Posted on 01/28/2009 4:20:34 AM PST by Kaslin
On Nov. 4, 2008, America lost the war on terror. President Barack Obama’s feckless, pathetically apologetic perspective on foreign policy spells the end of the quest for liberty in the Middle East. It spells the end of America’s moral leadership in the global war for freedom. And it spells the end of a hard-fought campaign to protect America. Our enemies must be happily celebrating their great good fortune in America’s election of this platitudinous, morally relativistic, Jimmy Carter carbon copy in the midst of battle.
On Jan. 26, 2009, Obama granted his first television interview as president of the United States to Al Arabiya, the Dubai-based television network part-owned by the Saudi government. In the interview, he demonstrated with the utmost clarity that his understanding is inversely proportional to his arrogance.
He started by humbling America before the world. “(A)ll too often the United States starts by dictating,” Obama said, shame for his country dripping from his lips. “So let’s listen.” There was no call for the Muslim world, which has sponsored genocide after genocide, terrorist group upon terrorist group, to listen.
Obama apologized for President Bush’s “Islamic fascism” terminology, equating Muslim terrorism with nonexistent terrorism by Jews and Christians: “the language we use matters. And what we need to understand is, is that there are extremist organizations -- whether Muslim or any other faith in the past -- that will use faith as a justification for violence. We cannot paint with a broad brush a faith as a consequence of the violence that is done in that faith's name.” There was no call for the Muslim world to actively fight terrorism -- honesty is not the Obama administration’s policy.
Obama repeated the Clintonian line that the Palestinian Arab-Israeli conflict could be solved by pressing Israel into negotiations with terrorists -- a foolish conceit that has cost Israeli and Palestinian lives. He talked about getting rid of “preconceptions” regarding the Israeli-Arab conflict -- code for embracing negotiations with Hamas. He pledged to talk with Iran -- on the same day that Iran’s government spokesman branded the Holocaust “a big lie.” He bought into the Muslim-sponsored notion that the Palestinian Arab-Israeli conflict lies at the heart of all trouble in the Middle East. He praised the one-sided Saudi peace plan as an act of “great courage.”
Most sickeningly, Obama openly jettisoned his constitutional role as the caretaker for America’s national interest. Instead, Obama posed himself as an honest broker between America and the Muslim world. “(T)he United States has a stake in the well-being of the Muslim world, that the language we use has to be a language of respect,” he said. “I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries.” Obama didn’t stop there. He stated that his job is to speak for the Muslim world, defending them from Americans’ negative perceptions: “And my job is to communicate to the American people that the Muslim world is filled with extraordinary people who simply want to live their lives and see their children live better lives.”
No, Mr. President. Your job is not to communicate to the American people that the Muslim world harbors us no ill will. That is their job. The Muslim world must demonstrate with its words and actions that they do not wish America replaced with an Islamic state. They must demonstrate that they do not support terrorism against America and our allies.
Your job is to protect and defend the United States of America. That is your sworn duty.
And you abrogate your sworn duty every time you go on Arab television stations and apologize for America’s foreign policy. You abrogate your sworn duty every time you force American allies to negotiate with terrorists. You abrogate your sworn duty every time you pledge to protect the interests “not just of the United States, but also ordinary people who right now are suffering from poverty and a lack of opportunity” -- the same ordinary people who elect Hamas, prop up the Ayatollahs, supported the Taliban, recruit for al-Qaida, and live off of the beneficence of Hezbollah. Not all Muslims are “extraordinary people,” and the interests of suffering Muslims do not always align with American interests.
On Nov. 4, 2008, Americans elected their first international president. They elected a man who does not seek to preserve American values. Leftists perceived George W. Bush as an imperialist for American interests; by the same token, Obama is an imperialist for “global interests.” In a war to save America from implacable foes, Obama’s Global Interest Imperialism dooms American exceptionalism to the ash heap of history. With it may go the last, best hope of Earth.
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But the war against iSSlamo-terrorism is not lost yet...
Hope that OOOooobSSama will not last long!
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The dumbest magic negro on the planet.
Lost, or surrendered?
‘Ol George never did figure out that half the battle—AND the most dangerous opponant—was DOMESTIC.
He ignored his domestic enemies, so now here we are with Bambi and Pelosi.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech!
“And what we need to understand is, is that there are extremist organizations — whether Muslim or any other faith in the past — that will use faith as a justification for violence.”
All Muslims aren’t terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims.
Just as we expected, he will appease the terrorists. When and where will the next attack be?
“All Muslims aren’t terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims.”
Not true. There are, and have been, a lot of non-muslim terrorists - the IRA, for one group.
The politicians - Dem and GOP - refuse to fight terrorist - foreign and domestic. Our southern border is disappearing, and civil order is close to breaking down completely. Gangs now rule large parts of our cities. Soon we will have a warlord society of something isn’t done soon, and we don’t have any elected officials who hsve the guts.
I went along with the rhetoric because I wanted to see our enemies crushed, George W. Bush was in a position to do the crushing, and he seemed to like the phrase.
In retrospect, unfortunately, it seems that he actually held a naive and foolish belief in the concept.
Barbarian tribes and robber bands can be repressed, they can be exterminated, they can be chastised - but they are not fit for civilized government, and it is idiotic to expend blood or treasure on that. It's like making a ballgown for a pig.
Of course, Israel is fit for Liberty, and I hope they keep theirs. However, since 77% of their co-religionists in the US voted for a radical annihilationist who is now the President, this seems rather unlikely.
Mr. Shapiro, the days of "America's quest for Liberty in the Middle East" are over - and good riddance.
If Obama turns his back on Israel and starts supporting the terrorists against Israel, I am getting on a plane and flying to help them. I am not Jewish, but I feel bound to help them, if Obama stabs them in the back.
And the thing is the next terrorist attack will make 9/11 look like child’s play
Lost a major battle, yes, but not the war. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that. The love-fest for o-vomit will eventually die down and people are going to publicly question what the hell he’s up to, especially after the first shopping mall is attached by a suicide bomber.
attached=attacked
They showed Obama with all Arabic captions.
Scary scary scary.
February 18, 2010 or perhaps sooner.
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