Posted on 08/14/2010 5:44:54 AM PDT by Sergeant Tim
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America
Statement of Debra Burlingame, Co-founder of 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America, in Response to President Obama's Remarks about the Ground Zero Mosque
911 Families Stunned Presidents Support of Mosque at Ground Zero
New York, NY, Aug. 14 -- Barack Obama has abandoned America at the place where America's heart was broken nine years ago, and where her true values were on display for all to see. Since that dark day, Americans have been asked to bear the burden of defending those values, again and again and again. Now this president declares that the victims of 9/11 and their families must bear another burden. We must stand silent at the last place in America where 9/11 is still remembered with reverence or risk being called religious bigots.
Muslims have worshipped in New York without incident both before and after the attacks of 9/11. This controversy is not about religious freedom. 9/11 was more than a "deeply traumatic event," it was an act of war. Building a 15-story mosque at Ground Zero is a deliberately provocative act that will precipitate more bloodshed in the name of Allah. Those who continue to target and kill American civilians and U.S. troops will see it as a symbol of their historic progress at the site of their most bloody victory. Demolishing a building that was damaged by wreckage from one of the hijacked planes in order to build a mosque and Islamic Center will further energize those who regard it as a ratification of their violent and divinely ordered mission: the spread of shariah law and its subjugation of all free people, including secular Muslims who come to this country fleeing that medieval ideology, which destroys lives and crushes the human spirit.
We are stunned by the president's willingness to disregard what Americans should be proud of: our enduring generosity to others on 9/11--a day when human decency triumphed over human depravity. On that day, when 3,000 of our fellow human beings were killed in barbaric act of raw religious intolerance unlike this country had ever seen, Americans did not turn outward with hatred or violence, we turned to each other, armed with nothing more than American flags and countless acts of kindness. In a breathtakingly inappropriate setting, the president has chosen to declare our memories of 9/11 obsolete and the sanctity of Ground Zero finished. No one who has lived this history and felt the sting of our country's loss that day can truly believe that putting our families through more wrenching heartache can be an act of peace.
We will honor the memory of our loved ones. We will protect our children, whose lives will never be the same. We will not stand silent.
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9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America, Co-founders Debra Burlingame and Tim Sumner, www.911familiesforamerica.org, Contact: media@911familiesforamerica.org
My comment on their page (awaiting moderation: let’s see if they have the courage to let it pass:
“To the 9/11 families:
“With all due respect and continuing to mourn your losses (which affect all of us):
“You’re ‘stunned’? Have you been blind so long? We knew who and what this Obama person was before he became a US Senator. We read his books, and knew that he meant it when he wrote that in a dispute between the American People and Islam, he would side with Islam. You’re ‘stunned’, and we EXPECTED IT.
“To those of you who voted for him: be ashamed, and be afraid of what he’ll do next. Or educate yourselves on who and what Obama is so that the next time he does what the rest of us are already predicting, you won’t be so ‘stunned’.”
Muslime plant in the WH?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jhx_2TqffE&feature=bulletin&videos=1TrwZ7NhG2k
Now everyone on FR believes what I said here on FR on the morning of 11/4/08. All that needed to be known about Obama was know-able prior to that date. He told us who he is...and what his agenda is.
Having said that, let me make one correction to many of the comments here. Obama isn’t a Muslim per se - he is simply against God/Christ.
I believe we are beginning to see that now.
With all due respect to the families, I fail to see how anyone could be ‘stunned’ at a Muslim expressing support for a victory mosque on the site of the 9/11 attacks.
Patriotic Americans need to hammer this story home, like a drumbeat, until it is imbedded in the minds, hearts, and above all the consciences, of all Americans.
STUNNED?
why would any thinking person be stunned by what that POS does.
Obama's move to cut the military budget, eliminate top Admirals and Generals, and downsize the military at the same time he is shoveling tons of money out the door to his supporters is certainly no coincidence.
Especially notable are the overt moves being made to publicly question the mission and purpose of the US Marine Corps. In the past the Obama administration has clearly expressed their dislike of the Marine Corps. He and his henchmen know that the military in general, and the Marine Corps specifically, are a major impediment to his dreams of takeover.
This kind of political chicanery disguised as budget cutting is always a prelude to eliminating officers who are loyal to the country and their oath of office, and replacing them with others who will be loyal to their benefactor - in this case Obama.
The Clintons did it and now Obama will follow their lead. He must have control of the military before he undertakes any major overt unconstitutional action.
Yes, that has been the modus operandi in virtually everything he has done.
That's the muslim way!
And considering that he's siding with the more radical element of America Muslims (and not with the Zuhdi Jasser's who thought the mosque was an act of incitement), revisit the Air Force One flyover of NYC and NJ back in April of 2009.
The terror attacks on NYC are continuing apace.
These families are stunned an entire YEAR after Obama announced the closing of GITMO then met with them the next day to rub their noses in it? HUH? How many “stuns” do people require?
I am not able to believe people are surprised by B.Hussein's support.
Remember John Kennedy................
He is evil.
The only people Barack Obama wants to serve and protect are union workers and welfare recepients. He has thrown down the guantlet to the rest of us - those who truly love and cherish this country. He can barely hide his contempt for Christianity. The approval of the 9/11 mosque is yet another confirmation of this. This man is the definition of anti-American.
I wish there were some way he could be impeached and not have to wait for his term to run out, but that just isn’t going to happen. In November, though, he will lose majories in both the House and the Senate, so we will have at least a chance to neuter him until 2012 arrives.
I hope this country can make it till then.
I for one am glad the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue came out in support of GZM. First of all, no one on our side is really surprised. But in the case there were a few fence-sitters wondering if he really an enemy to this nation, his latest move should remove all doubts.
Oh, and another thing...
If/when the media start showing polls showing overwhelming support in the black communities for the usurper, don't believe it. There is growing concern 'in the hood' that they have been sold a bill of goods (as the urban economy has reached depression levels). Just remember this: Victory in November may not be enough.
And the closing of GITMO.. And wanting 911 “in your face New York” terror trials in NY.
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