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President Obama certainly shows a lot of favor toward Islam. So much so that I
am convinced that he is a
Muslim himself. He appears to be
a Muslim sympathizer at
the very least.
At the very least, President Obama is no friend of Israel and he
is weakening America's defenses.
Who? Perhaps the
president is too cowed by the political-correctness crowd or too personally uncomfortable to name our enemy.
Apparently our commander-in-chief can't quite get out the words "Islamic fundamentalists" or "Islamic fascists" or
"Islamic" anything. This is a very, very bad sign.
Obama's Cowardly
Fort Hood Speech. [Scroll down] At no point during his speech did he mutter any words that
describe the enemy we continue to face. He spoke vaguely of "twisted logic" and "extremists", but
failed to point the finger directly at Islam. If we didn't know any better, we wouldn't have a clue
who or what he was talking about.
Ignoring Infiltration.
[Scroll down] Obama has confronted the crisis with yet another serving of Hope and Change rhetoric.
We shouldn't "jump to conclusions," says O., giving no notion of what those conclusions might be. He
goes on to praise the "diversity" of the armed forces, as if the fact that Hasan the Assassin's victims
came from different backgrounds somehow makes things better.
Obama 'Reaches Out' by Naming 'Devout'
Muslims to Security Posts. [Obama's] "reaching out Muslims" speech in Cairo last June has been
followed by action, the latest being this past week's swearing-in of a Muslim rights advocate to the
Homeland Security Advisory Council, shortly after the Fort Hood massacre.
Changing
the subject. As he flew to Asia on Saturday [11/14/2009], President Obama told the media in Alaska that he
opposes a congressional investigation into the Fort Hood massacre, saying that we must "resist the temptation
to turn this tragic event into political theater."
Covering up jihad.
On Saturday, President Obama urged Congress to hold off investigating the Fort Hood massacre in order to let law
enforcement and military authorities do their work. Mr. Obama said the ongoing investigation "will look
at the motives of the alleged gunman, including his views and contacts." But if Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan
saw himself as a jihadist warrior, we may never hear about it at his trial. The defense, judge and even
prosecution may have an interest in keeping the shooter's radical worldview under wraps. Maj. Hasan will
be on trial, but jihadism will not.
Senate
Committee Postpones Fort Hood Hearing At Request of White House. The Senate Armed Services
Committee postponed its Monday briefing on the deadly Fort Hood massacre at the request of the White
House — despite calls from some lawmakers to press forward with a congressional investigation
into the shooting rampage that killed 13 and wounded 29.
Obama says don't jump to
conclusions on shooting. President Barack Obama said Friday the entire nation is grieving
for those slain at Fort Hood, and he urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officers
investigate the shootings.
Jumping to Conclusions.
"Don't jump to conclusions" is an all-purpose tautology, like "Don't panic." It's hard to argue with.
One wonders, though, exactly what conclusions he has in mind. I think it's safe to predict that
President Obama will never reach those conclusions, let alone jump to them.
Obama
can't be bothered by Islamic terrorism. In the wake of the terrorist strike on our soldiers at
Fort Hood, one individual's still missing in action: Our commander in chief. The massacre's
51 casualties, including 13 dead, were insufficient to drag President Obama away from the White
House Happy Hour. We just saw the worst terror attack on America since 9/11. And Obama couldn't
adjust his schedule to support our grieving troops.
The Editor wonders...
He "can't be bothered" by terrorism, or he is not bothered by terrorism?
More
about the incident at Fort Hood.
Obama's Killing Us With His Kindness — to
Others. It seems that every time Obama speaks to an Islamic group or to the entire Islamic world, he
either condemns the United States with derogatory remarks or gives away the hard earned dollars that American
taxpayers have paid into the Treasury for taxes; OR BOTH. This latest instance sees the financing of
up to 150 million dollars for Islamic "selected projects and funds." Not anything specific, just throw
a big wad of tax dollars in the direction of the Islamic World to show what a big-hearted guy he is.
Obama Adviser Loves Sharia. Dalia Mogahed,
Barack Obama's adviser on Muslim affairs, appeared on British television last week, where she said: "Sharia is not
well understood and Islam as a faith is not well understood." How have we misunderstood Islamic law? We have
associated it with "maximum criminal punishments" and "laws that... to many people seem unequal to women."
America cannot afford Obama.
Just as Jimmy Carter was no friend of the United States and crafted his economic policies to favor his European
friends, Barrack Obama prefers the Middle Eastern theocracies. He has praised Islamic Terrorists as prime
examples of humanity's best. He has ignored and even sniffed at memorials of the holocaust. While his
wife was damning the country that kept her wealthy and free, Obama was doing everything he could to ignore the
mutilation of prepubescent girls in the Sudan.
Obama's Moral-Leadership
Balloon Crashes. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians endured tear gas, bullets, arrests, and torture in an
attempt to topple one of the most vicious and dangerous regimes in the world. Yet day after day, President Obama,
moral beacon to the world, dismissed and even denigrated them. He was not going to allow a bunch of democrats
to interfere with his meticulously planned overture of friendship toward the mullahs.
The
Day America Lost the War on Terror: On Nov. 4, 2008, America lost the war on terror.
President Barack Obama's feckless, pathetically apologetic perspective on foreign policy spells the end of the
quest for liberty in the Middle East. It spells the end of America's moral leadership in the global war
for freedom. And it spells the end of a hard-fought campaign to protect America.
U.S.
no longer at war with 'terrorism'. It's official. The United States is no longer engaged in a "war on
terrorism." Neither is it fighting "jihadists" nor locked in a "global war." President Obama's top homeland
security and counterterrorism official on Thursday [8/6/2009] declared as unacceptable the terms crafted by the
George W. Bush administration.
Obama replaces 'global war on terror' in
strategy shift: aide. President Barack Obama is replacing the "global war on terror" with a new US strategy
more narrowly focused on Al-Qaeda and relying more on a broader effort to engage the Muslim world, a top aide said
Thursday [8/6/2009].
White House: 'War
on terrorism' is over. It's official. The U.S. is no longer engaged in a "war on terrorism."
Neither is it fighting "jihadists" or in a "global war." President Obama's top homeland security and counterterrorism
official took all three terms off the table of acceptable words inside the White House during a speech Thursday
[8/6/2009]at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.
Bush's
'War' On Terror Comes to a Sudden End. President Obama yesterday [1/22/2009] eliminated the
most controversial tools employed by his predecessor against terrorism suspects. With the stroke of his
pen, he effectively declared an end to the "war on terror," as President George W. Bush had defined it,
signaling to the world that the reach of the U.S. government in battling its enemies will not be limitless.
Dancing
Among Landmines — The Obama Al-Arabiya Interview. Triangulation is a touchy art and
it takes the genius of a Dick Morris cum soulless Bill Clinton to pull off such disingenuousness. In
less experienced hands it can be explosive and turn on its user. And Obama will soon learn the dangerous
game he is playing.
Obama's
Odd Islamic Outreach. In his "first message to the Muslim world" Tuesday [1/27/2009], President
Obama on Al-Arabiya TV invited the Is lamic Republic in Iran to "unclench its fist" and accept his offer of
"un conditional talks." A few hours later, after Obama had appeared on the Saudi-owned satellite-TV
channel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a crowd of militants that no talks are possible unless
the United States met a set of conditions.
What have we done to ourselves, — and
why? Many Americans have been convinced for some time that Obama is a closet Islamic. After reading
the headlines in the January 22, 2009 Fox News First 100 days of the Presidency "Obama is expected to
sign 'several' executive orders Thursday [1/22/2009], directing the CIA to close secret foreign prisons and
Guantanamo Bay, and limiting detention and interrogation methods" he has given more credence to these convictions.
He is apparently making it softer and easier for Islamic/Muslims to damage the United States.
Obama
Gives First TV Interview To Arabic Network. President Barack Obama gave his first formal
television interview as president to an Arabic cable TV network, telling Al-Arabiya that when it comes to
Middle East matters "all too often the United States starts by dictating." ... "My job to the Muslim world is
to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy," Obama said. "We sometimes make mistakes.
