"They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind."

 

“They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.”

 

Prof. Paul Eidelberg

 

Judging from the statements of various public officials and other

pundits regarding the Boston Marathon bombing, a most important

general factor contributing to such terrorist acts has been overlooked

 

As this writer has repeatedly indicated, the single most significant

factor contributing to acts of terrorism has been the mendacious

Middle East peace process. In the name of “peace,” and motivated by

economic interests, various democratic regimes, most importantly the

United States, has turned a blind eye toward Arab terrorist acts

against Israel.

 

Indeed, since Israel’s government, under pressure from Washington,

ignominiously signed the September 13, 1993 Oslo Agreement with the

Palestine Liberation Organization on the White House lawn—an agreement

“sponsored” by U.S. President Jimmy Carter and applauded by three

former American presidents, as well as by the American Congress—the

entire world, including terrorists of every description, witnessed a

phenomenal event: the governments of various democracies had

sanctified the evils perpetrated by the world’s leading terrorist,

Yasser Arafat, head of the PLO.

 

If this were not enough, the United States then became the leading

patron of terrorism by bankrolling the PLO year after year to the tune

of hundreds of millions of dollars.

 

The consequence of patronizing evil — especially when publicized by

the international media – is to encourage evil everywhere, regardless

of whether it’s political or non-political. Evil is not too particular

about its victim.

 

Individuals and groups animated by evil are encouraged when they see

democracies, which boast of the rule of law, ignore and even reward

criminals and criminal organizations like the PLO-Palestinian

Authority.

 

The United States and even Israel have succumbed to this reprehensible

if not criminal stupidity.  This stupidity underlies the “two-state

solution” to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Let us therefore recall

the words of Hosea: "They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.”=