The attacks against American heritage and culture as a Christian nation and forming our identity as a nation are unrelenting. A Christmas tree has come to symbolize the birth of the Prince of Peace and the entire holiday season associated with the birth of Jesus. It is not to be equated with a Menorah or any other religious symbols. The red flags begin popping up immediately from all good “liberals” and the Jewish dominated ACLU. But at a time when Jews and Israel need all the good press they can get rather than all the propaganda advocating the destruction of Israel and hatred for America, the only friend of Israel and without which Israel would face certain destruction, we read the following that is making headlines in the news national and international. Here from the Seattle Times is what prompted my question and is causing outrage against Jews:

There will be no more Christmas trees at Sea-Tac Airport this season after the Port of Seattle received at least one complaint about them. For more than 25 years, the airport has celebrated the holidays with Christmas trees over its entrances. But overnight, the Port of Seattle ordered all 15 trees removed. ”I think it’s very unfortunate. Why lose the Christmas spirit? Christmas is for kids,” said passenger Lisa Jones. The Port allowed “holiday” decorations to remain but decided to take down all the Christmas trees after a Jewish religious leader complained they were offensive. ”It’s a Christmas tree! It’s not like they were displaying crucifixes or menorahs or anything religious, but Christmas trees that have been around here for years,” said an employee who asked not to be identified. The Port of Seattle says it had little choice. It says a Seattle rabbi with the Central Organization for Jewish Learning hired an attorney and threatened to sue if the airport did not erect an eight-foot menorah to balance the message of the Christmas trees. According to an airport spokeswoman, the two sides could not reach an agreement before the lawsuit was to be filed, so the trees were removed instead. Angry airport employees have started a campaign urging people to call the Port of Seattle to complain. The Christmas trees are now in storage or hidden in unused areas of the airport where they won’t be seen. The airline companies, which lease space in the airport, are not being required to remove decorations from their check-in counters. Rachel Garson with the Port of Seattle said they would revisit the issue of Christmas trees after the holidays are over. ”Since this is the busiest time of year we decided to take the decorations down now and consider a new policy after the new year.” said Garson. (End)

One would think that rabbi should have known the outrage he would cause by one man ruining things for many thousands of people. However, religion is fundamentally devoid of logic, as events in the Middle East prove with the unrelenting bloodshed of centuries and seeming without any end in sight. But even Joseph Lieberman was blinded to the fact that as an Orthodox Jew attempting to be President of the United States he would cause enormous damage to the image of America. The very idea of such a thing handed the Muslim enemies of America a propaganda sword, as well as causing not a little unease among non-Muslim nations.

It is not anti-Semitic to tell the truth and recognize realities. The reality is that a Christmas tree despite its pagan beginnings does symbolize the birth of Jesus even as this began, quite appropriately, with a celebration for slaves. But a Christmas tree has come to symbolize much more than the birth of Jesus; it has become a symbol of charity and peace, of hope and freedom as well, something with which no other such an icon including a Menorah can compete. America’s heritage and culture, its very identity as a nation is steeped in the Bible and Christianity. Only the enemies of America would attempt to destroy this heritage and culture, and in the process blindly attempt to destroy the one nation that holds any hope of such a continuing freedom that America because of its Christian heritage and culture represents.

Those that make a tour of our nation’s capitol cannot fail to notice the many monuments and inscriptions dedicated to our being founded a Christian nation. A national Christmas tree has been added to the celebration of the freedom and liberty America represents because it was founded a Christian nation. And attacking Christmas, attacking the celebration of the birth of Jesus and what this has meant for America is to attack the very freedom our enemies attempt to use against America.

The cautionary word today as throughout all history is that any minority that makes itself hated by the majority will eventually pay a high price for doing so. And at a time when Israel is increasingly being propagandized as the greatest threat to world peace, that rabbi in Seattle seems oblivious to the fact a Christian America is the only real and true friend Israel has.