Posted on 01/30/2009 6:21:37 PM PST by Kaslin
Every new president flatters himself that he, kinder and gentler, is beginning the world anew. Yet, when Barack Obama in his inaugural address reached out to Muslims with "to the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect," his formulation was needlessly defensive and apologetic.
Is it "new" to acknowledge Muslim interests and show respect to the Muslim world? Obama doesn't just think so, he said so again to millions in his al-Arabiya interview, insisting on the need to "restore" the "same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago."
Astonishing. In these most recent 20 years — the alleged winter of our disrespect of the Islamic world — America did not just respect Muslims, it bled for them. It engaged in five military campaigns, every one of which involved — and resulted in — the liberation of a Muslim people: Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, Afghanistan and Iraq.
The two Balkan interventions — as well as the failed 1992-93 Somali intervention to feed starving African Muslims (43 Americans were killed) — were humanitarian exercises of the highest order, there being no significant U.S. strategic interest at stake.
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Except when Muslims throw shoes at your for freeing them.
0be ain’t the most venerated rock at the Ka’aba.
It takes an uncommon state of mind to think that sending Americans to “fight for” and “free” Muslims is a good idea, and the Katzenjammer Kid has it.
They probably never realized it but you'll almost certainly never catch a Republican apologizing for any Democrat.
Quite the reverse in fact.
These socialist pansies who we've elected to rule out lives are so vapidly stupid that they believe palaver trumps resolve.
The political class are going to kill us due to their sissified stance.
Might just as well have 'Kick Me' embroidered on the seat of their pants.
The show-tossing idiot and a few protesters, I do believe most Iraqis are grateful to the USA. I pray for a peaceful election this week.
And not one anti-muzzie riot after they murdered, in the name of their god, almost 3,000 of us.
Thank God for Charles Krauthammer. He nails it, once again.
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