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Obama to UN: It's Not My Fault Stevens is Dead
Big Peace ^ | September 25, 2012 | Joel B. Pollak

Posted on 09/25/2012 1:28:08 PM PDT by opentalk

Passing the buck in dramatic fashion on the world stage, President Barack Obama told the UN General Assembly this morning that the U.S. government was not responsible for the anti-Islam video that he once again blamed for recent attacks on U.S. embassies in the Middle East.

He added that more guards at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi would not have helped save Ambassador Chris Stevens, and that the real problem was "deeper causes" such as religious intolerance. "[I]t will not be enough to put more guards in front of an Embassy; or to put statements of regret, and wait for the outrage to pass," Obama told the assembled diplomats and heads of state. "If we are serious about those ideals, we must speak honestly about the deeper causes of this crisis....Today, we must affirm that our future will be determined by people like Chris Stevens, and not by his killers. Today, we must declare that this violence and intolerance has no place among our United Nations."

...Obama added that the U.S. could not "ban" the video, because the "Constitution protects the right to practice free speech." He did not mention that his administration's policy is, in fact, that such speech can be restricted, and that the U.S. had co-sponsored a resolution with Egypt at the UN Human Rights Council in 2009 that would allow Islamist governments to ban such videos and claim they had the full support of the United States.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: bho44; blamegame; christopherstevens; egypt; enemywithin; libya; muslimbrotherhood; statedept; taxdollars; un; usembassy; wot
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To: Bob

That is what I was thinking.

Obama has taken stupid to a whole new level.


21 posted on 09/25/2012 3:49:03 PM PDT by cableguymn (peace through strength. if they don't like you at least they will fear you.)
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To: opentalk
its the first admendments fault

it's American society's fault

It's racist whitey's fault

its liberties' fault

dont blame me, I, your humble servant, Barak Obama is trying my best to fix all dat and do away with those things

22 posted on 09/25/2012 5:00:45 PM PDT by KTM rider
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To: opentalk
its the first admendments fault

it's American society's fault

It's racist whitey's fault

its liberties' fault

dont blame me, I, your humble servant, Barak Obama is trying my best to fix all dat and do away with those things

23 posted on 09/25/2012 5:00:59 PM PDT by KTM rider
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To: blueunicorn6

Well said I totally agree !


24 posted on 09/25/2012 5:04:09 PM PDT by KTM rider
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