Fox News has come in for a lot of criticism lately, but right now it is the only network I can find, as I write this, that is airing a memorial in Escondido, California, to the 13 men and women who were killed in a terror attack during the chaotic evacuation of Kabul, Afghanistan 2 years ago -- one of the greatest military disasters in U.S. history.
The stories of the bereaved parents are heartbreaking. And they are furious at the Biden Administration. They feel that their children were not given enough protection; more than that, they feel that their sons and daughters have been dishonored by the president, the civilian leadership of the military, and the military commanders in charge.
These voices need to be heard. They have largely been forgotten, but they are raising an alarm about the lack of focus, the lack of purpose, that has taken over our military under Biden -- who began with a so-called political purge of the armed forces, and has continued with an indoctrination in LGBTQ propaganda that compromises readiness.
This week's show will be slightly different from the norm: we'll focus on clips and topics, rather than guests -- and that, hopefully, will mean more input from the callers (unless you are all watching football on opening weekend).
Topics:
- The state of the economy
- The fight against crime
- The midterm election fight
- The struggle for peace between Russia and Ukraine
- The airstrike on the Venezuelan drug cartel
- The attempt to sink Kennedy
- The war in Gaza
- The case against Harvard
- The Trump presidency
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This week's Torah portion includes several laws about conduct in civic and personal life, the common theme of which is boundaries -- setting bounds to what one may do at home, at work, and even in the battlefield.
One noteworthy passage concerns Amalek, the evil nation that attacked the Children of Israel as they made their Exodus from slavery to freedom. Deuteronomy 25:17-19 commands Jews to obliterate Amalek's memory.
The South African government accused Israel of genocide on the basis of a story about Amalek in the Book of Samuel, in which King Saul was commanded to wipe out the entire evil Amalekite nation.
Because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quoted this week's portion -- "Remember what Amalek did to you" (25:17), the South African government claimed he was commanding soldiers to commit genocide.
It was an absurd and malevolent misreading of the Bible and of Jewish tradition. The commandment, as observed by Jews today, is to remember the evil of Amalek and fight ...
