Instead of making clear that America stands behind the Constitutional right to free speech, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have resorted to yet another apology to Muslims:
Marked by the U.S. Embassy seal, advertisements condemning an anti-Islam video appeared on Pakistani television on Thursday in an apparent attempt to undercut anger against the United States, where the film was produced. Hundreds of youths, however, clashed with security officials as they tried in vain to reach the embassy in Islamabad amid anger in many countries over the film’s vulgar depiction of the Prophet Muhammad.
The advertisements appear to be an effort by the U.S. government to dampen chaos surrounding the film and undo some of the damage to America’s image in the Muslim world. Violence linked to the movie has left at least 30 people in seven countries dead, including the American ambassador to Libya. Two people have died in protests in Pakistan.
The television ads in Pakistan feature clips of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during press appearances in Washington in which they condemned the video. Their words were subtitled in Urdu.
“We absolutely reject its content and message,” said Clinton in the advertisement.
A caption on the ad reads: “Paid Content.”
The advertisements end with the seal of the American Embassy in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital. It was not known how many channels were airing the ads or whether they were being run in other Muslim countries or just Pakistan.
Here’s what Obama needs to say.
“You Muslims need to stop blaming all of America for some stupid movie or the United States is going to start blaming all Muslims for 9-11. Got it?”
Understanding is a two way street. Your religion doesn’t trump mine. Your government doesn’t trump mine. Get used to it.
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I wonder what religion Obama would have adopted as his ”church” so he could community organize had his own ”standard” expressed in his last Weekly Address been our nation’s actual policy?
I can tell you for a fact, had that “we reject the denigration of any religion,” been law there would be no Black Liberation Theology in America today!
James Cone, the founder of black liberation theology denigrated Christianity in this way:
Found a religion with a mouth like that?
Not under Obama!
He’d have Cone put in prison!
Trying to calm things down rather than make angry people even angrier is the responsible thing to do.
Explaining that some moron’s movie does not represent the official position of the United States isn’t actually an apology.
@Greg: And how are you coming on proving Reid’s accusation of Romney’s taxes?? BTW, spiking the ball on killing UBL time and time and time again doesn’t do anyone any good either. BTW, it was a terrorist attack in Lybia. Maybe defending our 1st Amendment right to free speech would he helpful as well.
@Greg:
They know perfectly well that the government had nothing to do with it. They are simply using the excuse for their most popular sport – hating someone.
Obama’s message, conveyed by Obama to all Muslim leaders, should be this:
“Use your military to keep mobs away from our embassies. If they fail to do so, any people jumping over the walls will be shot. Our embassy marines have orders to use every lethal means necessary to keep people out. Making sure that mobs do not make it over the wall and thus become martyrs is YOUR responsibility.”
Yes greg. The apologizing and sucking up has worked sooooo well. (roll eyes)
@Greg:
Fabulous idea, Mr. Chamberlain. What shall we call it? “Calm with Honor”?
@Dreadnought:
Curious. Get snarky about my suggestion and then you co-opt it.
BTW, your idea will be swell since no one is allowed to have live rounds.
On what do you base that assumption? Even people here in the United States don’t seem to be clear on what the U.S. government is and isn’t responsible for.
Trying to reason with the great unwashed Moosloon masses is like trying to talk reasonably with Greg.
Democrats thrive on ignorance and emotion.
This was really dumb on Obama’s part:
http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/gmc10353820120913035100.jpg
I mean, Obama boasted of killing Osama Bin Laden dozens of times (though last year he warned we should not “spike the football.”)
Chillingly, some of last week’s mobs chanted “Obama, we have a million Osamas.”
Obama: Dumbest excuse for a politician EVER!
The statement from the Marine Corps definitively states that there was no restriction on the Marines having live ammo. Since MCESGs were not present at the Benghazi Consulate, that’s a moot point. However they were present at the Cairo Embassy, and had ammo.
