The crisis in Iraq is serious; however, I do not believe that the solution is to appease terrorist states, as proposed by James Baker and the Iraq Study Group (recommendation 55). The enemy has made Iraq the central front on the road to terror.

Mr. President, I fully support your 9/11 doctrine on terror: "If you harbor terrorists, you are a terrorist. If you train terrorists, you are a terrorist. If you feed a terrorist or fund a terrorist, you’re a terrorist; and you will be held accountable by the United States and our friends."

The Baker-Hamilton Report proposes that you reach out diplomatically to the terrorist state Iran as a support group member, while assessing no pre-conditions (recommendation 5). Mr. President, I do not support a terrorist regime becoming a support group member, especially one that is responsible for the murders of the majority of American troops in Iraq through improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and proxies; one that continues to enrich uranium; one that continues to proclaim that millions of Jews should be wiped off the map, and one that envisions a world without America. I do not believe that the UN Security Council—with France, Germany, Russia, China, and the United States as permanent members—should be the moral conscience to determine the future of Iran’s nuclear program (recommendation 10).

The Baker Report also proposes that all militants and insurgents in Iraq (terrorists) that have killed Americans be granted Amnesty (recommendations 31, 35). Mr. President, almost 3,000 Americans have been killed by terrorists. That is comparable to the number killed on 9/11. Another 21,000 have been seriously wounded. I do not support appeasing terrorists, nor do I believe that terrorists will stop killing Americans if we offer appeasement.

James Baker proposes that the entire crisis in Iraq is inextricably linked to the Arab/Israel conflict and that Israel must accept a terrorist regime as a partner in peace (recommendations 13, 14, 17). The report also states that land-for-peace is the only basis for achieving peace.

Israel is being asked, once again, to pay the appeasement price by allowing terrorists in Lebanon to return to Palestine; by giving a terrorist regime—the Palestinian Authority—land-for-peace, i.e., Judea, Samaria, and East Jerusalem; and by returning the Golan Heights with no preconditions (recommendation 16) to Syria, another terrorist state. The report also asks that Israel be excluded from a regional Middle East conference, while both Syria and Iran would be included (recommendation 3). I do not believe that appeasing racist regimes that refuse to recognize Israel's right to exist, that reject the Holocaust, and want Jews wiped off the map is the answer to our problems in Iraq.

I do not believe that terrorist states responsible for having murdered Americans and Israelis should be offered incentives (recommendation 51), or offered access to international organizations including the World Trade Organization.

Neville Chamberlain proposed a similar appeasement plan to the Fascists; it cost the world 61 million deaths, including six million Jews. Winston Churchill said in 1931 that the world lacked the "democratic courage, intellectual honesty, and willingness to act."

We must not fail this test; if we do, the jihadists will head our way. The root of the rage is racial bigotry against Christians and Jews (Crusaders and Zionists).

Mr. President, I am praying for you. America and Israel are in harm's way. I humbly believe moral clarity and faith in God according to 2 Chronicles 7:14 will be the key in winning the war against Islamofascism, not appeasement.