Thursday, November 28, 2013

Hannity: Iran nuclear deal shows America's weakness on world stage?

I am happy to be an assertive moderate. Hannity is misinformed, that is three times and I am glad I stuck to my knowledge of foreign policy. No one has challenged him before on these issues
One of the key points I challenged Hannity was that Iran did not say to wipe out Israel, what Hitler Nejad had said was Zionism, which is understood differently.  Never before this has been challenged on Fox National TV.  I am glad to be right again, here is Israel's deputy PM acknowledging it when pushed to corner. I hope, I have put an end to this false claim of two decades. Thanks to Juan Cole, whom Dallas Peace Center had invited  to speak, he had clarified that point to me, and I was able to forcefully say it on National TV today. It's been picked up by many Iranian News agencies.

This deal is good for Israel, good for Iran and good for America. My foreign policy advocacy is based on building a cohesive world where no nation needs to live in threats of the other.  Please read out the details in my talking points and in my Op-Ed in Huffington post linked below. Mr. Netanyahu needs to be checked, he cannot see good things happening, he is not good for Israel's long term security, although he pleases men who cherish death and destruction.   URL- http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2013/11/hannity-iran-nuclear-deal-shows.html


Hannity and Ghouse on Fox . http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/2013/11/27/iran-nuclear-deal-shows-americas-weakness-world-stage
 

Israel's deputy Prime Minister acknowledges that Iran did not say that. here is the video and script: http://www.dailybuzzle.com/en/topical/israels-deputy-pm-admits-iran-didnt-threaten-to-wipe-israel-out-405256856932995072.html


My talking points:
http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2013/11/fox-news-with-sean-hannity-brigitte.html

My article on the issue at Huffington post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/congratulations-finally-i_b_4344526.html 