We have not been perfect."
Lethal olive branch.
President Barack Obama has disgraced himself and the United States. His first formal television interview as
commander in chief was not with CNN, MSNBC, ABC or Fox News — American media outlets. Instead, it was with
Al Arabiya, a Saudi-funded Arabic-language news channel. ... Call it diplomacy by self-induced delusion. Mr. Obama
may want to deny we are in a war against radical Islam, but it doesn't mean there isn't one. He may choose not to
fight it. We did that once before. The result was 3,000 dead and the worst attack ever on U.S. soil. What
price will America pay the next time we refuse to face this ugly reality?
Government
takes over, Obama apologizes. The president chose Arab television, Al Arabiya, to give his first
sit down interview. He took the opportunity to confirm the long held Arab view that the real problem is
America and President Obama apologized on our behalf. "...America was not born as a colonial power," he
told the Arab viewing audience — implying we are now. And he regretfully confessed that "We sometimes
make mistakes. We are not perfect." Sorry, but weren't we the ones that were attacked? Do we
not stand in long lines and disrobe in airports because of them? Does anyone recall anywhere, anytime
hearing apologies from any Arab or Muslim leader?
Obama
has begun discreet talks with Iran, Syria. US President Barack Obama has already used experts
within the last few months to hold high-level but discreet talks with both Iran and Syria, organizers of the
meetings told AFP.
The Editor says...
What's this? He has been negotiating "within the last few months", but he was only sworn
in two weeks ago.
S-U-B-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.
Several observers have noted in recent days that Mr. Obama's outreach to the Muslim world is not only defensive
and apologetic. It explicitly embraces a narrative that is factually erroneous and deprecating to his
own country. For example, in his Inaugural address, the president spoke of seeking "a new way forward
[with the Muslim world], based on mutual interest and mutual respect." He amplified this idea during his
first post-Inaugural interview, which was granted to a Saudi-owned network, Al Arabiya: He is determined
to "restore" the "same respect and partnership America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or
30 years ago."
Obama's charm offensive and the global jihad. [Jimmy]
Carter's failure to understand the threat posed by the Soviet Empire had costly consequences for America and
the world. Will that pattern now be repeated with Barack Obama and the threat from radical Islam?
Obama opening floodgates by inviting Hamas
to "migrate" to the U.S.A.? On his first official day in the White House, President Barack Obama
was on the horn to President Mahmoud Abbas. "The spokesman for President Abbas revealed that Mr. Obama
had told the Palestinian leader that their conversation was his first with a foreign statesman since taking
office." (TimesOnLine, Jan. 22, 2009). Some thought that first call to the leader of the
Palestinian authority was for spite. Others for statesman like reasons, still others for appeasement.
Pres. Obama Invites Hamas
Terrorists to America. By executive order, President Barack Obama has ordered the expenditure of
$20.3 million in migration assistance to the Palestinian refugees and conflict victims in Gaza. The
"presidential determination" which allows hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with ties to Hamas to resettle
in the United States was signed on January 27 and appeared in the Federal Register on February 4.
Hillary
Clinton 'to reach out to Muslim world'. "It's the biggest Muslim country in the world," said a
state department spokesman, Robert Wood, when asked why she included Indonesia on her visit to Asia. "The
secretary feels it's important to reach out." There had been speculation that Mr Obama would himself make
an early visit to the country where he lived between the ages of six and ten, and personally deliver a message
of friendliness to the Muslim world.
War on Words. In another effort to undo the
legacy of George W. Bush's presidency, the Obama administration is searching for alternatives to the
term "war on terror."
Obama may become a
disaster. There is a reason why Israel's voters are suddenly turning to the center-Right
Netanyahu and Likud. They fear that for the first time since Harry Truman, an American administration
is turning against the Jewish State. Obama's first phone call after the election was made to Mahmoud
Abbas. His first television interview was with Al Arabiya. The appointments of Samantha Power and
Susan Rice bode ill for the entire Middle East.
Begging
for Terror. Military judge Susan Crawford on Thursday dropped all charges against
Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, the mastermind of the 2000 suicide-bomb attack against USS Cole — a
cowardly act that took the lives of 17 US Navy sailors, and a clear precursor to the 9/11 terrorist
attacks. An outrage, you say? True enough. But don't blame the judge. She was
acting in full compliance with President Obama's executive order halting trials at the Guantanamo Bay
terrorist-detention facility.
Trade,
not pork, is the key. President Obama has announced policies that make it more likely that we
will be attacked, to wit, the cessation of aggressive interrogation of captured terrorists, and shutting down
the prison at Guantanamo Bay. The attack on 9/11 cost our economy a trillion dollars, and the next
attack could do the same or more. In these economic times, we should be increasing our efforts to stop
terrorism, not decreasing them and hoping terrorists will suddenly stop hating us.
Obama takes a different tone, and Muslims say
they like it. In 10 days, President Barack Obama has transformed the U.S. dialogue with the
Muslim world. His tools have been carefully chosen words of reconciliation, the decision to close
Guantanamo Bay prison and the early dispatch of a Middle East peace envoy.
Would
You Turn Your Cheek to a Terrorist? The president told [Anderson] Cooper that "words matter in
this situation because one of the ways we're going to win this struggle is through the battle of hearts and
minds." My question is this: Are we now trying to win over the hearts and minds of terrorists?
Certainly there are issues that need to be debated in the marketplace of ideas. ... But for those who are
already indoctrinated, immersed, and otherwise in bondage to a fanatical Islamist ideology, it is foolhardy to
think that any words from anyone in the west will disabuse them of their destructive notions and deadly ambitions.
President
Obama Believes He Can Charm the Barbarians. America's first (half) African-American president, whose first
order of business was to reach out to the Muslim world on Al-Arabiya, has said he will actively negotiate with the Iranians,
Afghans, Pakistanis, and Saudis. I wish him well. But I also fear for him and hope he reads what I have to say.
He must understand that he will be dealing with barbarians. Like all good liberals, he may not understand what that
means. But what word other than "barbaric" describes the systematic incitement to violence that takes place in mosques
and on television and which has led to mob rampages and episodes of "wilding" against Muslim girls and women who are
group-groped, gang raped, kidnapped into sexual slavery, set on fire, buried alive, blinded by acid for daring to go to
school, work as a newscaster, a hairdresser, or for a foreign company, refuse to wear a shroud, or choose to marry someone
of their own choice.
The article above was also posted under
Islam vs Feminism.
Murphy's Law, the Peter Principle
and Barack Obama. In only three weeks' time, this President has signaled to every terrorist on
the planet that we are a sorry, groveling, ashamed Nation ready to come to the diplomatic confessional.
He is closing Gitmo within one year, has suspended trials there, and dismissed the charges against the U.S.S.
Cole plotter. American penance is coming and it's coming fast and feebly on its knees. President
Obama has just put our money where his mouth is and is using $20.3 million to bring in Palestinian refugees
from Gaza, the Hamas-controlled region where folks prefer bomb-making to bread-baking. Instead of
helping Israel defeat them, this President brings them here.
America
slides into the sewer. While American Jews and many Israelis still have their heads stuck firmly
in the sand about Obama, there is huge and growing concern in more informed Israeli governmental circles that
Israel faces the most unfriendly or even hostile President that anyone can recall — and this at a
time when the drums of Iranian genocide are beating ever more loudly. Such concern has been deepened by
his decision at the weekend to 'help plan' the 'Durban 2' UN conference. This event ... is a re-run
of the UN's anti-Jew hate-fest that was held a few days before 9/11 under the grotesque misnomer of a human
rights conference.
Obama, the Middle East and
Islam — An Initial Assessment. Why, just two weeks into a 209-week term, assess a new American
president's record on so esoteric a subject as the Middle East and Islam? In Barack Obama's case, because of:
(1) A contradictory record: His background brims over with wild-eyed anti-Zionist radicals such as
Ali Abunimah, Rashid Khalidi, and Edward Said, with Islamists, the Nation of Islam, and the Saddam Hussein
regime ... [and] (2) The outsized role of the Middle East and Islam: His first fortnight in office
witnessed an inaugural address that mentioned them prominently, a first diplomatic telephone call to Mahmoud
Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, the appointment of two high-profile envoys, and the first interview granted
to Al-Arabiya television channel.
