Obama: Gitmo gives al-Qaeda a talking point
posted at 12:55 pm on September 10, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
In an otherwise rather dull and dreary press conference, Barack Obama offered this old saw on the need to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay as part of a string of reasons — in answer to a question as to why he hasn’t done much at all on his promised closure of the facility. Obama talks about the cost of maintaining Gitmo, even though almost all of those costs were paid up front in the construction of the facility, but then reminds us that al-Qaeda doesn’t much like Gitmo, either:
You can’t underestimate the impact of that. Uh, you know, al-Qaeda operatives still cite Guantanamo as a justification for attacks against the United States.
Well, we opened the Gitmo facility after 9/11, when AQ murdered almost 3,000 people in a series of attacks. Was that a pre-emptive strike against opening Gitmo as a detention facility? Did their attacks on American assets abroad rely on that justification from 1993 to 2000, when they attacked the USS Cole in Yemen? Since we opened Gitmo, AQ has attacked a number of other nations which don’t have a detention facility at Gitmo or one like it. AQ also justifies its attacks on the basis that we support Israel and haven’t converted to an Islamic theocracy. Should we meet those demands as well?
It’s an asinine justification, one that is both intellectually and strategically bankrupt. If Gitmo doesn’t serve our national-security purposes, then make that argument outside of the rantings of lunatic terrorists as a basis for policy. If Obama can’t do that, then perhaps it’s time to move on from the Gitmo debate altogether and proceed with the military tribunals and trials that his administration interrupted and can’t seem to get back on track. As far as working with Congress on those issues, Congress has now three times authorized military tribunals for the 9/11 plotters and other terrorists captured abroad. It doesn’t take Congress to get those trials moving — it just takes an executive that stops interfering in the process.
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And if we got rid of it, they’d cite our bases in Iraq as offensive
And if we moved those, they’d cite American missionaries as offensive
And if we moved them, they’d cite MTV as offensive
And if we banned that, they’d cite women baring their arms as offensive
And if we covered that, they’d cite…
picklesgap on September 10, 2010 at 12:59 PM
So why doesn’t Captain Dumb@$$ just get on with it?
MNHawk on September 10, 2010 at 12:59 PM
The only answer is the one you think isn’t “politically correct,” Ed:
Impeachment.
You should be able to see that Osama Obama is merely following his agenda and, so long as he has fellow America-haters, apologists and squishy opposition enabling him, nothing will change.
MrScribbler on September 10, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Related parody: Obama Administration Disappointed by Latest Message from al-Qaeda (Click Image to Enlarge)
Mervis Winter on September 10, 2010 at 1:00 PM
I got beat to it quick!
Gang-of-One on September 10, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Sooooooooooo. Now what? We’re to pander to, yield to, and bow down and surrender to terrorists? If I read that right, that seems to be what Obama wants to do.
capejasmine on September 10, 2010 at 1:00 PM
We kill you because you are in Saudi Arabia.
Wait…Now we kill you because you support Israel.
Now we have to kill you because of Abu Ghraib.
No, wait a second…We kill you because of Gitmo.
But now, now we kill you because of Predator Drone attacks.
And this time…this time we kill you because you burn Koran.
JohnInCA on September 10, 2010 at 1:01 PM
Alright then, PBHO, you have blood on your hands for not closing Gitmo in the first 100 days of your tenure as you promised you would.
What a pantload this guy is, saying that closing Gitmo needs to be a bipartisan effort. He has the power to get it done today, but he wants the GOP to blame it on. Coward. Friggin’ coward.
Bishop on September 10, 2010 at 1:01 PM
You know, he could just close the place up, and that would be that. No more recruiting tool propaganda. All he has to do is tell the military to close up shop and they will be out of there in a couple of weeks if he really wanted them to be. Heck my command organized and conducted the evac of 20,000 dependents from there in less than a month back in 92, so it is doable.
Johnnyreb on September 10, 2010 at 1:01 PM
Exactly!!!
capejasmine on September 10, 2010 at 1:02 PM
Don’t know much about geography.
ICBM on September 10, 2010 at 1:02 PM
Such a Moonbat child we have in the WH.
hawkman on September 10, 2010 at 1:02 PM
Are we back at
(1) ‘It’s all Bush’s fault’ – because he did not wrap it up and present it to Teh Won upon Jan 2009;
or
(2) “I inherited this mess” – but since I took office I haven’t done a darn thing about it?
