CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 26, 2025
I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SHOOTING LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN WASHINGTON THAT KILLED TWO MESSIANIC JEWISH EMPLOYEES AT THE ISRAELI EMBASSY.
WHY WASN’T THERE BETTER SECURITY? THIS WAS A GATHERING IN ONE PLACE OF A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF JEWISH PEOPLE. IT WAS A RIPE TARGET FOR A TERRORIST ATTACK. WHY WAS NO ONE OUTSIDE THE JEWISH MUSEUM, WATCHING FOR POTENTIAL DANGER? THE SUSPECT, 30-YEAR-OLD ELIAS RODRIEGUEZ FROM CHICAGO, WAS SEEN PACING BACK AND FORTH. WHY DIDN’T A SECURITY GUARD CONFRONT HIM AND ASK WHAT HE WAS DOING? HE COULD HAVE BEEN ASKED IF HE HAD A WEAPON AND FRISKED IF HE DENIED IT. WHY WEREN’T DC POLICE ON THE SCENE UNTIL TEN MINUTES AFTER THE SHOOTING?
BLAME CAN GO TO THE UNIVERSITIES THAT ALLOW, AND IN SOME CASES PROMOTE ANTI-SEMITIC SPEECH. AND TO SOCIAL MEDIA WHICH HAS PLATFORMS THAT ENCOURAGE HATRED TOWARDS JEWS.
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ARE EXPLORING POSSIBLE TERRORISM AND HATE CRIME CHARGES SO THEY CAN HAVE THE DEATH PENALTY AVAILABLE TO THEM. IF FOUND GUILTY, THIS CREEP DESERVES TO DIE. OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN WROTE A SONG FOR THE MUSICAL “SOUTH PACIFIC”: “YOU’VE GOT TO BE TAUGHT TO HATE.” SOME ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. I’M CAL THOMAS.