The fifth
columnist in the White House: In the past four weeks, every single one of Obama's foreign policy initiatives
has appeased and strengthened the enemies of both Israel and the west, whose fates are umbilically linked. The driving
motif of Obama's foreign policy has been 'engagement' with the Muslim world. Ostensibly offering the hand of friendship
if that world unclenches its own fist, he is actually offering up not just the west's hand but its entire body to be
kicked into submission. And I use that last word advisedly.
So far,
'SuperTeflon' coat protects Obama. Was it really necessary for President Obama to grant his very first TV
interview not to a domestic audience, not to a foreign audience of allied or friendly countries, but to an Arabic TV
station, to assure them that America would no longer be a "bully" there? What did that mean, anyway? What
is the troop surge he said he would implement in Afghanistan if not "bullying?" Was it necessary for him to add
in that interview that many of his relatives are Moslems — even as he and his followers bristled at any
suggestion during the campaign that he had special ties to Islam?
The
Obama Administration Sacrifices Israel. The Obama administration's decision to join the planning of the
U.N.'s Durban II "anti-racism" conference has just taken a new twist: cover-up. On Friday, State
Department officials and a member of the American Durban II delegation claimed the United States had worked
actively to oppose efforts to brand Israel as racist in the committee drafting a Durban II declaration. The
trouble is that they didn't.
All
Carrots, No Sticks. Despite claims to the contrary, the use of force by the United States to
prevent the mullahs in Teheran from possessing nuclear weapons is now effectively off the table. During
the presidential campaign, President Obama assured the American people that an Iranian atomic weapon would
be "unacceptable," but unless Israel takes action, the President has entrapped himself in negotiations that
will not move these hardened jihadist revolutionaries but will only provide them enough time to enrich the
uranium they need for their first atomic weapon.
Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton to pledge $900M in aid to Gaza on 1st visit to Mideast. Hillary Clinton
will carry a $900 million pledge for Gaza aid on her politically risky first trip to the Mideast as secretary
of state, U.S. officials said Monday. The money for reconstruction in the Gaza Strip will be pledged at
a donors' conference in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh next Monday.
My Muslim
President Obama. I know President Obama is not Muslim, but I am tempted nevertheless to think that he is,
as are most Muslims I know. In a very unscientific oral poll, ranging from family members to Muslim acquaintances,
many of us feel, just as African-Americans did for the non-black but culturally leaning African-American President Bill
Clinton, that we have our first American Muslim president in Barack Hussein Obama.
A Month of B.O. With all the
pro-Palestinians filling Obama's staff chairs, an independent observer might believe that he is considering tossing
Israel under the bus, not that there is any room left down there. If it weren't for the providential squeaker
of a victory by Bibi Netanyahu in the Israeli elections, the formerly committed Western alliance in the Middle East
would resemble a beached school of 98 pound weaklings begging to have sand kicked in our faces. And the
other guys have a lot of sand.
Obama
The Appeaser? President Obama's broad scheme for foreign policy has been something of a puzzle, short on
specifics and long on talk about forging alliances, extending hands and "engaging." In his first address to a joint
session of Congress on Tuesday evening, Obama offered a further hint — repeating the gist of the argument with
which, as one of his first acts in office, he ordered the closing of Guantanamo Bay: "Living our values doesn't
make us weaker. It makes us safer, and it makes us stronger."
Congressmen
Question Saudi Lobbyist for Head of National Intelligence Council. How could the President
think that assigning a key intelligence post to someone whose prejudices are so extreme that they have
convoluted history, who excuses enemies of the U.S., and who condemns its friends would be able to provide
the unvarnished, unbiased information that the nation needs for its security?
Liberal
derangement: There has never been a situation like this. 'Surreal', as Daniel Pipes
expostulates, just doesn't begin to describe what America, Britain and Europe are doing in Gaza.
America has pledged $900 million for the 'rebuilding' of Gaza; at the 'donors' conference at Sharm el
Sheikh yesterday, pledges from more than 70 states including Europe and Britain swelled that total to
more than $4.4 billion.
Mullahs can't be
charmed. The new era of engagement thus appears so far to be providing the Iranians with
valuable leeway for the pursuit of their nuclear ambitions, and the Syrians with similar space to avoid
being brought to account for their own, apparently now discontinued program. In addition, the new
era is giving the spokesmen of both dictatorships plenty of opportunity for engaging in the scolding and
proclamations of moral superiority of which they are fond. It is unlikely that this is what the new
US President had in mind.
Open your eyes! With each
announcement of a new appointee to the Obama Middle East foreign policy team the tilt against Israel increases.
Samantha Powers and James Jones, both with long records of antagonism towards Israel, were followed by
lesser-known names of the same persuasion.
Obama: Pro-Israel
talk, anti-Israel walk. Barely a month into the presidency of Barack Obama, a profound
realization is spreading among the pro-Israel community: we do not have an ally in the White
House. ... So how exactly did this get by most Jewish voters during last year's election?
Obama's futile search for 'moderate
radicals'. The words we use are important, and each has its own specific meaning. So when the Obama
Administration said that it was open to dealing with "moderate Taliban," people should ask what in the world it means.
The Taliban is by definition a radical organization that is not about to give on its maximalist demand of imposing Sharia
law wherever it attains power. It is in its very essence contrary to everything we believe in as Americans.
The Myth of America's
'Tough' Iran Policy. As futile as the idea of talking to the Ayatollahs seems to sober
Americans and our allies today, we must first set the record straight on those policies of the past that Obama
is determined to change: America has never had a "tough" policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Hillary in the Middle East:
In laying out the Obama administration's Mideast strategy on her first trip to the region, Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton made clear that Washington will deal ever so warmly and gently with Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority,
while leaning on Israel to do the heavy lifting in the peace process and offering more accommodation to the PA's
needs. Because make no mistake, in putting formation of a Palestinian state at the top of her priority list,
Clinton put her chips, first and foremost, on the PA and only secondarily on Israel's security interests.
Obama:
I'll forge new ties with Muslims. In phone conversations with the leaders of Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and the
Philippines on Friday [3/13/2009], US President Barack Obama discussed his commitment to forging a new relationship with
Islamic countries, among other issues. The White House said Obama discussed the importance of improving US relations
with Islamic countries with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
The Appeasers.
A group of today's appeasers sent a letter to President-elect Obama just before the Inauguration (so that it
was apparently drafted during the Gaza fighting), calling on him to negotiate with Hamas. Others, such
as the British Government, are undertaking negotiations with Hezbollah. Vice President Joe Biden wants
talks with the Taliban. The pro-Israel Washington Institute wants to tone down the language we use,
recommending we stop using phrases like "war on terror," "global insurgency," even "the Muslim world."
The president himself wants talks with Iran, as do numerous columnists, such as the New York Times's Roger
Cohen. Secretary of State Clinton has dispatched diplomats to Damascus to talk to Bashar Assad.
Mr. President: War Is Not
A 'Struggle' Or 'Situation'. First, President Obama jettisoned the admittedly empty and useless
phrase "war on terror," a label which pleased pretty much no one, primarily because it didn't specify an
enemy; it's often been pointed out that the phrase was like calling World War II a "war on blitzkrieg."
Next, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano avoided even mentioning the word "terrorism" in her first
congressional testimony. Now the Department of Justice has announced it is dropping the legal designation
"enemy combatants," which referred to suspected terrorist detainees. The aim of all this muting of the
language in the War with No Name is twofold: for the Obama administration to distance itself from George W.
Bush's "politics of fear," and to whitewash a plain fact that liberals are suicidally reluctant to
acknowledge — that we are at war with radical Islam.