Opening statement from the Marines in response to various media/press:
@Greg: Greg, your black messiah had more evidence of a terrorist attack than Reid did on Romney’s taxes but yet you just knew Romney had
“something” to hide. Any proof yet?? Talk about a double standard when it comes to proof and evidence eh?? Everyone knows it was a terrorist attack and for political reasons 0-blama is dancing around calling it what it is!! Pathetic just like you.
@Greg: What I am sure is that our President swore to uphold the Constitution. By the way that includes Freedom of Speech!!
@Common Sense, #13:
Who here in the United States has had their freedom of speech curtailed?
People seem to believe that such a thing has happened simply because it has been pointed out that rights come with responsibilities.
Before Obama says anything, he and his administration need to figure out if this was a terrorist attack or spontaneous. After a week and a half they can’t seem to get their story straight.
@Greg:
Should the goverment send a dozen Sherriff’s deputies at midnight to detain a man for some questioning if he is thought to have been merely ‘irresponsible’ with his free speech but not to have broken any law? Is that what you are defending?
Anyway, the Muslim claim to be rioting over an obsure Youtube video rather than to further larger political objectives is absurd, it’s strictly for suckers. They started this on the symbolic date of Sept. 11 because they feel it’s time to assert themselves; they perceive that they are strong and we are weak now. The White House and the Secretary of State are disgracing themselves by agreeing with the absurd cover story about the video because the alternative is to admit that their foreign policy in the region is a complete failure, and that they failed to protect State Dept. personnel from events that they were specifically warned about in advance.
@Greg….
Trying to calm things down rather than make angry people even angrier is the responsible thing to do.
Is is possible for you to beclown your self even more?
On what do you base that assumption?
Yes, yes it is possible to beclown yourself even more……video comes out in June, attack coinsides with 9/11….Looks like your ” in and around” experience has revealed even more asshattery…After reading your posts I’m just thankful you didn’t make the mil cut and be in a position to place lives in danger, for that I thank you..
@MataHarley:
We are all grateful for that, but there were no Marines there.
sigh… the second sentence from my comment:
From the posted Marine statement I provided in that comment, the sentence they made about Libya that precedes your cut/paste above:
Your point?
@Greg:
The guy who made the movie, for one.
Romney donors for two.
State Department was discussing putting Marines in Libya ‘sometime in the next five years�
@drjohn, #19:
His right to freely express himself had been previously curtailed following a criminal conviction. He disregarded the provisions of his probation.
I’m aware of no instances of Romney donors being prevented from freely expressing their opinions.
@Greg:
You could do a quick web search, Greg, and get a sense of the problem:
http://search.babylon.com/?q=romney+donor+harassed&s=web&as=0&rlz=0&babsrc=NT_ss
Donate a lot of money to Romney’s campaign, and get put on the White House enemies list, get called out by name by the President, get investigated by government agencies, get negative coverage in the press, have your business damaged.
Like, you know, a banana republic or something.
But you’re “aware of no instances.” Nice weasel wording. Like “I am not aware of any plan to release Omar Abdel-Rahman.” You trying to get a job at the the State Department?
@Wm T Sherman:
WTS, we know greg approves of such actions provided they are carried out against a Republican. greg is just another goose-stepping leftist.
What Obama wants to tell the Muslims, but can’t, At least NOT YET.
“I am on your side. I am one of you. I am working on the inside to do the same thing you are doing on the outside. Keep up the great work. It takes a long time to destroy a republic. In my fist year as an illegal president, I have destroyed a large part of America. In my second term, I will finish destroying America and turn it into what we want.”
SO it’s the terrorists attack? geez as we have notice, there are more TERRORISTS THAN PEOPLE
IN ALL THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES,
Hey, Newt must have read FA
http://www.therightscoop.com/newt-i-want-a-president-who-stands-up-for-america-and-who-lectures-the-world-about-american-values/
Or maybe FA is finally reading Newt.
