Ruth King

By the time this goes to print, voters will have chosen a president but some things will not change. We will still be at war against Islamic terror. We will still be confronting international anti-Semitism. We will still be threatened by enemies within our borders. We will still remain Israel’s only friend in the Diaspora. The Europeans will still try to appease the Arabs by harassing Israel. Iran and Syria will rattle sabers and provide safe havens for terrorists. The UN will continue to blame Israel.

Here are a dozen questions that concerned Americans should ask of the incoming administration:

1. How forcefully do you expect to enforce immigration laws so that our borders are sealed to terrorists?

2. Will you restructure the Department of Transportation and its guidelines so that realistic profiling protects citizens who travel?

3. Will you enforce the Patriot Act and continue to monitor charities, fraternal organizations and religious institutions which fund and abet terrorism?

4. How actively will you enforce the Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 requiring the State Department to monitor global anti-Semitism and rate countries annually on their treatment of Jews? Will you include those states which use the word Israel rather than Jew in their racist incitements to violence? States such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt?

5. Do you see Israel as our most loyal ally in the war against global terrorism?

6. If your answer to the above is yes, will you continue to share intelligence and technology with Israel, and veto all United Nations resolutions designed to weaken and discourage Israel?

7. Do you recognize that all plans which call for territorial concessions by Israel have only escalated tensions and terrorism in the area? If so, are you willing to scuttle the "road map" or any plans which call for territorial concessions by Israel in exchange for meaningless promises by Arab adversaries?

8. Will you consider the outlines of the Palestine Mandate to formulate future policy for a solution to the Jewish Palestine-Arab Palestine conflict?

9. Are you willing to concede that a two state solution in Palestine is not strategically or geographically viable and will only hasten the destruction of Israel and embolden terrorists?

10. Do you believe that the root cause of the Israel-Arab conflict is Jewish control of an area of roughly 2200 square miles, or that the real cause is the ongoing Jihad against Israel?

11. How would you define a Jihad? (see the October Outpost for John Quincy Adam's definition)

12. What are your concrete plans to achieve energy independence from OPEC?