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Barack Obama 101: A lesson in understanding the president (The Muslim angle)
The Washington Times' Political Potpourri ^ | June 3, 2013 | Bob Taylor

Posted on 06/04/2013 6:36:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

As interest in the Obama scandals grow, it is becoming more obvious that journalists are frustrated by the increasing lack of clarity. What news people are dealing with on a daily basis is no different than this writer’s personal experiences while living in Saudi Arabia. So, perhaps it might be possible to offer a semblance of explanation.

Admittedly these thoughts are speculative, but they do have merit. They are not intended as an indictment of Barack Obama, but as an effort to explain why confusion surrounds so many aspects of his administration.

In his novel, The Haj, Leon Uris wrote, “The Bedouin owed no taxes, paid no landlord, recognized no borders. The Arabian peninsula from which he sprang, had remained remote and beyond the grasp of the conquests of Egypt and Rome. In the punishing desert a cruel culture evolved that matched the brutal dictates of nature. While the world of progress passed him by, the Bedouins survived largely by plundering the vulnerable. Strong sheiks with no more compassion than the blistering sun showed little mercy to the weak. The Bedouin was thief, assassin, and raider, and hard labor was immoral.”

This is the basic precept of Islam and how it evolved. Little has changed in 1,400 years.

Within hours of stepping on Saudi soil, it is impossible not to notice that Arab society is one of the most paranoid cultures in the world....

(Excerpt) Read more at communities.washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: bedouins; islam; muslims; obama; obamaspeople; terrorism; threatmatrix
Let me know what you think.
1 posted on 06/04/2013 6:36:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think you should stand by for an audit.


2 posted on 06/04/2013 6:40:03 PM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: StAntKnee

How does one “audit” a penniless, disabled veteran pauper with no assets except a piddling little VA check and some old clothes? I’d like to see that.


3 posted on 06/04/2013 6:42:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

On a serious note, everything fits a pattern, all right.


4 posted on 06/04/2013 6:44:54 PM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A book or at least an extensiv3e paper is called for. The article merely touches a few conditions. It will take more, much more to effectively unmask this pretender.


5 posted on 06/04/2013 6:44:54 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In Mexico on the Interjet airline, I was reading how Richardson of New Mexico says Obama is one of the most gifted and intellectual Presidents the USA has ever had. I wonder if he could release his college grades and let’s see the PROOF of this boasting. He is dismal, pathetic and certain not gifted with a lot of grey matter.


6 posted on 06/04/2013 7:03:53 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Has Michelle Obama ever worn Moslem clothing?


7 posted on 06/04/2013 7:16:42 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wow...pithy summary..just forwarded it to my email buddies!
thanks.


8 posted on 06/04/2013 7:17:42 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Go Galt!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; LucyT; thouworm; maggief; Myrddin; shibumi; Hardraade; Candor7; ...
"Understanding Barack Obama requires a knowledge of unfamiliar societal concepts that are foreign to most Americans."

Mot if you're payomg attention.


10 posted on 06/04/2013 7:45:16 PM PDT by MestaMachine (My caps work. You gotta earn them.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When she’s not in a Moslem country. I can get a photo of Nancy Pelosi dressed like that too when she’s in a Moslem country. Do you have one of Michelle in Chicago wearing that?


11 posted on 06/04/2013 7:54:36 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: prairiebreeze

read later


12 posted on 06/04/2013 8:03:54 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Don't be afraid to see what you see. -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He is a muslim


13 posted on 06/04/2013 9:49:14 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not to sound paranoid, but...
That new NSA facility in Utah will be capable of collecting, storing, and mining every electronic communication in the U.S. (including voice). Every step you take. Got your GPS on? As I see it, the problem is not with the IRS so much as it is endemic to the entire government. BTW, I wish you well brother.


14 posted on 06/05/2013 1:11:34 AM PDT by awaken2spirit (When one fornicates with ignorance, the result of that union is chaos.)
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To: awaken2spirit

Thank you.


15 posted on 06/05/2013 1:14:30 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think this proves every critic who had this guy pegged as anti American from the beginning were right


16 posted on 06/05/2013 4:35:47 AM PDT by ballplayer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
In Saudi Arabia if a taxi driver has a wreck, the passenger is responsible because the cab would not have been there if the passenger had not hired him.

Makes perfect sense -- to a lunatic!

However, in a society where 70% of marriages are between first cousins it's no wonder there's thinking like this.

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17 posted on 06/05/2013 5:15:55 AM PDT by JCG
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