It’s a slow news day and a big football day so there hasn’t been much coming my way. But here’s a little something from the other day:
The office of U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, says the freshman congressman is publicly condemning the Palestine Liberation Organization, or PLO, for raising its flag outside its offices in the nation’s capital.
“The raising of this flag is an attempt to legitimize an organization with a known history of terrorist actions,” West said, in a written news release.
“By allowing this flag to be flown, the United States is extending a diplomatic right that we refrain from offering to even our own allies, like Taiwan. This action is a diplomatic slap in the face of our greatest of allies, Israel.”
He was joined by another South Florida congressperson and fellow Republican, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, in condemning the flag-raising. They’re asking President Obama and the Department of State’s Foreign Missions to yank back the permission that was given to the PLO to raise it.
If anyone is worried about West being inconsistent, then I’d say this is proof otherwise. Even Walid Shoebat, a former PLO member, has acknowledged that the PLO is still a terrorist organization and should be treated like Hamas and Hezbollah. And it sounds like West agrees.
This is true leadership.
(H/T: Booker Rising)