Will Obama embrace Shariah as part
of his 'respect Islam' campaign? President Obama on Friday reiterated for the umpteenth time his determination
to develop a "new relationship" with the Muslim world. On this occasion, the audience were the leaders of Saudi Arabia,
Indonesia and the Philippines. Unfortunately, it increasingly appears that, in so doing, he will be embracing the
agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood — an organization dedicated to promoting the theo-political-legal program
authoritative Islam calls Shariah and that has the self-described mission of "destroying Western civilization from within."
Away From the Politics of
Fear. Spiegel: Madame Secretary, in your first testimony to the US Congress as Homeland Security
Secretary you never mentioned the word "terrorism." Does Islamist terrorism suddenly no longer pose a threat
to your country? Napolitano: Of course it does. I presume there is always a threat from terrorism.
In my speech, although I did not use the word "terrorism," I referred to "man-caused" disasters. That is perhaps
only a nuance, but it demonstrates that we want to move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being
prepared for all risks that can occur.
Obama-Speak Replaces 'Terrorism' With 'Man-Caused
Disaster'. Even as President Obama compares bankers to suicide bombers, his
Homeland Security Secretary is suggesting the T-word, terrorism, is too inflammatory and
representative of old-fashioned "politics of fear." She's announced a new term:
"man-caused disaster."
Why would a President snub our allies and befriend terrorists?
One by one Barack Obama is alienating our closest allies. First, he snubbed Israel by making his phone
call to the leader of the Palestinian authority his first official act as President on the morning of
January 21. In that phone call he conveyed to the enemy of Israel that he could count on 'U.S.
support for Palestinian goals.' This is not the only time he has brushed off Israel. His
overtures toward Hamas and Iran's extremist Islamist government are but further indications of his deep
disdain for the Jewish state.
The Editor says...
I think there's an obvious explanation.
Obama and Khamenei.
During the U.S. presidential election, President Obama boasted that he would embark on personal diplomacy to
solve our foreign policy problems with terrorist countries such as Syria and the Islamic Republic. ... President
Obama, it takes two to tango, as the old saying goes. The uncompromising oil-intoxicated fanatics of
Iran and their proxies don't want to dance with you. They want the entire floor — the
Middle East — and the rest of the world down the road.
Apologies Just Tell Our
Enemies We're Weak. First, President Obama sends a message to the Muslim world, effectively
apologizing for the policies of George W. Bush. Excuse me, but shouldn't the Muslim world be
apologizing to America for their contributions to the radicalization of their brethren that led them to
kill 3,000 Americans on 9/11?
1984 in 2009. Last
week President Obama announced that we would no longer call enemy combatants "Enemy Combatants." Yesterday
[3/26/2009] the Office of Management and Budget sent a memo instructing people who are fighting the Global War
on Terror that it was no longer Global, nor a War, nor had anything to do with Terror.
Obama's
Remarkable 9/11 Blindspot. Whether anyone chooses to notice or not, President Obama put himself
out on the very edge of a very long and fragile limb on the issue of how to handle terror suspects at Guantanamo
Bay. ... In fact, if it turns out that we do have another 9/11 and there is even a shred of evidence that the
closing of Guantanamo had anything to do with our inability to prevent it, I don't think that Obama could have
closed off any more of his plausible escape hatches if he had actually tried to do so.
Video: Obama's deep
bow to the Saudi king. I hope all the lefties who tore into Bush over his Saudi prostration will express
equal disgust with President HopeAndChange's literal bowing and scraping to King Abdullah. When JWF sent a link
to the photo with Obama bent down like a serf (further than either he or Michelle dipped for Queen Elizabeth, by the
way), I tried to give the benefit of the doubt. ... But no, here's the video.
Clueless Obama
Bows Before Saudi King. We never heard the end of it when Bush held his hand while they walked
together. I wonder if the left will be yukking it up over this? Is Obama that stupid he doesn't
know only his subjects bow before him? Apparently so.
One in 10 Americans still think Barack Obama is Muslim.
White evangelical Protestants and Republicans were the most likely to say Mr Obama — who has an
Arabic middle name — was Muslim in response to the poll question: "Do you happen to know
what Barack Obama's religion is?" Nearly one in five white evangelical Protestants and 17 percent
of the Republicans who took part in the telephone poll of 1,308 adults, which was conducted by Pew Research
from March 9-12, said they thought Obama was Muslim.
Obama bows down to
Saudi King. I am quite certain that this is not the protocol, and is most unbecoming a President of
the United States.
With bowed head and
bended knee. Has anyone ever seen Barack Obama publicly bow and bend his knee when meeting
someone prior to yesterday? I don't recall any photos of such a gesture of greeting, but I would be very
happy if some of the President's defenders on the left could provide such evidence that his striking body
language yesterday [4/2/2009] before the monarch of Saudi Arabia and custodian of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina was
simply a habitual gesture of warmth.
Obama doubles down on the
bow to the Saudi King. The story is officially "in play" now that the White House has spoken, albeit
from an anonymous source. American citizens are implicitly asked to view the demi-prostration and decide for
themselves. The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration.
The MSM coverup of
the Presidential bow before the financier of radical Islam. You have to look really hard to
find it, but the American mainstream media are glancing at the stunning Obama bow before the King of Saudi
Arabia, but only for the purpose of dismissing it.
Obama unable to
shake Muslim myth. In a series of four surveys conducted during the last year, 12 percent
consistently said the president is a Muslim. The number of evangelical Protestants with that belief —
19 percent — also has remained unchanged. The same is true for Republicans: 17 percent
said Mr. Obama was Muslim in 2008, as they do now. Among blacks, 6 percent say he is Muslim, down
from 10 percent. Among Democrats, the number is 7 percent, down from 9 percent. Less
than half of Americans — 48 percent — say Mr. Obama is a Christian, down from
51 percent. Thirty-five percent don't know what religion he is; no one classified him as
an atheist.
11%
of Americans believe Obama is a Muslim. A poll conducted by Pew Research in March shows that over one
in 10 Americans still believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim. That number is only slightly lower than the
results of a poll conducted by Pew last October. White evangelical Protestants (19%) and Republicans (17%) are
among the most likely to view Obama as a Muslim, according to the poll.
Obama declares US not at war with
Islam. Barack Obama, making his first visit to a Muslim nation as president, declared Monday [4/6/2009] the
United States "is not and will never be at war with Islam." Calling for a greater partnership with the Islamic
world in an address to the Turkish parliament, Obama called the country an important U.S. ally in many areas, including
the fight against terrorism.
Obama's Unholy War Against
Christianity, Not Islam. As far as Obama is concerned, the only religion to be "reformed" — which
is to say destroyed — is not the west's historic adversary but its progenitor. Islam is peaceful, he
pronounces, while traditional Christianity is bigoted and dangerous. Islam is a friend to America, while
traditional Christians are, as Obama supporter Tom Hanks described Proposition 8 supporters, "un-American."
A Christian Nation?
President Barack Obama said in Turkey: "We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a
Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values." Well,
I don't know what "we" consider "ourselves," but I do think we ought to examine that statement and why Obama felt compelled
to make it a part of his world apology tour.
Obama
sheathes his sword and bows in respect to the Muslim world. This was Obama's first presidential visit to a
Muslim-majority country. Indeed it is only in that context that his speech in Ankara can be fully appreciated.
This was not simple nation-to-nation diplomacy. It is clear Obama is attempting something more ambitious than that.
He is fundamentally reshaping America's relations with the Muslim world...
Obama:
Islam Has Shaped the U.S.A.. Undeniably the Islamic faith has done a great deal to shape the
world — a statement that makes no value judgment about exactly how it has shaped the world. It
has formed the dominant culture in what is known as the Islamic world for centuries. But what on earth
could Obama mean when he says that Islam has also "done so much" to shape his own country? Unless he
considers himself an Indonesian, Obama's statement was extraordinarily strange.
The dilemma of the "good"
Muslim. Even before his inauguration, President Obama signaled a change of attitude toward Islam.
He renounced the term "war on terror" and has never even flirted with another right-wing favorite, "clash of
civilizations." Since taking office he has addressed the Islamic world with respect — a key
concept in that culture — and recently declared in Israel that the United States is not at war with
Islam and never will be.
