Posted on 05/06/2012 6:08:15 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday she was deeply hurt by charges that the United States was biased against Muslims, adamantly defending America’s record in protecting minorities.
Clinton, visiting the world’s third largest Muslim-majority country Bangladesh, was asked by a student at a public forum about perceptions that the United States was against Islam, the AFP reported.
“That hurts me so much,” Clinton said. “It’s a painful perception to hear about and I deeply regret that anyone believes that or propagates it.”
Clinton said that the decade of U.S.-led war on terror was “self-defense” after the September 11, 2001 attacks by al-Qaeda, and she said extremists “perverted” the teachings of Islam.
“Is there discrimination or prejudice in the United States, like in every society and country in the world? Unfortunately, yes. Human nature has not changed dramatically,” she asserted.
“There is discrimination against people of different religions, of different races, of different ethnic groups all over the world... but I don’t think that it is at all fair to hold up the United States” over discrimination, she stated.
“I believe that the United States through our laws and through our constant political dialogue has gone probably farther than anywhere else in the world in trying to guarantee legal protections for people. I would like to see more countries do more to protect the rights of minorities,” she continued.
Clinton is the first U.S. secretary of state to visit Bangladesh since 2003 amid concern over political infighting that has long polarized the country.
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Well I am anti Muslim.
Oh Lord, when will these people go away?
Interesting that many on the left have no problem with comments about shooting Cheney, or eradicating conservatives, or gang raping conservative women (e.g. the comments by Sandra Bernhard), etc. etc., but Hillary is in a tizzy because it might be thought that the US - the same US that had thousands of citizens killed (including children) and the two tallest buildings in its largest city destroyed by Muslim terrorists - might be less than enthusiastic about Islam.
They hate the West.
Why are they here ?
She certainly has her talking points down doesn't she.
She's another hack that I can rattle off in my mind what she is going to say before she says it.
And never forget the importance to our country the words "deeply" and "monitoring".
Yes. Extreme left-wingers perverted the teachings of Islam to not mean what it plainly says: conquer the world, kill all infidels who won’t convert, and systematically humiliate all Christians and Jews. True believers, however, know the difference, and don’t buy into that perverted image of Islam.
Grow up hillary.
If she said it, it’s bull Obama.
But they will never speak out against the evil doers, either. Thus, they are all in the same cult; extremists and enablers.
Well said. These people in our government are going to get more Americans killed.
The Ford Hood massacre and follow-up is a prime example of Hillary/Leftist attitudes that are perverted beyond belief.
Sadly, many more will die, I think, before common sense starts to once again come forth. If at all.
Well PIAPS, let me hurt you a little more:
They suck, you suck.
It won't. If 9/11 didn't get people's attention, nothing will.
Well Billary the hitch, maybe if they didn’t act like this.
Hillary, put your Burka back on and get in the kitchen, muslim women know their place.../sarc-sortof
It would be nice to take some of the koran, quran, or whatever the heck they call that book, and expose the writings that INSTRUCT MUSLIMS TO KILL CHRISTIANS AND JEWS.
If their “holy” book promotes evil and violence, why would it be off limits - it should be at the heart of the discussion. That, along with their sharia law.
I am anti-koran, anti-sharia. If that makes me anti-muslim religion, so be it.
Why shouldn't Americans be biased against a murderous medieval cult that wants to enslave them or kill them? It's not like there aren't centuries of evidence or mountains of corpses out there as evidence!
This has nothing to do with "tolerance" and everything to do with survival. As usual, Hillary is rooting for the wrong side - which is a dangerous thing for our Secretary of State.
Why shouldn't Americans be biased against a murderous medieval cult that wants to enslave them or kill them? It's not like there aren't centuries of evidence or mountains of corpses out there as evidence!
This has nothing to do with "tolerance" and everything to do with survival. As usual, Hillary is rooting for the wrong side - which is a dangerous thing for our Secretary of State.
If we are not we should be. The religion and culture is no longer worthy of any American blood and treasure.
If we are not we should be. The religion and culture is no longer worthy of any American blood and treasure.
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