Former U.S. Envoy to UN Jeane Kirkpatrick, Hawk on Islamic Terror, Dead at 80

Jeane Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN under President Reagan, has died today. She was 80 years old. In the days after September 11, she called on the Congress to issue a formal declaration of war against the "entire fundamentalist Islamic terrorist network".

In a 2002 speech to ZOA, Kirkpatrick warned that the creation of a Palestinian state would be "a catastrophic mistake" and "a danger to Israel." She said it would be "appeasement" and "it would be a step backward in America's fight against international terrorism… When we accept a terrorist state as legitimate, we strengthen terrorist groups."

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[Rubin]

RIP Jeane.