Muslim
woman's appointment as Obama advisor. Egyptians are cautiously rejoicing over the recent appointment
of a veiled Egyptian American Muslim woman as an advisor to President Obama. Dalia Mogahed, senior analyst and
executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, was appointed this month to Obama's Advisory Council on
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
How to Lose a Friend in 100
Days. Israeli strategy is all too often constructed, if not dictated, by American foreign policy and in
particular, the American President. How then could American Jews risk the survival of the State of Israel on a man
who they knew befriended and listened to an anti-Semitic pastor for 20 years, surrounded himself with anti-Semitic
friends and advisors, promised to unconditionally reach out to Israel's (and America's) enemies, and flip flopped on the
status of Jerusalem?
Billboards of Hate.
As Barack Hussein Obama draws closer to Iran, Syria and its proxy, Hezb'allah, moves to negotiate with Hamas
and intensifies pressure on Israel, accusations about the influence of the "Israeli lobby," but not the Saudi
lobby, abound. Increasingly, America's problems are blamed by Obama appointees on U.S. support for
Israel and U.S. foreign policy appears to be becoming less favorable to the Jewish state.
Obama to make
major address to Muslims in Egypt. President Barack Obama will make his long-awaited direct
address to Muslims in a major speech in Egypt on June 4, accelerating his effort to rebuild the tattered
US image in the Islamic world. Obama chose Egypt for what will be a closely watched appeal because it is
the heart of the Arab world, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday, laying out details of a trip
that will also take in Germany and France.
Obama picks Egypt
for Muslim address. President Barack Obama will make his long-awaited address to Muslims in Egypt on
June 4, accelerating his bid to mend the US image in the Islamic world from an epicentre of Arab civilisation.
Hillary Clinton's $900 Million
Pledge to Palestinians Will Promote 'Hate Education,' Panelists Say. The almost $1 billon
that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged as humanitarian and economic development aid for Palestinian
civilians in Gaza and the West Bank in 2009 also will be used to promote terrorism and teach the next
generation of Palestinians to hate non-Muslims and oppose the existence of Israel, a panel said
Monday [5/11/2009] at the Heritage Foundation.
Obama's U.N.
Mistake: America is now on a collision course with Israel. In advance of Israeli prime minister
Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the United States on Monday [5/18/2009], President Obama unveiled a new strategy
for throwing Israel to the wolves. It takes the form of enthusiasm for the United Nations and international
interlopers of all kinds.
Barack Obama Is Giving Iran The Time It Needs To Build A Nuclear Bomb.
Has President Obama inadvertently given Iran the green light to develop an atom bomb? I only ask because it
appears to be the logical conclusion to be drawn from his announcement this week that he is giving Iran until
the end of the year to decide whether or not to co-operate with the West over its controversial nuclear programme.
Bam
and the Riverdale 'Bombers'. President Obama has done a lot of speechifying in recent days about America's
"responsibilities" in fighting terror. So you'd think he'd have a word of encouragement for the team of crack
FBI agents and NYPD officers that foiled a real-life terror attack against two Bronx synagogues on Wednesday.
Alas, not a peep.
Is
Obama Another Jimmy Carter? During the U.S. Presidential primaries last year, I had expressed my misgivings
that Barack Obama might turn out to be another Jimmy Carter, whose confused thinking and soft image paved the way for the
success of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. The subsequent Iranian defiance of the U.S. and Carter's inability to
deal effectively with the crisis in which Iranian students raided the U.S. Embassy in Teheran...
Barack
Obama is blind to his blunders over Islam. [Obama] granted his first interview as President to
Saudi television and, later, made a speech at the Turkish parliament in Ankara. On both occasions he
highlighted the Islamic element of his background and solemnly declared that the "United States is
not and will never be at war with Islam".
Obowma and the Saudi King. As illegitimate
Obama's presidency may be, he is now representing America. When the president of America bows fawningly and
obsequiously kisses the hand of the custodian of K'aba, like a serf kissing the hand of his master, he is sending a
clear message. This is not Obama bowing to Abdullah; it's America that is bowing to Islam.
Obama speech to
offer personal commitment to Muslims. President Barack Obama will offer a "personal commitment" to bridge US
differences with Muslims in his long-awaited speech to the Islamic world next week in Egypt, aides said. ... "The speech
will outline his personal commitment to engagement, based upon mutual interests and mutual respect," White House spokesman
Robert Gibbs said.
High
court is urged to block 9/11 suit against Saudis. In a setback for insurers and individual victims of the 9/11
attacks, U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan urged the Supreme Court yesterday [5/29/2009] to reject allegations that Saudi
Arabia was responsible because it indirectly financed al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. Kagan, in a 22-page amicus
brief filed yesterday with the Supreme Court, said U.S. law generally barred lawsuits against foreign governments for
supporting terrorism unless they met narrowly tailored exceptions. Kagan said none of those exceptions applied,
and she advised the court not to hear the case.
Why Obama is
losing The Third Jihad. As I pen these words not more than sixty miles north of where I sit, a radical
Islamist breeding ground is churning out hate, weapons training, and radical Wahabi indoctrination. To date
President Barack Obama's administration has done zero about it.
The Real Saudi Bow. When President Obama
first met the Saudi royals, he seemed to bow at the waist. Either that or he doubled over in pain. Did he
bow? Or didn't he bow? That was the topic du jour at the press briefing that day. But now we have
the answer: Obama is, indeed, really bowing to the Saudis as he visits the Middle East this week. First, he is
bypassing Israel. Visiting the Middle East and not going to Israel would be like touring North America and omitting
a stop in the United States.
The King and O. They
walked inside the airport, sat down on two ornate gold chairs, chatted briefly and drank Arabian coffee. The
president does not particularly like coffee, but he drank all of his nonetheless. ... The gold medallion the king
gave to the president is the King Abdul Aziz Collar, considered the highest honor of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
usually presented to heads of state.
The Emergence of President Obama's Muslim Roots. Given widespread
unease and prejudice against Muslims among Americans, especially in the wake of 9/11, the Obama campaign was
perhaps understandably very sensitive during the primaries and general election to downplay the candidate's Muslim
roots. ... Since the election, however, with the threat of the rumors at least somewhat abated, the White House has
been increasingly forthcoming about the president's roots. Especially when reaching out to the Muslim world.
Obama: America
"One of the Largest Muslim Countries in the World". As we noted earlier, and as ABC now confirms, Obama's
speech in Cairo will focus on his Muslim roots and the unique perspective it provides him. Obama also teased the
contents of the speech in an interview with a French television station: "...Now, the flip side is I think that the
United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam. And one of the points
I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim
countries in the world."
Barack Hussein Obama: US "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world".
It is important to note that "if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest
Muslim countries in the world". So says President Barack Obama. Or I should say: Barack Hussein Obama.
That's right: Barack Hussein Obama. Say it proud. Say it out loud. The middle moniker that dared
not speak its name during the election campaign is now front and centre of the US president's attempt to woo the Muslim
world, the theme of his visits to Riyadh on Wednesday and Cairo on Thursday [6/4/2009].
Israel to Obama: "No You Can't!" North
Korea is launching missiles, Iran is building nukes, Saudi Arabia is sponsoring hate that translates into worldwide
terrorism, Sudan is still massacring and raping, China is busy ethnic cleansing Tibet into a Chinese province... but
the Obama Administration is furious, yes "furious" at only one country, Israel.
What Muslim World? Even before
U.S. President Barack Obama utters a word of his long-anticipated June 4 address to "the Muslim world," there is
already a problem with the rhetoric. As well meaning as it sounds, the term "Muslim world" is a trap. There
is no unified Muslim world. And describing it as such legitimizes the idea that it is "us vs. them" — just
the sort of divided world that al Qaeda wants to create.
The reason the president won't
talk about the Long murder. Obama and others in his administration are all too happy to ignore the outrageous
murder of an innocent soldier in America while condemning the outrageous murder of an abortion doctor in a church. The
latter won't affect Muslim relations with the U.S.
