BY Prof. Paul Eidelberg

When President Barack Obama returned a bust of Winston Churchill to London, he thereby pronounced not only his hatred of British colonialism, but also his deep animosity toward Western Civilization of which Churchill was a champion, both as a historian and as a statesman. Indeed, since Mr. Churchill was made an honorary citizen of the United States, Obama’s return of said bust was an insult to America’s ally in the Second World War. Nor is this all.

This insult degrades what Winston Churchill so vividly represents, his admiration of the two cities that most represent Western Civilization, Athens and Jerusalem. These two cities are the hallmark of Western Civilization, but it’s Jerusalem that has been most influential, especially by way of its offspring Christianity.

Also of profound significance, ponder what Churchill wrote in 1899 in The River War:

Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.^[1]

Obama’s war against Israel should be regarded as a facade for an Islamic war against Christianity.

As Christians well know, the New Testament stands or falls on the Old Testament. Without the Bible of Israel, Christianity would be disemboweled. Hence Islam’s first target is Israel, the “little Satan.”

Christian clergymen also know that a nuclear armed Iran would be the spearhead of a global Islamic caliphate, a totalitarian regime more extensive than the Third Reich, which Hitler dreamed would be the successor to the Holy Roman Empire.

Before Obama’s first inauguration as President of the United States in February 2005, America’s ambassador to the United Nations, John R. Bolton, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute who participated in arms control negotiations, urged Israel to attack Iran. A few more words about Bolton are in order.

During the Reagan administrations, he worked in several positions within the State Department, the Justice Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Bolton’s government service included such positions as Assistant secretary for International Organization Affairs at the Department of State (1989–1993), where he led in the successful effort to rescind the United Nations resolution from the 1970s that had equated Zionism with racism.

Bolton’s urging Israel to attack Iran was the recommendation of a scholar-statesman experienced in arms control negotiations who well-understood the awesomeness of nuclear weapons. He not only urged Israel to attack Iran but also called on the United States to support Israel in this operation.

Obviously, Obama’s sympathies are with Iran, the world’s greatest exporter of terrorism. Hamas and Hezbollah, notorious terrorist organizations, are clients of Iran. Iran is not only expanding its influence in the Middle East. The Mullocracy in Tehran has agents in South and Central America and sleeper cells in the United States – all animated by Islam’s malediction “DEATH TO AMERICA!

Obama may not be a very learned man. He may not regard Islamic terrorism as rooted in the teachings of the Qur’an. But he KNOWS that the malediction DEATH TO AMERICA is not only a curse but a rallying call to Muslims the world over to destroy the country he has is sworn to defend,

Therefore, as an American citizen who served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, and whose brother was awarded a Silver Star for bravery in the Second World, I call upon members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives to inquire into the propriety of censuring Barack Obama for documented public statements of his and/or acts of his that cast contempt on the United States, or call into question his loyalty to this country and to the lawful agreements with its allies.

At the same time, I call upon American veterans of foreign wars to denounce any statements of Mr. Obama that reflects negatively on the military service they performed on behalf of their country. They should also write their congressmen.☼