With: Brigitte Gabriel, Michael Ghouse 


This is a rush transcript from "Hannity," November 26, 2013. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
SEAN HANNITY, HOST: And welcome back to "Hannity." President Obama's willingness to sit down and negotiate with the terrorists in Tehran proves once again his weakness on the world stage and his failure to understand the threat that is posed to America by radical Islam. Now, sadly, we shouldn't be surprised because back in 2008, then candidate Obama -- remember? He said this.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SEN. BARACK OBAMA, D-ILL., PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: But I reserve the right as president of the United States to meet with anybody at a time and place of my choosing if I think it's going to keep America safe.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: And since taking office, his foreign policy blunders have been on full display, from the gifting of U.S. military F-16s and Abrams tanks to former president Mohammed Morsi in the radical Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt to his failure to act on his words in the so-called red line regarding Syria after its government used chemical weapons against its own people.
Now, it's clear the President does not have a clue and that he is more than comfortable from, quote, "leading from behind."
Here with reaction, Act for America president Brigitte Gabriel, and from the America Together Foundation, Mike Ghouse is with us. Welcome both of you. Mike...
MIKE GHOUSE, AMERICA TOGETHER FOUNDATION: Thank you, Sean.
HANNITY: Is Iran a state that has killed Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan? Are they fighting proxy wars? Are they fomenting terrorism around the world? Simple question. Is that regime doing all of that?
GHOUSE: No, Sean.
HANNITY: No?
GHOUSE: First of all, they were our friends. No. They were our friends before 1979.
HANNITY: I didn't ask you about 1979. Right now, did they not kill Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan? Let's go through it one by one. Did they, yes or no?
GHOUSE: They did, but I want to give you...
HANNITY: Yes!
GHOUSE: ... a prelude to that. I want to give you (INAUDIBLE)
HANNITY: Are they fighting a proxy war through Hezbollah and different radical groups in the Middle East? The answer is yes.
GHOUSE: They're not fighting with us.
HANNITY: No, I didn't ask you if they're fighting -- I said, are they fighting proxy wars, and are they a terrorist state? And the answer is yes. They are spreading terror.
GHOUSE: I wouldn't call it terrorism. What they're doing is terror, but I would not qualify them as a terrorist state, Sean.
HANNITY: Wait a minute! What they're doing is terror but it's not -- it's not a terrorist state? How can you say that?
GHOUSE: It is -- they're not committed to do terrorism. Once justice is done, whenever that is, the conflicts are, they're going to back out, like they're doing peace with Israel with the nuclear treaty now. This is the right thing to do. I'm glad Rouhani is helping their people put food on the table...
HANNITY: The day -- wait a minute! The week before this agreement, he was talking again about wiping Israel off the map and destroying the Zionist state, one week before the announcement was announced!
GHOUSE: Sean, Iran has never said those words.
HANNITY: Yes, he did!
GHOUSE: Those words were mistranslated. No, sir, he said...
HANNITY: I have them right here.
GHOUSE: ... wipe the Zionism, not Israel. They're not talking about Israel here. They are talking about the Zionist policy, which is wrong.
HANNITY: All right, let me read to you what he said. He -- quote -- on the Wednesday before the Saturday announcement, Brigitte, he said that the Zionists are rabid dogs, they can't be called human beings and vowed that their state will soon disappear.
I don't know what Mike was saying about interpretation, but he said it many times.
(CROSSTALK)
GHOUSE: They are against Zionism, but not against Israel!
HANNITY: Brigitte?
BRIGITTE GABRIEL, ACT FOR AMERICA PRESIDENT: ... saying it for many times, as well. They have been saying it against the Jews in particular by name, el Yahud. They have been saying it for years. They hate Israel. They want to wipe Israel off the map.
And look, Sean, just two weeks ago, they had the largest demonstration ever on the streets of Iran calling "Death to America, death to Israel." This is at the same time while we are negotiating with these people!
The only time in the Islamic world you come to the negotiating table is to negotiate the terms of your surrender! Right now, President Obama has delivered America to Iran as weak, as unable to fight, as unable to win the war, and that is now empowering our enemies to the point where Hezbollah hold their Facebooks and in the articles in Beirut today, coming out and already calling Iran the Islamic nuclear republic of Iran!
HANNITY: Yes. And by the way, and Hezbollah's happy about it and all the terrorist groups in the Middle East are happy about it. Michael, how could -- why would you trust any deal that does not allow inspectors into every Iranian nuclear facility? This deal does not allow inspections of every nuclear facility.
GHOUSE: I am with President Reagan's statement, trust but verify. Without verifying... 

HANNITY: You can't -- wait! Michael, you can't verify. That's the point!
GHOUSE: Sean, right now, they agreed to freeze the development for the next six months. In the six months, we are going to develop a full-blown policy. This is a good step for Israel. Israel for the first time in history...
HANNITY: Mike, it does not open...
GHOUSE: ... have come to the doors of the security. If you can control on this, if you can have a hold on this, if Iran can develop only for peaceful...
HANNITY: All right, Brigitte, I'll let you handle this.
(CROSSTALK)
GABRIEL: Iran lied to the world for years! Iran has been lying to the world about their nuclear plans since 2003! This is nothing new! They have been deceiving the world! This is part of their tactics! And this is
something we need to be aware of!
We have to remember that with Iran, we are dealing with a mullahcracy - an Islamic mullahcracy that based their -- everything they do on their religious philosophy!
And right now, they are basing this whole deception of the West on the treaty of al Habibi (ph), which is an Islamic principle of war! It's a strategic way to defeat your -- to defeat your enemy that was exercised by Prophet Mohammed in 628! And this is exactly what the Iranians are doing! They are basing their lies and deception to defeat the West, basically buying time in order to finish their nuclear development plan!
HANNITY: Hey, Mike...
GABRIEL: ... and we are falling for it!
HANNITY: Mike, you have to wake up. Mike, you didn't get it about the Muslim Brotherhood. You don't get it here. These are radical Islamists. They want a worldwide Islamic caliphate and they're willing to
kill to get it. And I don't know what part of that you're not understanding because that's the reality of what this regime is about.
GHOUSE: Sean, I told you Brotherhood would not be in power. They are not. I was damn right about it.
HANNITY: No. You were wrong. They got in power.
GHOUSE: No.
HANNITY: You said they wouldn't be in power.
GHOUSE: They would get in power but the people --
HANNITY: You didn't say that.
GHOUSE: I did say that in March of 2011. I was revealing the --
HANNITY: No.
GHOUSE: I did say that. Pull it back. The people who fought for this freedom are going to get right back --
HANNITY: All right. We have to go.
GHOUSE: And there is not going to be caliphate ever at all. I have told you that.
HANNITY: Mark my words, this is his Munich moment. This is it right here. And we will, as my mother used to say, rue the day. Guys, good to see you both.
 