Obama's
regret-and-redemption road show. On Thursday [6/4/2009], Obama will indulge his hubris in Cairo by treating
1.4 billion Muslims to a lecture on American failures, a subject on which most of his intended audience needs no
further instruction. He will go on to explain how his own presidency is a repudiation of that checkered past.
Obama Renews Openness
About His Muslim Roots Ahead of Egypt Speech. President Obama has spoken proudly of American Muslims,
even referencing his heritage as the son of a Muslim man, ahead of his highly anticipated speech Thursday [6/4/2009] in
Cairo aimed at shoring up relations between the U.S. and the Muslim world.
Obama's
Muslim comment sparks debate. President Obama's assertion that the United States is one of the world's
biggest Muslim countries has sparked debate about the comment's accuracy and how far the president will extend himself
to the Muslim world. "If you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim
countries in the world," the president told French television station Canal Plus on Monday [6/1/2009], the eve of
his five-day, overseas trip with stops in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Obama's Cairo speech signals end of the 9/11 era.
If Barack Obama fulfills even some of the promises he made during his important address in Cairo Thursday, June 4,
2009 will be remembered in world history as the last day of the 9/11 era. ... Obama gave Israel the following choices
Thursday: Either the conservative Israeli government will adjust itself to the American people's choice in electing
a liberal president, or the speech will be the lightning that precedes the thunder.
The End of America's
Strategic Alliance with Israel? From an Israeli perspective, Pres. Barack Obama's speech today in Cairo was
deeply disturbing. Both rhetorically and programmatically, Obama's speech was a renunciation of America's strategic
alliance with Israel.
White House Video Features
Muslim Proselytizers. Just after President Obama's Cairo speech ended, I clicked on the White House
Web site. The home page, and especially its compelling large image, appeared to visually suggest the America
that Obama has been describing recently — a country that is not a Christian nation, nor a Jewish nation,
not even a pluralistic nation, but "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world."
Let's All Accept Islam.
When Muslims start protesting the murders and indecencies performed in the name of Islam then I will accept them. We
are told that the people who do these acts are a small minority of Muslims. So where are the protests, where are the
books, where are the articles, where is the Islamic Pete Seeger? If Islam is really a religion of peace, then start
showing it. We have been waiting for it and the memories I have are of Muslims out partying after the Twin Towers
went down. Mr. Obama, it is nice that you want us to accept Islam, but would you have asked us to accept Nazism
or Communism with their mass murders and mistreatment of people?
9-11: The Desecration.
Add another Obama insult to injury on 9-11. First, he desecrated the memory of 9-11 with his planned proclamation of his
mandatory civilian service on 9-11, which he has designated a "National Day of Service." And now 9-11 has yet another
title: State Department personnel are supposed to pray with Muslims on the newly declared "Interfaith Day of Service,"
whatever that means on 9-11.
Muslims to mount massive march on Washington.
The first national gathering of Muslims will take place by the site where U.S. Presidents have been inaugurated since
1981. Key planners of the event, including Hassen Abdellah, say that the inspiration for the event came from Barack
Obama's speech at the University of Cairo in which U.S. President said that Islam is an integral part of American society.
Will
Americans accept Islam? Earlier this month, at a White House dinner celebrating the Islamic holy month
of Ramadan, President Obama said some things that conservative talk show hosts love to rewind and repeat. In
the presence of diplomats, business executives and members of Congress, Obama described Islam as "part of America"
and hailed "its commitment to justice and progress." He then called Islam "a great religion." His
fellow Americans are not so sure.
Obama extends greetings on Muslim
holiday. President Barack Obama is extending greetings to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr, which marks
the end of the holy monthlong fasting time known as Ramadan.
Hillary Salutes
the Saudi King. Amid all the coverage of President Obama's address to the United Nations, we should
also note the obsequious "salute" that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave yesterday to Saudi King Abdullah.
... No mention was made of the fact that Saudi Arabia remains the only country in the world without a public church,
or that is has been singled out by the State Department as one of the world's worst religious persecutors.
Was Barack Obama a Muslim?
"If I were a Muslim I would let you know," Barack Obama has said, and I believe him. In fact, he is a
practicing Christian, a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ. He is not now a Muslim. But
was he ever a Muslim or seen by others as a Muslim? More precisely, might Muslims consider him a murtadd
(apostate), that is, a Muslim who converted to another religion and, therefore, someone whose blood may be
shed?
Confirmed: Barack
Obama Practiced Islam. [Scroll down] All this matters, for if Obama once was a Muslim,
he is now what Islamic law calls a murtadd (apostate), an ex-Muslim converted to another religion who must
be executed. Were he elected president of the United States, this status, clearly, would have large
potential implications for his relationship with the Muslim world.
Obama is no friend of Israel
The Real Saudi Bow. When President Obama
first met the Saudi royals, he seemed to bow at the waist. Either that or he doubled over in pain. Did he
bow? Or didn't he bow? That was the topic du jour at the press briefing that day. But now we have
the answer: Obama is, indeed, really bowing to the Saudis as he visits the Middle East this week. First, he is
bypassing Israel. Visiting the Middle East and not going to Israel would be like touring North America and omitting
a stop in the United States.
Israel to Obama: "No You Can't!" North
Korea is launching missiles, Iran is building nukes, Saudi Arabia is sponsoring hate that translates into worldwide
terrorism, Sudan is still massacring and raping, China is busy ethnic cleansing Tibet into a Chinese province... but
the Obama Administration is furious, yes "furious" at only one country, Israel.
Obama's Cairo speech signals end of the 9/11 era.
If Barack Obama fulfills even some of the promises he made during his important address in Cairo Thursday, June 4,
2009 will be remembered in world history as the last day of the 9/11 era. ... Obama gave Israel the following choices
Thursday: Either the conservative Israeli government will adjust itself to the American people's choice in electing
a liberal president, or the speech will be the lightning that precedes the thunder.
The End of America's
Strategic Alliance with Israel? From an Israeli perspective, Pres. Barack Obama's speech today in Cairo was
deeply disturbing. Both rhetorically and programmatically, Obama's speech was a renunciation of America's strategic
alliance with Israel.
Awful. What an awful speech.
Among the problems, one was the president's claim that there are "nearly seven million American Muslims in our country today."
The true number is probably less than half that ... During the campaign I had actually defended Obama against those who felt
he would be a disaster for Israel. This speech makes me think that may have been a mistake. The only chance now
is that this speech will be mere rhetoric, like so much in the Middle East, intended only for public consumption. But
if Obama really means it, it is bad news for the Jews in Israel and America, not to mention for American national security.
Obama's Arafat Amnesia.
Obama's self-induced amnesia about Arafat's rejection of the generous Clinton-Barak offer to create a Palestinian state
in all of Gaza, 95 percent of the West Bank, and all the Arab neighborhoods in East Jersualem, including the Old
City, is nothing short of astounding. Although pro-Palestinian revisionists have tried to exculpate Arafat, both
President Clinton and Dennis Ross, his chief Mideast envoy and adviser, are on record as blaming Arafat for torpedoing Camp
David and a subsequent round of futile negotiations at Taba in early 2001. History is very clear on this point.
President
Obama's Cairo speech proves he's experiencing a moral muddle. The outlines of an Obama Doctrine
are taking shape. Our President's world view can be summarized as "Everybody is a little bit guilty,
especially Israel." His demand in Cairo that Israel make major concessions before Palestinians recognize
Israel's right to exist was a pander of the rankest sort. What a difference a year and the audience make.
Exactly a year before his Cairo speech, on June 4, 2008, candidate Obama told the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee he would "never force Israel to the negotiating table" or to make "concessions."
The Grand Apology Tour.
[Osama] Bin Laden doesn't make any apologies for who he is — or the violence he advocates. ... Mr.
Obama, on the other hand, is desperate for affirmation — thus his repeated references to his Muslim
father and the Holy Koran in an effort to bond with his Islamic audience. To demonstrate empathy with
"our Arab allies" — and show improvement from his predecessors — he did not visit Israel and pointedly
condemned Israeli settlements, the construction of which, he said, "undermines efforts to achieve peace."