He was the first one to slam Obama on apologizing to Karzai and Afghanistan over the Qur’an burnings earlier this year. He also criticized him for not attending the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall back in 2009. Back in April 2010, he was calling Obama the most radical President in American history. In early 2010, Newt was blasting the O’admin over the expansions of Interpol exceptions under EO 12425. During the primaries, those like Rachel MadCow were all over the place, talking about how Newt was fomenting anti-Islam sentiments with his views.
This isn’t anything new for Newt, and he sure isn’t following FA’s lead. Just may be news to those not paying attention.
Froggy @ Blackfive attended the funeral of former Navy Seal, Ty Woods who gave his life in Benghazi. (If you don’t read Blackfive, the best military blog on the planet, you should. You can find Froggy’s bio there). He reports:
“Ty’s widow, Dorothy, delievered an inspiring eulogy with more grace, poise, and fervor than I have ever witnessed from the spouse of a fallen warrior. I wish I had the entire thing on tape, as it should be read by the nation on the anniversary of 9/11 next year. Here are two quote that I will never forget.
“It is easy to write a book about being a Navy SEAL, but it is very hard to write an obituary for one.
To all the Operators here today, I give you this charge; Rid the world of those savages. I’ll say it agains, RID THE WORLD OF THOSE SAVAGES.”
Are there peaceful Muslims? Yes. Is Islam a religion of peace? No. And if the sh!t really hits the fan, how peaceful will American Muslims remain? Will they side with our nation, as Americans, or will they side with their co-religionists? Where are the American Muslims denouncing the actions of their co-religionists in the Middle East, with as much fervor as the Administration is denouncing the actions of a unknown film maker. Why are they not protesting in front of the Egyptian Embassy, and every other Middle Eastern nation’s embassy, demanding that Muslims stop the madness, mayhem and murder going on in Middle Eastern countries and defending the U.S. against the attacks against its people?
We are now spending $70,000 of American [hard earned] taxpayer money to run advertisements in the Middle East that basically says “Don’t blame Obama. He didn’t make the movie.” Yet, this administration has said nothing about the recent announcement that the disgusting display called “art”, PissChrist, will once again be on display in New York. This administration has not announced that it is going to give back the $1,000,000.000 that Bill Maher donated to a Obama PAC because Maher’s film was insulting toward Christianity AND Islam.
And where are the spines of the Democrats who, while working diligently trying to rid the nation of any outwardly display of the Christianity this nation was built on, who will fight the creeping Shari’a that organizations like CAIR are trying to impose on us, making us tolerant of 7th century barbarians? Funny how, in this politically correct nation that the Democrats choose to impose on us, the last acceptable form of bigotry to exist can be openly shown against any Christian white guy, especially if he is from a Southern state.
So here is a hat tip to Dorothy Wood for saying what should be said by every American. RID THE WORLD OF THOSE SAVAGES.
rid the world of those DEMOCRATS FROM THE TOP DOWN WHILE YOU ARE DOING IT,
BECAUSE THEY AGREE WITH THOSE SAVAGES,
AND LET DOWN AMERICA
MATA
yes for sure I was happy to see NEWT JUMP IN FOR A SUPPORT,
well needed he has a lot of clout, it will be needed too in the white house along the bright minds who will make the crew of MITT ROMNEY, AS MITT ROMNEY MENTIONED BEFORE,
IT’S OBVIOUS that the need of the best crew will be important for MITT ROMNEY TO COVER DIFFERENT CORNERS,
DIFFERENT TASKS A PRESIDENT NEED TO BECOME A PERFECT HUMAN PRESIDENT
THAT IS THE OUTRAGEOUS MISTAKE WHICH OBAMA MADE IN THE CHOICE OF HIS CREW, HE CHOOSE HIS FRIENDS
NOT BY COMPETENCE, BUT BY WHAT THEY COULD GIVE HIM
OF COVERING HIS MISTAKES, BUT THEY ARE NOT QUALIFIED
EVEN FOR THAT, THEY SCREWED BY FOLLOWING OBAMA,
INSTEAD OF CORRECTING HIS MINDSET, ALL THIS ON
THE BACK POCKET OF THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEIR GREED FOR MONEY WAS BIGGER THAN THEIR SKILLS FOR THE JOB,
NOW THEY ALL WILL FALL TOGETHER,
AND MITT ROMNEY WILL TAKE THE PRESIDENCY, AND HELP AMERICANS TO HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE.
