Posted on 09/14/2012 4:32:41 PM PDT by jazusamo
There is no rational justification for irrational mob violence
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is emphatic that the anti-Islam video Innocence of Muslims is disgusting. This happens to be what most Americans feel about our flag being desecrated. For some reason, foreign governments dont heap praise on the United States and its traditions every time their people commit acts of disrespect toward us. U.S. politicians could learn from their example.
In belated remarks Thursday marking the end of Ramadan, Mrs. Clinton expressed official disapproval of the film which has been blamed for the latest wave of anti-U.S. violence in the Muslim world. She made a reasonable point that people shouldnt respond with violence when their religion is denigrated. Unfortunately, though, we arent dealing with reasonable people. Islamists dont care about the Western tradition of tolerance, To them, it is one of our countrys many faults.
Mrs. Clinton has stressed that the U.S. government had nothing to do with the film, but this point is irrelevant. It didnt matter to the extremists that the four Americans slain in Libya probably never heard of the movie clip. To the bloodthirsty mob, an American is an American. All are equally guilty; the four in Libya were simply available.
Wissam Buhmeid, commander of Libyan security forces in Benghazi, admitted his men abandoned the Americans to their fate because of the supposed insult to Muhammad. There were definitely people from the security forces who let the attack happen because they were themselves offended by the film, he said...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Hillary Roddam Clinton is full of hot air like her accomplice Obama
Can Hillary do a movie review of “Team America” from the perspective of foreign relations and the First Amendment? Maybe she can blame Booosh since it came out in 2004.
America had better prepare itself for its version of Beslan.
Who really instigated these protests!
It would seem that US ME policy is increasingly being dictated by the likes of Islamic jihadists Barack H. Obama, Valerie Jarrett and, at State, Huma Abedin.
The United States has been attacked from within by the well funded perpetrators of 9/11 (2001 and 2012) Saudi Arabia and Iran.
In June, the Pew Global Attitudes Project showed that between 2009 and 2012, confidence in Mr. Obama has declined in every region of the world they surveyed. His lowest ratings are in Muslim countries, where his approval is 24 percent and approval of his policies is a scant 15 percent. Mr. Obama can praise the religion of his fathers all he wants, but Muslims just dont like him.
Read more: EDITORIAL: Islamist explosion not over film - Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/14/islamist-explosion-not-over-film/#ixzz26USLYpIN
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I hadn’t read the Pew Global Attitudes Project until now. Makes me smile broadly.
Great article jazusamo.
Given the above it is apparent there is a real film out there that offended some fanatics and contributed to the brutal demise of four Americans. Does not excuse in the least either the incompetence of our State Department or the appeasing tact taken by our Apologizer in Chief.
Amen to that. They’re both grossly unqualified for the positions they hold.
This election is going to be decided by how Zero responds in the the coming days.
So far Zer0 hasn't responded with anything concrete and doubt he will, I think he's comfortable letting the enemedia cover for him.
Full of used food, too.
Some things never change.
LOL! Priceless, you’re so right.
Almost inevitable with the weakness being shown
Being that the consulate was sovereign territory, that we haven’t sterilized a dozen blocks in Tripoli of life in retaliation is a major “tell” on the gutlessness of those running the show here now...
Nothing to see here, move along. Just the Secretary of Appeasement doing her job.
Romney better get on this tact and forget being sidetracked about the film causing this crap
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