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Festivals of the World: Essence of Hanukkah

“Festivals of the World” is an educational series by Mike Ghouse since 1993.  When we live as neighbors and in the same communities, we might as well learn about each other. The best way to build cohesive societies is for its members to participate in festivities as well as commemorations of each other, or at least understand each others' joys and sorrows.  Please note, the simplicity in writing is designed for people of other faiths to learn and to know, so we can function cohesively.
Happy Hanukkah!



The Festival of Hanukkah is a Jewish celebration, and it is about celebrating the recovery and re-dedication of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem in 165 B.C. Hanukkah is spelled in many different ways in case you want to Google it; Hanukah, Chanukah, Chanuka, Hanukka and other variations.

Please visit Huffington Post, the full articles is likely to be published on 11.28.13 at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/festivals-of-the-world-es_b_4349512.html


If not, it will be here on the evening of 28th.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Texas Faith : How would you describe your search for meaning?








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Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism
, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in Standing up for others and has done that throughout his life as an activist. Mike has a presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly at Huffington post; and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes all his work through many links.

Congratulations; Finally, Israel is on the doorstep of the ultimate; her eternal Security.

Full article will be at Huffington Post by 11.27.13 or later today at:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/
 
A few abstracts from the article...

Jewish people have been betrayed time and again; each time they have made their home and their nest, it was torn down.... Israel is their eternal home with full security....


Thanks to Obama the statesman, for putting up with the fits and tantrums of Netanyahu and the Republican right, his wisdom has paid off..  I pray for the security of Jews and Justice for the Palestinians, one will not happen without the other.


President Jimmy Carter was and continues to be one of the true friends of Israel, that the Jewish people ever had. Now, Israel has another angel: Barack Obama.




The security of Israel is achieved through this deal. There is a Chinese saying, "If you want to eliminate the enemy, you make friends with them, and if you want to live in perpetual fear, keep frightening and threatening your enemies, neither will live in peace." The hype created by the war mongering Israeli leadership will hopefully recede.



Once the Jews feel secure, the Palestinians can count on Justice, a Jewish trait that has been overridden by the need for their security.



Now, I wish the Jewish friends a very happy Hanukkah, a true celebration and recovery of the security for the Israelites. Indeed, it’s the beginning of the end of darkness, and beginning of genuine security for the Jewish people.
Full article will be at Huffington Post by 11.27.13 or later today at:   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/congratulations-finally-i_b_4344526.html
 


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OTHER ARTICLES THAT APPEARED LATER SUPPORT MY ARTICLE


Olmert: PM has ‘declared war on the US government’

Netanyahu’s attacks on Obama’s Iran policy are ‘misguided and dangerous,’ former prime minister charges, says there are better ways to exert influence

December 1, 2013, 8:18 pm 84
http://www.timesofisrael.com/olmert-pms-attack-us-policies-misguided/?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=9be02465ff-2013_12_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-9be02465ff-54484009

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US official: Netanyahu’s response to Iran deal ‘weak and desperate’

Unnamed White House staffer reportedly says PM losing support in Washington over his attempts to sway Congress


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Mike Ghouse
(214) 325-1916 text/talk
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Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism
, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in Standing up for others and has done that throughout his life as an activist. Mike has a presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly at Huffington post; and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes all his work through many links.  