Young
Americans in J'lem 'feel the hate' for Obama. A new video posted on the Internet featuring
inebriated American Jewish youth in a Jerusalem bar spouting hate-filled sentiments has garnered massive
exposure and caused a firestorm in the media and the Jewish world. ... "You're all about talking to the
Arabs," says one. "You're going to Cairo making a speech to the Muslim world trying to get them to love
you, what about the Jews, man? What are we, chopped liver? You don't care about us. Are we
nothing to you? Do we matter? Do you care if we get driven into the sea? Do you care if we
get nuked?
The Editor says...
That doesn't sound like "hate-filled sentiments" to me, just reasonable dissent. Have we now arrived at
the point where any disagreement with the left is called "hate"? Were the Federalist Papers full of
"hate-filled sentiments"?
The Era
of Bipartisan Support for Israel is Over. After successfully wooing nearly 80% of the Jewish vote with his
siren song, it has taken little more than one hundred days for the true motives of Barack Hussein Obama — who
now desires that his Muslim origins be noted — to be revealed and put into action. For years prior to his
election, Obama comfortably operated within the realm of the anti-Israel perspective. His record of sharing personal,
intellectual and political relationships with anti-Semites, purveyors of Palestinian victimology, and characters who seek
to demonize Israel at every opportunity had been well documented, albeit intentionally ignored and ruled as "off-limits"
during the campaign by his many supporters and the mainstream media.
Israel Need Not Apply for 'Hope and
Change'. I find myself becoming more and more upset and exasperated with the way Israel is being thrown under
the bus by President Obama. During his most recent Major Speech&tm;, this time in Cairo — which seemed to
be more popular with the American press than with the Egyptians, and which Charles Krauthammer aptly described as "abstract,
vapid, and self-absorbed" — Obama made clear his intent to fundamentally change U.S.-Israeli relations, which up
until now have been that of friends and allies.
Capitulation in Cairo?
The real meaning of President Obama's recent address to the Muslim world in Cairo is that he is turning his back
on the Jews at a time when they face another possible Holocaust. Mr. Obama called for a "new beginning" in
relations between the United States and Islamic civilization. He praised Islam's commitment to "peace," "justice"
and "religious tolerance." He listed the Muslim world's supposed contributions to history — algebra,
the compass and the printing press, among others. There is only one problem: It is all false. ... What's
next: Islam invented the Internet?
Slapping
a Friend. [Scroll down] All indications are that foreign policy is being made directly — and
solely — in the White House. And this president's foreign policy increasingly seems predicated
on America's turning its back on its most reliable traditional allies. Like Britain and Israel —
both of which have long been viewed as having a "special relationship" with Washington.
Obama to Jews: I'm
Just Not That Into You. It is time for American Jews to leave the Democratic Party, to see
reality as it is and not how they wish it to be. To be a Jew in this world is dangerous ...and our
president and his party are deliberately making it more so (even serial Obama apologist Susan Estrich is
"not completely certain... where this president will stand in a crisis" involving Jews).
Obama's
losing streak and us. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's speech Sunday evening at Bar-Ilan
University had one goal: To get US President Barack Obama off of Israel's back. Netanyahu's
speech was an eloquent, rational and at times impassioned defense of Israel.
Obama's Iran Blunder.
On its current course, the Middle East is headed for nuclear war. The only question is whether someone
will act to take history off that course. That won't be the left wing extremist/narcissist we now have in
the White House, who is lost in his own dream world.
Explaining Obama: Our First Islamist
President? At some point, it seems fair to ask why Obama is taking this approach. There is more and more
evidence to suggest that, alone among the non-lunatic nations of the world (North Korea thereby excepted), Obama has problems
with only one: Israel. Obama has for all practical purposes, become the salesman for the Saudi "peace plan",
designed to drive Israel back to the pre 67 war borders. As for the Iranian nuclear threat to Israel (and others),
the Obama approach can best be described as "not a problem", or "mañana".
Obama's deadly hand revealed.
Among American Jews, a degree of buyers' remorse has been detected recently. Almost 80 percent of
American Jews voted for Barack Obama as President. Those of us who warned that this man would endanger
Israel were scorned. How could that possibly be, said the secular, liberal American Jews. He's a
Democrat, he's black and he's pro-abortion. With this triple-lock of unassailable virtue, how can he be
bad for Israel? Now some of them are getting an awful feeling that they may have made the biggest
misjudgment of their lives.
Barack
Obama vs international law: By characterizing its demand that Israel prohibit Jews from building
homes in Israel's capital city and its heartland as a legal requirement, the Obama administration portrays
Israel as an international outlaw.
Jeremiah Wright Foreign
Policy: Anyone familiar with the views of Barack Obama's pastor of twenty years might wonder if
Reverend Jeremiah Wright is the chief inspiration behind the president's foreign policy. ... It is
understandable that after sitting through 20 years of sermons delivered by the pastor Barack Obama
considered his spiritual mentor that Jeremiah Wright's politics would heavily influence Obama's worldview of
the U.S. and Israel. It is unfortunate that they do.
Has Obama Turned on Israel?
Many American supporters of Israel who voted for Barack Obama now suspect they may have been victims of a bait
and switch. Jewish Americans voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Obama over John McCain in part because the
Obama campaign went to great lengths to assure these voters that a President Obama would be supportive of
Israel. This despite his friendships with rabidly anti-Israel characters like Rev. Jeremiah Wright
and historian Rashid Khalidi.
Has Barack Obama become the bane of Israeli Jews?
He swept to power with the support of 78% of American Jews. But has Barack Obama become the bane of
Israeli Jews? A gulf between American and Israeli Jews was evident even before Obama moved into the
White House. Just a third of Israelis would have endorsed him had they been allowed to vote, polling
indicated, while almost half would have chosen John McCain.
Obama's Attraction to
Human Rights Violators. With each fist bump from Hugo Chavez, Team Medvedev/Putin, Kim Jong-Il
and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, one would expect that Obama would learn to close his open palm and offer up the tough
policy that he promised would appear. Yet the only world leader who has seen Obama's stick wielding,
clenched fist is Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu.
Avoiding an
American ambush. The basic reality that the US is being led by a radical ideologue who clings to his views
in the face of overwhelming proof of their falsity is the most fundamental fact that world leaders must reckon with today
as they formulate policies to contend with the Obama administration. This is first and foremost the case for Israel.
The Turn Against Israel:
Obama's notion that presidents before him have not been "as honest as we should be" about the settlements [between the
Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea] is a peculiar one. Every occupant of the Oval Office since Richard Nixon
has spoken unfavorably about them. The turn against Israel that so many predicted during the 2008 campaign is
coming to pass -- with a smile, and a nod, and an invocation of a word that actually means something very different
from friendship. It might even mean its opposite.
'Them Jews' of Obama:
From Kvell to Kvetch. "Them Jews aren't going to let him talk to me." That's the complaint of Rev.
Jeremiah Wright, the anti-Semitic, radical minister who was Barack Obama's spiritual mentor for two decades. ... "Them
Jews" around Obama have been the object of much attention, especially eliciting the adoration of secular Jewish liberals
who comprise roughly half of the American Jewish community of five million. ... But pride has turned to alarm as even
some liberal American Jews are getting it: the Obama administration, including "them Jews," is uniquely hostile
to Israel.
Did
someone mention "Reverend" Jeremiah Wright?
The case
against Obama: Prior to the election, many traditional Jewish supporters of the Democratic Party were
apprehensive of Barack Obama's initially negative attitude to Israel and his troubling association with people like PLO
ideologue Rashid Khalidi and the anti-Semitic Rev. Jeremiah Wright. However after aggressively repudiating his
earlier policies, Obama convinced most Jews that he would never abandon the Jewish state. Alas, recent developments
suggest otherwise. ... If one probes beneath the veneer of bonhomie and analyzes the substance of his policies, they
reflect an unprecedented downturn in relations towards Israel with hints of worse to come.
Black president demanding segregation in
Jerusalem. Late last week, the Obama administration demanded that the Israeli government pull
the plug on a planned housing development near the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem. The project,
a 20-unit apartment complex, is indisputably legal. The property to be developed — a defunct
hotel — was purchased in 1985, and the developer has obtained all the necessary municipal permits.
