White House Disavows Cairo Apology (Free Republic broke embassy apology story)

Politico ^ | Tuesday, September 11, 2012 | Byron Tau

[kristinn]

The White House is disavowing a statement from their own Cairo embassy that apologized for anti-Muslim activity in the United States.

"The statement by Embassy Cairo was not cleared by Washington and does not reflect the views of the United States government," a senior administration official told POLITICO.

The U.S. embassy in Cairo put out a statement early Tuesday that apologized for an anti-Muslim film being circulated by an Israeli-American real estate developer.

"The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions," the embassy said in a statement published online.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the film depicts the Muslim prophet Muhammed as a "womanizer, pedophile and fraud" — depiction bound to offend many Muslims.

The embassy came under widespread criticism for failing to defend free speech in the face of threats of violence. Egyptian protesters rioted anyway, breaching the embassy walls and tearing down the American flag.

"Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a Tuesday statement.

[doug from upland]

Thanks for all your years of hard work and staying on top of things, Kristinn.

[skinkinthegrass]

thank you, for your efforts.

[RitchieAprile]

whoa!

[TennTuxedo]

The culpability of Barrack Hussein Obama.

Nothing of this nature would ever be published by a U.S. Embassy without the approval of the President of the United States.

[NEMDF]

References to “one nation under God”, “endowed by our Creator”, etc. Then it is okay to denigrate the religious beliefs of Christians.

[SaraJohnson]

Way to go, kristinn. Thank you.

[arrogantsob]

Certainly mores were different in the 7th century but I do not know of any other important figure who married a 6-7 year old girl. Certainly no “religious” figure.

Nor do I recall any founder of religion who was a murderer.

[hattend]

BTTT

[V V Camp Enari 67-68]

She was only doing what she was told, despicable as it was.

[Andrei Bulba]

Thank you both for the information. I absolutely see the huge chasm between M and Jesus. It’s shameful that churches are attacked while Islam is afforded special status. I don’t know if the pedophile accusation is essential. M and Islam are deeply flawed and certainly do not fit in an enlightened age.

[arrogantsob]

If you want to look at some real irony, it is a fact that Islam actually improved the lives of women in the Middle East in many respects.

At that time in the Middle East female infanticide was common. And new born girls were often exposed in the desert when unwanted, Islam put a stop to that barbaric practice.

I recommend that everyone read the Koran and the history of Islam. It is eye-opening. The middle east prior to Mad Mo was dominated by Christianity and Judaism even in what is now Saudi Arabia. Mo's Marauders destroyed or enslaved all these religions through war.

The Koran is the biggest pile of crap in all of religious history and is a step back. The writings of Zoroaster, Buddhism (though not a real religion, either), and Hinduism are far more spiritually enlightened.

[Grampa Dave]

Carter is Obama. Obama is Carter.

Both are Traitor Losers who hate America!

Jimmy Carter's presidency was doomed by the Iranian hostage crisis after the US embassy in Tehran was stormed by Islamist extremists following the Iranian revolution.

A year after the 52 Americans were taken hostage, Carter lost the 1980 election. The hostages were released just as President Ronald Reagan, who defeated Carter, was sworn in.

As Clint noted, the Empty Chair attending the intel briefings.

Thanks to RushIsMyTeddyBear and Focault's Pendulum and for finding these morphing graphic art realities!

[SierraWasp]

Supercalifragilistic Expialidotious!!! Long live FR!!!

[SunkenCiv]

from the 11th. Thanks kristinn.