I’ve been pretty encouraged by what I have seen happening in Libya the last day or so. The citizens have risen up and delivered a spanking to some of the Islamists.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19680785
Not very encouraged by the Obama administration though.
Just put up a Most Wanted post on a couple of articles about the Benghazi backlash for the militants, Aqua. Sorta good news and bad. Doesn’t appear that it’s the government taking the lead in clearing out the hornets nest (the bad news…), but the residents themselves (the good news…). So I don’t see the Libyan government going after the bad guys, but more a street vigilante enforcement instead. Works for me.
Benghazi rejected Islamist control in their election. I’m not sure how much of this was in defense of the US as much as just a distaste for having them in their midst. But then, there’s nothing more the militants would like than another civil war for control. I look at it this way… if the government won’t clear them out, I don’t care if the residents do since it’s in the best interests of the US. But I’m pretty cautious to assume this is in support of the US, and not just for their own local governance conditions.
MATA
I was thinking, why the white house think it has to keep sending billions of dollar, IN THESE TIMES OF NEED FOR THE AMERICANS TO GET IN BETTER MONETARY SHAPE
those BILLIONS TO hateful countries, which we know fall into the hands of ALQAEDA in big amount,
which help their war against the WEST, THE GOVERNMENT KEEP SAYING THEY NEED TO BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN WHAT? INTEREST COSTING BILLIONS IN WHAT?
IS IT IN OBAMA’S INTEREST?, WELL NOT IN AMERICA’S.
IT WOULD BE BETTER TO INVEST THOSE BILLIONS IN AMERICANS JOBS FOR AMERICA, IS IN IT?
AND LOOSE THOSE HATERS, FOR AT LEAST THE TIME THEY FIX THEIR OWN PROBLEMS,
THEY HAVE SHOWN THEY CANNOT CONTROL THEIR OWN PEOPLE FROM KILLING OUR PEOPLE,
SO WHAT DO WE WANT TO GO THERE ON OUR KNEES TO APOLOGIZE AND BEG THEM TO HAVE OUR AMBASSADE PEOPLE THERE, FOR WHAT/
Upsides and downsides when it comes to foreign aid to Pakistan, Egypt, Libya etal, Ms. Bees.
On the one hand, it’s absurd to send them cash without minimal criteria attached for it’s receipt. Rand Paul did attempt to attach an amendment to the Highway bill, stripping Egypt of foreign aid, and supported by Allen West. Think it’s stalled… can’t remember if t was voted on with, or without that Amendment. But let’s just say it’s a subject that’s hot and heavy in the wake of the latest events.
My personal *emotional* suggestion would be to tell these Muslim nations that all aid stops until they control their militants, provide US protection, and cooperate with intel… and until that’s done, half of what the US was paying them will instead be going to Israel to beef up their arsenal.
But then, emotional responses are not a solid foundation for wise diplomacy.
On the flip side, withdraw all foreign aid and we are assured they will *do even less* to control their militants, or aid the US. They have no motivation, funds or incentive to do so. Well… that’s not the answer either. Nor is it to our benefit not to have embassy or consulate presence in these nations… places where HUMINT can be compiled and transmitted.
So you might say it’s a damned if we do, and definitely damned if we don’t, type position.
