School Board Member Calls Iwo Jima ‘Unfortunate,’ ‘Evil’ | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Hank Berrien.

    A member of the Fairfax County School Board in Virginia - who told graduating high school students to remember their "jihad" in 2021 - called the World War II U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima "unfortunate" and a "record" for what "human evil is capable of."

    The Allied invasion of Iwo Jima in World War II - in which roughly 7,000 Americans died - occurred on February 19, 1945, and inspired the iconic photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press showing six U.S. Marines raising the flag on Mt. Suribachi. That photo was the only photo to ever win the Pulitzer Prize the same year it was published, and later inspired the Marine War Corps memorial, dedicated to honoring all Marines who have died in the service since 1775.

    County school board member Abrar Omeish, speaking of the Day of Remembrance, which memorializes the Japanese-Americans interned during World War II, stated, "Just a few days ago was Japanese Day of Remembrance. Something for us to certainly reflect on as we learn our history and think about it. The days when, you know, Iwo Jima unfortunately happened and set a record for really what, I hate to say, human evil is capable of. So that's something to remember."

    Asked to clarify her remarks, Omeish said, "There is no reason to warp what was said and reading more into it merely reflects biases forced in by the listener," adding that Iwo Jima "happens to fall on the same day" as the 1942 executive order issued from Franklin D. Roosevelt to incarcerate Japanese-Americans.

    In May 2021, Omeish tweeted that Israel was an "apartheid" state that "kills Palestinians."

    "This caused huge outrage among over 250,000 Jewish Americans here in northern Virginia, and it sparked outrage across all political lines and there were calls for her to apologize. She offered no apology. She doubled down on it," one Fairfax County parent said.

    In June 2021, giving the keynote address at the commencement for Justice High School in Falls Church, Virginia, Omeish declared, "Our world is overwhelmed with need. We struggle with human greed, racism, extreme versions of individualism and capitalism, White supremacy, growing wealth gaps, disease, climate crisis, extreme poverty amid luxury and waste right next door. And the list goes on," Omeish said.

    "The world sees the accolade, the diploma, the fruit of all your years yet be reminded of the detail of your struggle," she told the students in English. When she gave the speech in Arabic, she used the Arabic word "jihad" for struggle.

poll#164
It has been far too many years since the Woke theology interlaced its canons within the fabric of the Indoctrination Realm, so it is nigh time to ask: Does this Representative Republic continue, as a functioning society of a self-governed people, by contending with the unusual, self absorbed dictates of the Woke, and their vast array of Victimhood scenarios?
  Yes, the Religion of Woke must continue; there are so many groups of underprivileged, underserved, a direct result of unrelenting Inequity; they deserve everything.
  No; the Woke fools must be toppled from their self-anointed pedestal; a functioning society of a good Constitutional people cannot withstand this level of "existential" favoritism as it exists now.
  I just observe; with this thoughtful observation: What will happen "when the Vikings are breeching our walls;" how do the Woke react?
844 total vote(s)     What's your Opinion?


poll#169
Considering how abjectly corrupt and civilly abusive the Left has become regarding the corrosive effect of their elected leaders; their entrenched and ruling bureaucracy; employing their failed Education Industry as Indoctrinators; their collusive private sector operators, such as the terminally discredited Legacy Media and Big Tech censorship of Free Speech: What will be the best course forward for hardworking Middle Americans, including the Patriot Class?
  Withdraw from society, go underground and plan for a resurgence when it is feasible to do so.
  Work within the confines of better policy by the People's government, once good sense and sanity is restored in the electorate at large, to achieve such.
  Are you a crazy, nut-job Insurrectionist? Everything is perfect within our plan to achieve our intended goals for the Socialist Left.
  Secession to form a true Constitutional Republic.
437 total vote(s)     What's your Opinion?

Go Back


Leave a Guest Comment

Your Name or Alias
Your Email Address ( your email address will not be published)
Enter Your Comment ( no code or urls allowed, text only please )



Comment

( March 7th, 2023 @ 10:37 am )
 
No wonder northern Virginia Schools, at one time some of the best in the nation, are in a consistent state of turmoil.



Fauci Made Fools Of Big Media In Failed Bid To Bury Lab Leak Theory Daily Wire, News Services, Guest Editorial, Editorials, Government, Op-Ed & Politics, State and Federal Shocking Numbers Show Biden’s Border Invasion Is Worse Than Ever


HbAD0

Latest State and Federal

President Joe Biden took direct aim at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during a recent interview, referring to him simply as “the guy who likes to spend a lot of time on yachts.”
Former President Donald Trump suggested this week that if he becomes president again, he might allow Prince Harry to be deported.
Vice President Kamala Harris will visit a Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic, reportedly the first time a president or vice president has visited an abortion facility.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said this week that the only campaign promise President Joe Biden has delivered on as president is the complete dismantling of the U.S. southern border.
Hamas is reeling after losing two of their most cherished leaders on the same day: military commander Saleh al-Arouri, and Harvard President Claudine Gay.
President Joe Biden’s brother told the Internal Revenue Service that Hunter Biden told him he was in business with a “protege of President Xi,” referring to the leader of China, according to notes by an IRS investigator that were divulged during a congressional interview of Jim Biden.

HbAD1

That’s the question Marguerite Roza of Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab sought to answer in a recent webinar on the topic.
The University of Florida has fired all of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) employees and shut down its DEI office.
Glenn Beck: 'When the United States government can come after individuals, that's when you know our republic is crumbling.'
Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) reportedly blasted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for “stonewalling” details about the illegal immigrant accused of murdering Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia college student.
“The Biden administration's plan in the Middle East is to hand over power to the Palestinian Authority, which literally pays the families of terrorists who murder Jews.”

HbAD2

Two Democratic members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation are ranked among the most likely to be picked off in 2024, according to a new analysis from Roll Call.

HbAD3

 
Back to Top