I always knew Michael Moore was a strange bird. But many people have no
idea how extreme he really is.
Perhaps that is why I find it so troubling that he has been embraced by
the Democratic Party and the left-leaning news media so closely. He sat
with Terry McAuliffe at the Democratic National Convention and has used
everything from the Oscars to his personal web site as platforms from
which to attack AmericaÕs war against Jihadist terrorists.
And then thereÕs USA Today using him to cover the Republican National
Convention. I have no problem with USA Today selecting someone from the
left to cover the conservative partyÕs convention, but Michael Moore?
Michael Moore is way beyond the term Òliberal.Ó He could more
accurately be described as a leftist radical.
Just take a look at MooreÕs friends and allies.
First, he defended the Taliban regime when the U.S. invaded Afghanistan
after 9-11, claiming there was no proof that the Taliban Ñ or even Osama
Bin Laden--had anything to do with 9-11.
Then he defended SaddamÕs brutal regime.
He will deny these charges of course, but, if Moore had his way, the
Taliban regime would still be in power, harboring Al Qaida and Saddam
would still be filling up the mass graves of Iraq, periodically
threatening his neighbors and lining Kofi AnnanÕs pockets with
kickbacks as Iraq did business with France, Germany and Russia.
After all this, Moore released Fahrenheit 9-11, a movie so overrun with
lies and fabrications that it cannot possibly be termed a
Òdocumentary.Ó The movie goes way beyond attacking President Bush; it
attacks our entire war effort. In Michael MooreÕs sick and twisted
world, 9-11 was AmericaÕs fault. We deserved to be attacked.
And with the release of the movie, MooreÕs true colors shine through.
First we find out that Cuban dictator Fidel Castro thinks the movie is
fantastic and it has been featured at movie theaters throughout
MarxismÕs last bastion in the western hemisphere, where, no doubt, its
lies go unchallenged and its fabrications are accepted as gospel (if
the gospel was acceptable to Castro!).
Next we learn that the murderous Jihadist terrorist group Hizbollah has
secured the distribution rights to Fahrenheit 9-11 in Lebanon and other
parts of the Middle East. These are Michael MooreÕs friends and
business associates. Perhaps at this point it would be useful to review
just who Hizbollah is: Hizbollah is the terrorist group that
popularized the suicide bomber. Before 9-11 in fact, Hizbollah boasted
the highest American body count of all terrorist groups in the world,
from the bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon in 1983 to
the Khobar Yowers bomb in Saudi Arabia in 1996.
All told, over 400 Americans have died at the hands of
Hizbollah Ñ Michael MooreÕs business partners.
Then came the straw that broke the camelÕs back. Moore has released his
movie in Iran Ñ the cradle of Jihadism. Iran is a brutal Islamist
theocracy in which free expression is a mere fantasy and periodic
protests calling for liberty are brutally suppressed by Islamist thugs
working for the Ayatollahs. But they have no problem with Michael
MooreÕs film. It was released in Tehran on September 11th and is
evidently a big hit with the Shiite flavor of radical Islam.
LetÕs take a look at MooreÕs dear Iranian friends:
The regime in Tehran is the worldÕs foremost sponsor of Jihadist
terrorism. Not only are they the main supplier, trainer and arms
merchant for Hizbollah, but according to Bill GertzÕs sources in
Breakdown, and the 9-11 Commission, Iran is heavily involved with Al
Qaida as well. Meanwhile, Iran is feverishly working on a ballistic
missile program, including the Shehab-3 IRBM which potentially could
target cities as far away as London. And lest we forget, MooreÕs
Iranian pals have done a masterful job of concealing their clandestine
nuclear weapons program from the IAEA and its Muslim Arab chief. ThatÕs
right, MooreÕs Ayatollahs are well on their way to getting the Bomb.
So these are Michael MooreÕs friends: the Taliban, Al Qaida, Saddam
Hussein, Hizbollah, Fidel Castro and the Ayatollahs.
Michael MooreÕs friends are AmericaÕs sworn enemies, promoters of an
idealogy that would eliminate our democratic way of life and do away
with our Judeo-Christian values. Michael MooreÕs friends are the folks
who make the truck bombs, hijackings and hostage-taking possible.
We have met the enemy and he is Michael Moore.
Christopher Holton is editor of WorldTechTribune, the division of
WorldTribune.com dedicated to military and defense technology and systems.
He is a long-time member of the WorldTribune.com Board of Advisers and is
currently an acting Vice President with the Center for Security Policy. He can be reached at
cholton@worldtechtribune.com.