I don’t know the answer because I’m not privy to security briefings on how cooperative any of these “Arab Spring” governments are to eliminating jihadis in their country. Some may have intentions to be somewhat US friendly, but have no capability… or stones… to control their militants. They are also afraid of their jihadis since Muslim on Muslim violence far exceeds Muslim on Zionist/infidel violence.
That’s what I’m wondering about Libya. The Benghazi residents seem to be doing what the government doesn’t want them to do… chasing out the bad guys. Of course it’s like cockroaches. Bomb them out of your house, and they just run to the next door neighbor’s house.
The government is afraid of ensuing “chaos” because of the Benghazi protesters doing more than “protesting” – plus not discriminating between “good militants” and “bad militants”. LOL THey consider the former the militants that are cooperating with the State, and aided in the rebellion. After all, the militants are well armed with stolen Gaddafi weaponry (as well as likely black market weapons), and the residents are not. The elected government – still fragile and unorganized – doesn’t want to fight yet another civil war with the militants, possibly losing power.
And I’m not for “begging” or “apologizing” for anything. I don’t consider a negative official opinion on a bigot’s public work out of line because free speech goes both ways. A bigot is free to speak, but everyone else is just as free to call the bigot a bigot. One can defend free speech without supporting what someone says. Two different issues.
Bush did the same thing when the Danish cartoons came out – condemned the lack of religious tolerance displayed, but supported the right to display that lack of tolerance.
Bush and his admin also called the NYTs and tried to negotiate keeping stories out of the paper which they felt would put Americans in harms way and divulge too much about our national security programs… which they published anyway. The press is a large part of the 1st Amendment… freedom of the press and all that jazz. The Bush WH, DOD or DOJ didn’t come after the NYTs with threats of legal action since they couldn’t. But they did spend months in meetings and discussions. Another example was the Bush WH attempting to keep the Abu Ghraib photos out of the public domain, and the press went to court with the FOIA against the WH. In fact, conservative Accuracy in Media went on a rampage, calling the media unpatriotic for their exploitation. Yet there wasn’t much uproar from the conservatives over defending the First Amendment of the press over those photos, Bush’s condemnation of the Danish cartoons, or their meetings with the NYTs, attempting to convince them *not* to exercise their free speech.
I’d just say that Bush was much at this than Obama is, tho they have done similar things. Bush always took the lead in American principles, whether it was popular or not. So when he did these things, he appeared strong and compassionate. Obama always takes the back seat, but wants credit for arrival at the destination nonetheless. So when he does the same as Bush, he looks like a weak weasel.
MATA
YES IT MAKE SENSE,,
you know, the way it is lingering longer it could be that IRAN IS IN IT
COOPERATE TO COVER, THERE RACE TO THEIR ULTIMATE READYNES
TO HAVE THE POWER OF THE ULTIMATE WEAPON, AND INVOLVING ALL THE FACTIONS OF THE MUSLIMS MOBS AND THEIR HEAD LEADERS,
REMEMBER OUR COMMENTS WITH MOSSOMO?
THAT WAS BEFORE THAT 9/11 REVOLTE, AND THERE WAS TALK IN OUR EXCHANGE ABOUT MIXING THEM WITH IRAN. TO ATTACK ISRAEL,
TODAY I heard the mob hesbolla where at the door of ISRAEL, AND AGAIN I THOUGHT THEY
HESBOLLA WHERE FOLLOWING ORDERS, NOW VERY CLOSE TO ISRAEL,
CAN YOU SEE A SURPRISE ATTACK TO ISRAEL ON ALL FRONTS?
EGYPT, IRAN, HESBOLA, AND ELSE WHERE MARCHING TO SUPPLY THE FIRST ONE TO BE KILL,?
MATA
MORE of the mob at the door of ISRAEL,
they fired at ISRAEL SOLDIERS killing two, and a third soldier killed three of the mob,
so to be continue.
bye
@MataHarley:
I will check out the most wanted post.
I’ll take the residents over the government any day.