miss_o_hara :It's 1938 All Over Again: French Jews Seeking Asylum in America

re: "Since about August [Glenn Beck's] been saying, "It's 1938 all over again!" So has Bibi Netanyahu, Rick Santorum, myself, and anybody else who is actually paying attention to what is going on in the world. As if we needed more proof (some do), here is a heart-stopping, truly chilling report via Pamela: / More than 7,000 French Jews have signed a petition asking for political asylum in the United States because of anti-Semitism in France. / "Following the barbarous murder of a young Jew because he was Jewish, in the context of the rise in anti-Semitic acts committed by Islamic fundamentalists, numerous members of the community no longer feel safe in France," reads the petition, which was sent to the U.S. Congress. The reference was to Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old Parisian Jew who was kidnapped and tortured to death last year by an anti-Semitic gang. / The petition asks Congress to enact a law according refugee status to French Jews. "We believe that the United States, known for its traditional welcome to those under threat in their native lands, must open its doors to us," the petition says..."...