes against humanity.” She added there needed to be “accountability for every war crime committed.”
Aren’t there consequences for such behavior? Why hasn’t Twitter shut her down? Why hasn’t Nancy Pelosi ripped up Omar’s committee assignments and sent her to the children’s table in the Capitol cafeteria? Shouldn’t there be consequences for Democrats when they go off the rails? Or is Omar on the track they want her to be on?
Ralph Miller
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Mr. Miller, in 2019 the last living Nuremberg prosecutor, Nuremberg Prosecutor Ben Ferencz in interview with Lesley Stahl on CBS 60 Minutes, had a message he wanted to share with the world. The interview was about the atrocities committed under Nazis control in Hitler's Germany, and what drives humans to commit atrocious acts against fellow humans. Mr. Ferencz had this to say: "War makes murderers out of otherwise decent people. All wars, and all decent people."
No sides are immune to committing atrocities at war.
Another quote from Prosecutor Ben Ferencz: "If it's naive to want peace instead of war, let 'em make sure they say I'm naive. Because I want peace instead of war."
Anyone interested in reading the entire interview on CBS 60 Minutes can carry out a search using the phrase "what the last living Nuremberg prosecutor wants the world to know."
Brenda Washington