For Lawmaker Examining Terror, a Pro-I.R.A. Past

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Source: NY Times

For Representative Peter T. King, as he seizes the national spotlight this week with a hearing on the radicalization of American Muslims, it is the most awkward of résumé entries. Long before he became an outspoken voice in Congress about the threat from terrorism, he was a fervent supporter of a terrorist group, the Irish Republican Army.

“We must pledge ourselves to support those brave men and women who this very moment are carrying forth the struggle against British imperialism in the streets of Belfast and Derry,” Mr. King told a pro-I.R.A. rally on Long Island, where he was serving as Nassau County comptroller, in 1982. Three years later he declared, “If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the I.R.A. for it.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/us/politics/09king.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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1. Why the fuck is he complaining about specks in people's eyes....

...while ignoring the goddamn giant redwood tree in his own fucking eye?

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2. King is the new Torquemada.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_de_Torquemada