[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 248]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                SELF DEFENSE AGAINST RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, the radical hate group Hamas in Gaza 
has refused to renew a truce with Israel. It has begun once more firing 
thousands of Iranian-made rockets into Israel. Numerous Israelis have 
died in the last 11 days.
  Hamas wants to annihilate Israel because, well, they're Jews. Hamas 
kills people that aren't radical Muslims like themselves. That's why 
they're called terrorists.
  Hamas cowardly hides among civilians for cover, fires rockets, then 
is indignant if Israel defends itself. But Israel has moved into Gaza 
to find these bad guys.
  Some world leaders, rather than mounting pressure on Hamas to stop 
the rocket attacks, are calling for a ceasefire, even a unilateral 
withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza. In other words, peace at any 
price.
  Peace ought to be a goal, but not at all costs. Actually, some things 
are worth fighting for. Now is not the time for unrealistic, hopeful 
idealism. Lives are on the line.
  Men may cry peace, peace, but there can be no peace as long as Hamas 
kills in the name of religion.
  And that's just the way it is.

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