Sir Napsalot on September 10, 2010 at 1:02 PM
game. set. match. Morrissey
ted c on September 10, 2010 at 1:03 PM
You can’t underestimate the impact of that. Uh, you know, al-Qaeda operatives still cite
GuantanamoTHE GOP as a justification for attacks against the United States.…
Coming soon.
artist on September 10, 2010 at 1:03 PM
“Man, I have an incredible gift, don’t I? I mean, I can just conjure up facts as I need them to be at any given moment, read them with sincerity off the TOTUS, and whammo…later that same day, the press confirms my new facts. It’s a gift, I tell ya”
“Of course, concerning GITMO, let’s not dwell on the fact that I’m nearly 10 months behind in meeting my 12 month schedule to close the base. Simply because my speech writer didn’t have clue what “closing GITMO in 12 months” actually would entail, much like all that other stuff he makes me say, so its not my fault GITMO is still open”
BobMbx on September 10, 2010 at 1:03 PM
In the eyes of al-Qaeda, our crime is what it’s always been–setting our filthy infidel feet anywhere on Caliphate soil.
RBMN on September 10, 2010 at 1:03 PM
I think Al Qaeda is all upset that their fellows are getting fat from all the free food and TV we give them.
That and all the exposure to hippie lawyers is turning their fighting force into a bunch of whiners.
Merovign on September 10, 2010 at 1:04 PM
Sounds like he takes his talking points from AQ.
petefrt on September 10, 2010 at 1:05 PM
Rush said it well today that watching Obama through this type of exercise is bearing witness to a man groping for a thought….it’s painful…
ted c on September 10, 2010 at 1:05 PM
Put this commie SOB in Guantanamo. I bet the islamic scum kept there will enjoy the company of an apostate.
Rookie on September 10, 2010 at 1:06 PM
I think the polls are up to 50% now that think he is Muslim…/
d1carter on September 10, 2010 at 1:07 PM
Good point. But he said, “my Christian faith,” so mmmmmmm, mmmmmmm, mmmmmmm!
Christien on September 10, 2010 at 1:07 PM
No one, especially not the president of the U.S. should care a rat’s ars about what the wild ones think or believe, or do. Just kill them.
This president is Mr. Victimhood in Chief, along with the eternally whining muzzies, yes, the moderates too. Prove otherwise.
Schadenfreude on September 10, 2010 at 1:08 PM
No wonder this guy won’t release his school records.
darwin on September 10, 2010 at 1:09 PM
Screw al-Qaeda and the goat they f***ed on the ride over here. I am tired of this administration – and everyone on the Left – pandering to these spoiled CHILDREN who threaten to hold their breath until they turn blue unless we do what they want. Enough already!
And anyone else wonder why one of the pictures on the front page shows BamBam with no flags near him, yet the other one shows 2 flags near him? Different camera angles, or Photoshop?
TeresainFortWorth on September 10, 2010 at 1:10 PM
Bottom line – our existence as a non-Muslim nation gives them a “talking point.” Oerhaps that will be something BO takes care of next.
katiejane on September 10, 2010 at 1:10 PM
My God… the man is blatantly lying for his propaganda.
I’m not throwing that term around lightly either…
Skywise on September 10, 2010 at 1:10 PM
Don’t _____ or muslims will get violent!
lorien1973 on September 10, 2010 at 1:10 PM
Chickens coming home to roost.
FloatingRock on September 10, 2010 at 1:10 PM
They don’t need an excuse.
They kill us because we’re not Muslim, and our women show their faces in public.
Steve Z on September 10, 2010 at 1:11 PM
Gitmo doesn’t matter, but if we don’t handle that GZM properly, then we are going to be in deep pooh…
d1carter on September 10, 2010 at 1:13 PM
“But I don’t want to be ambiguous about this. We are going to close Guantanamo” said Pres-elect Obama back in January 2009.
Two years and a bunch of test cases, like trying KSM in Manhattan, later and Jimi Obama has discovered that making bullshiite promises is easier than fulfilling them.
Bishop on September 10, 2010 at 1:13 PM
God, I’m so sick of that ridiculous talking point.
therightwinger on September 10, 2010 at 1:13 PM
Yeah, close Gitmo with its minefields and move the Terrorists up to the prison in Thomson, Ill, located right on a major highway. Idjit.
kingsjester on September 10, 2010 at 1:13 PM
And just how weak is their “god” if he isn’t strong enough to withstand having some paper with his words on it go up in flames? Have they ever had ANY problem whenever they burn the Bible? Have we EVER threatened to kill Muslims wherever we may find them if that happens?
And the Left considers US the bad guys…..
TeresainFortWorth on September 10, 2010 at 1:14 PM
Was it just me, or did Barry also say, “invasi…innovation?”
