Religious leaders helped organize the march. Mixed messages ranging from steadfast nonviolence to support for Hezbollah "show the diversity" of a new organization called the Front Range Coalition for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, said Imam Ibrahim Kazerooni, a leader of interfaith efforts at St. John's Cathedral.
Well, I guess I have to give some props to anyone who can unite both pacifists and terror-supporters under a banner of "Justice and Peace." It's impressive, if more than a little bit sick. As Sharf notes:
A well-organized rally would have had marshals controlling the message a little bit. The quote to the paper would have been about how his "movement" had no place for the sort of hatred that Nasrallah represents, blah blah blah. But Kazerooni couldn't even bring himself to say that.
Kazerooni knows what Hezbollah and Nasrallah are. He knows perfectly well that Nasrallah, too, has said he's looking forward to the ingathering of the Jewish exiles, all the easier to kill them. He's also a professional at PR, so he knows how to stay on message when he wants to. And in this case, the message was, "we'll take all comers, even if they're experimenting with Zyklon B in their backyard.
I know some anti-war protesters who could not fairly be characterized as anti-Semitic. But anti-semitism has infected their movement far more than they care to admit. It's long overdue that the far left purge its ranks of Nazi-wannabes that have come under its wing.
Maybe they are afraid that if they purge their Jew haters there won't be many supporters left.
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