Fox News with Sean Hannity, Brigitte Gabrielle and Mike Ghouse about Iran and Israel.

TO NITE ON HANNITY SHOW/ FOX NEWS: IRAN AND ISRAEL
URL- http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2013/11/fox-news-with-sean-hannity-brigitte.html

Sean Hannity will be moderating the debate between Brigitte Gabrielle and Mike Ghouse - its good to have two different points of view, its good for America and good for the human societies.


My Talking points below, and none of it may make it.

 

Now, I wish the Jewish friends a very happy Hanukkah, a true celebration and recovery of the security for the Israelites. Indeed, it’s the beginning of the end of darkness, and beginning of genuine security for the Jewish people.



My talking points with Hannity, Gabrielle on Hannity show on 11.26.13 – Nuclear accord with Iran.


1.   First of all I congratulate Israeli people, Israel is on the doorstep of the ultimate; her eternal Security.

2.   Secondly, I congratulate Iranian People, what Hasan Rouhani has done is the right thing to do.

3.   Thirdly, I congratulate President Obama for his faith in peace and diplomacy and averting a disaster for average Americans, not you and me, but the average American.

4.   Don’t call the Iranian people terrorists; they were our friends till 79. Had we sided with the people then, like Obama did with the Egyptian people, they would not have gone Anti-American. Period! Obama is the best foreign policy president we have ever had.

5.   History of Jewish PeopleOver three millenniums, Jewish people have been betrayed time and again; each time they have made their home and their nest, it was torn down. After the cruelty of Romans, they finally felt home in Spain, and what does the butcher Ferdinand do? Force them out again. The resilient people came to believe that Germany was their eternal home, and what does criminal Hitler do? He was hell bent on annihilation of the entire Jewish population. Finally, they found their own home; Israel.

God bless Obama! Roping Iran in the community of nations is a relief; let me share the following seven points to appreciate this light. 

1. The security of Israel is achieved through this deal. There is a Chinese saying, “If you want to eliminate the enemy, you make friends with them, and if you want to live in perpetual fear, keep frightening and threatening your enemies, neither will live in peace.” The hype created by the war mongering Israeli leadership will hopefully recede.

2. I shudder at the thought of Romney’s presidency…. The average Americans would have seen job losses, higher gas prices, home foreclosures, divorces and the curse of budget deficit.   

3.  This is good for America, the gas prices will come down further causing a boost in economic activity

4.  Thanks to Obama the statesman, for putting up with the fits and tantrums of Netanyahu and the Republican right, his wisdom has paid off.  Others would have given it back in full; tit for tats, but he held back for the ultimate good of the nation and Israel.

6. Obama is a true peace maker; a conflict mitigater and a goodwill nurturer. His patience is admired, and my faith in him as a true leader of the world is affirmed.

7. The only one who can bring genuine security to the people of Israel and justice to the Palestinians is Obama. Both the people deserve security and Justice, as a Muslim, and in behalf of many a Muslims in the world, I would like to see a Jew travel anywhere in the world without fear. He can send his child to a school in west bank dropping all his guards.  Once the Jews feel secure, the Palestinians can count on Justice, a Jewish trait that has been overridden by the need for their security.

Now, I wish the Jewish friends a very happy Hanukkah, a true celebration and recovery of the security for the Israelites. Indeed, it’s the beginning of the end of darkness, and beginning of genuine security for the Jewish people.
Thank you
mike

Mike Ghouse
(214) 325-1916 text/talk
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Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism
, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in Standing up for others and has done that throughout his life as an activist. Mike has a presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly at Huffington post; and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes all his work through many links