Why, then, does the administration want the development killed?
Obama's
real agenda: President Barack Obama last Monday [7/13/2009] met for the first time with leaders of
selected Jewish organizations and leaks from the meeting now make one thing very clear. The only free country
in the Middle East no longer has a friend in the leader of the free world. Obama is the most hostile sitting
American president in the history of the state of Israel.
National Jewish Leader Turns
against Obama. A huge crack has surfaced in Obama's Jewish base in the person of Alan Solow, one of
the president's closest Chicago friends and long-time supporters.
The President Takes a Hard Line
on Israel. In foreign policy, President Barack Obama has demonstrated a disturbing propensity to curry favor
with our adversaries at the expense of our friends. The Czechs and Poles are rightly concerned that they will be
sacrificed on the altar of better U.S. relations with Russia. And the Israelis fear that the Obama administration's
desired opening to the Muslim world will be achieved at their expense. Mr. Obama's attempted bullying of Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a case in point.
Obama honors an enemy of
Israel. Barack Obama today [7/30/2009] announced that he is presenting the Medal of Freedom to Mary
Robinson. So who is Mary Robinson? An enemy of Israel to begin, and the host and mastermind of the first
Durban conference.
Anti-Obama Rally in Jerusalem. For
the first time in years, the nationalist camp will hold a large scale rally against United States policies vis-à-vis
Israel. The protest will be held in downtown Jerusalem, on Agron St. on Monday evening [7/27/2009]...
Settler rally: Obama racist; his regime will
fall. "(US President Barack) Obama is a racist," said Rabbi Eliezer Waldman, the head of the "Nir" yeshiva
in the West Bank town of Kiryat Arba. Waldman was speaking during a mass rally held Monday evening [7/27/2009] at
Jerusalem's Paris Square in protest of the American demand that Israel halt all construction in the West Bank and
east Jerusalem.
Why Israel Is
Nervous: Tension is escalating between the U.S and Israel. The problem: The administration
views the Israeli-Palestinian issue as the root of all problems, while Israel is focused on Iran's nuclear threat.
Who really selected Mary
Robinson for the Presidential Medal of Freedom? President Barack Obama's decision to bestow the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on Mary Robinson, who headed a United Nation Commission that condoned suicide bombing against Israelis
and who also was in charge of the Durban Conference Against Racism that became an anti-Semitic hate-fest reminiscent of
Nazi Germany (and that the Unites States and Israel boycotted, to Robinson's consternation), has elicited some measure
of controversy.
Outcry
over Obama's Medal of Freedom list. A pro-Israel lobbying group says it is "deeply disappointed"
with the White House over one of President Obama's picks to receive the Medal of Freedom. In a statement,
the American Israel Public Affairs Committee criticized the administration for naming former Irish President
Mary Robinson as one of the 16 recipients of the presidential medal.
Why does Obama
stick a finger in the eye of the Jewish community? Is the honeymoon over between American Jews
and Barack Obama over? Not by a long shot, though there have been some ripples buffeting the
relationship. His approach toward Israel (hostile) and the wider Middle East (ineffectual at best;
damaging at worst) has begun to affect his ratings among even Jewish Democrats.
Barack
Obama is no friend of Israel. The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) recently criticized
the Web site American Thinker in a Jerusalem Post op-ed entitled The chutzpah of Obama's Jewish critics
for having a "fictional understanding" of Barack Obama's approach toward Israel. This kind of attack is
typical of the NJDC which maintains a "see no evil, hear no evil" approach toward the president on this and
every other issue. This willful blindness is both wrongheaded and a disservice to Jews who care about
the fate of Israel.
Obama's Crusade Against Israel:
Opposed to the right of Jews to build in Jerusalem, Obama's administration can no longer be considered impartial,
let alone friendly. He's out to "liberate" the Holy Land. Taking an extreme position —
contrary to what Ambassador Michael Oren believes — is unprecedented. No American president
has made Israeli settlements the issue; nor has there been such an ignorance of the threats Israel faces and a
willingness to jeopardize Israel's basic security interests.
Obama bulldozing
Israel's future. President Obama is demonstrating an alarming hostility toward the Jewish
state and has gone out of his way to describe Israeli homes in Judea and Samaria and in parts of Jerusalem,
as "illegitimate." ... The homes in question had been purchased decades ago by their Jewish residents who had
subsequently been dispossessed of them by the Jordanian Arab occupiers after the 1948 Arab-Israel War.
Orly Taitz: Obama policies are 'clear and present
danger to Israel'. Speaking to Haaretz on Monday [8/17/2009], Taitz slammed what she calls Obama's
support for Hamas, citing an executive order signed by the U.S. president shortly after taking office, which
funneled $900 million to the Gaza Strip. To Taitz, the executive order was a form of political
subterfuge meant to prop up the enemies of the United States and Israel, in spite of widespread American
Jewish support for the new president. "During the campaign, Obama was telling American Jews that he is
for Israel... but sure enough, just as he was elected, look at his first actions, he issued an executive order
to give $900 million to Gaza with no preconditions."
Obama and the Holy Land:
In June 2009, in a speech in Cairo, President Barack Obama announced a historic American tilt toward the Arab and Muslim
worlds. It is too early to tell if he, unlike his predecessors, believes in what has been known as the special relationship
between America and Israel, However, most of his fellow Americans still believe in it.
Democratic Congressman: Obama demand for settlement
freeze 'mistaken'. The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said last
week that the Obama administration is making a mistake in demanding Israel completely freeze construction in the
settlements.
There
may be worse to come. President Obama's naïve efforts to appease the Arabs by bullying and
distancing the United States from Israel has backfired. However despite increasing unease extending to
some of Obama's most fervent supporters, the administration has yet to signal any change in policy.
Obama
Is Pushing Israel Toward War. Events are fast pushing Israel toward a pre-emptive military
strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, probably by next spring. That strike could well fail. Or it
could succeed at the price of oil at $300 a barrel, a Middle East war, and American servicemen caught
in between. So why is the Obama administration doing everything it can to speed the war process
along?
Brezinski Calls for
Obama to Shoot Down Israeli Jets. In a little noticed interview with the Daily Beast (presumably little
noticed because serious people don't read the Daily Beast), Zbigniew Brzezinski suggests that Barack Obama do more than
just refuse to support an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear sites — the American president must give the order
to shoot down Israeli aircraft as they cross Iraqi airspace.
The Camp David
Syndrome. President Obama has just announced the latest effort toward crafting a Middle East Peace
Settlement. That grand-sounding title is Beltway-speak for "let's lean on Israel to gain some street cred
with the Euros." He's chosen Hillary Clinton as his negotiator.
The Ugly American. If we have a
pure ally in the world today, it is Israel. America, like Israel and like every sane leader of every free
nation, does not want Iran to get nuclear weapons. So when Israel suggests that it may undertake, alone,
the burden of all free nations — taking out Iran's nuclear capacity — Obama's advisors
warn that if the Israeli Defense Force flies over Iraq without our consent, our air forces will shoot down
the Israeli warplanes.
Dismantling
America: Part II. Barack Obama has made every mistake that was made by the Western
democracies in the 1930s, mistakes that put Hitler in a position to start World War II -- and
come dangerously close to winning it. At the heart of those mistakes was trying to mollify your
enemies by throwing your friends to the wolves. The Obama administration has already done that by
reneging on this country's commitment to put a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe and by its
lackadaisical foot-dragging on doing anything serious to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons. That
means, for all practical purposes, throwing Israel to the wolves as well.
Breaking promises
and betraying an ally at the U.N.. The American Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice,
lobbied for the United States to join the egregious United Nations Human Rights Council — a body
dedicated to bashing America and Israel and shielding the true human rights violators around the world (many
of whom have sat as members of the Council for years).
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Bill Clinton is in Jerusalem trying to clean up behind President Obama and Hillary, whose strident anti-settlement
policy has blown up in their face. Clinton's comments are significant only because they show what a
shambles the administration's Middle East policy has become.
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