Christien on September 10, 2010 at 1:14 PM
In fact, since it’s been opened we haven’t seen another attack like 9/11. Correlation would imply that they’re more enraged by not having Gitmo.
Of course, he signed that thing closing Gitmo with a deadline that passed months ago, so why even bother talking about it. If he could close it, presumably he would have.
Esthier on September 10, 2010 at 1:14 PM
Angwy widdle Al Qaeda doesn’t want KSM tortured?
Let’s give him back! Let’s give him a painless, humane, lethal injection, then we’ll parachute his body into North Waziristan, and Al Qaeda will give him a hero’s funeral en route to his 72 horned virgins with pointy tails.
Steve Z on September 10, 2010 at 1:16 PM
All I want to know is when will Mr. President put in place a moratorium against natural gas transmission? Given the drilling moratorium when the BP well exploded, doesn’t it follow he should have a similar moratorium given the San Francisco gas explosion?
TruthMatters on September 10, 2010 at 1:17 PM
PETRAEUS: Gitmo has caused us problems, there’s no question about it. I oversee a region in which the existence of Gitmo has indeed been used by the enemy against us. We have not been without missteps or mistakes in our activities since 9/11. And again, Gitmo is a lingering reminder for the use of some in that regard.
but ed knows better.
sesquipedalian on September 10, 2010 at 1:19 PM
Good Lord, if it weren’t Gitmo, it would be Israel, American bases on Muslim soil, Lady Gaga, or the war against the Barbary pirates. These are violent people. They don’t need an excuse but they like to have one handy.
Kafir on September 10, 2010 at 1:19 PM
Is that 3 things we’ve been told this week alone that we have to do differently because it enrages alQaeda (and promotes recruitment)?
Why yes it is. Let’s think about that.*
(*and how does Obama’s rug quote:”We have nothing to fear but fear itself fit into this pattern?)
MayBee on September 10, 2010 at 1:20 PM
If it were not Gitmo it would be something else. There is ALWAYS something else.Good lord, when these people don’t have infidels to murder, they eat their own. You can not justify evil.
simkeith on September 10, 2010 at 1:23 PM
MULLEN: The concern I’ve had about Guantanamo in these wars is it has been a symbol, and one which has been a recruiting symbol for those extremists and jihadists who would fight us. So and I think that centers — you know, that’s the heart of the concern for Guantanamo’s continued existence, in which I spoke to a few years ago, the need to close it.”
intellectually and strategically bankrupt.
sesquipedalian on September 10, 2010 at 1:25 PM
NOt closing it missed HIS own self-imposed deadline…
Khun Joe on September 10, 2010 at 1:25 PM
Gives al-Qaeda a talking point? They’re still talking about Andalusia, which fell in 1492.
I think they’ve got enough talking points to show that anything in the last 10 years is a fig leaf at best.
teke184 on September 10, 2010 at 1:25 PM
We got rid of our side of the minefields when I was there 91-93. Not sure if the Cubans have done the same though. They used to burn their minefields off every so often so no one could make maps of them from their side and try to navigate them to freedom. A burning minefield is is some scary $hit at night when you are not expecting it. The one time they did it when I was there, it burned for almost 3 days with AT and AP mines going off at irregular intervals.
Johnnyreb on September 10, 2010 at 1:26 PM
Ed’s not denying that it’s been used as a recruitment tool. He’s explaining that it’s not a reason to close it. He’s explaining that our defense shouldn’t be run by jihadists. They don’t like it that we’re in Iraq or Afghanistan either, but we weren’t in either place and didn’t have Gitmo before 9/11.
And since then, they haven’t attacked us like that. We’ve been significant safer since opening Gitmo and going into Iraq and Afghanistan.
Esthier on September 10, 2010 at 1:27 PM
I’m thinking Odumbo ought not to have press conferences.
He’s getting worse, not better.
ORconservative on September 10, 2010 at 1:30 PM
“…and by publicly saying that, I’m validating that justification.” Great.
This is also a good parallel with the burning Korans. If he’s willing to take action that puts security at risk to placate in the case of Gitmo, why not knock a few heads to prevent the burning Korans?
He’s having as few as politically possible. He and/or his staff must know how bad he is at them. Luckily for him, as a Democrat, the press whines rather than vilifies him for the lack of access.
calbear on September 10, 2010 at 1:35 PM
We’re almost there. Just a few more concessions, and these terrorists will finally have to stop attacking us.
logis on September 10, 2010 at 1:36 PM
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Don’t know much about producing energy
Don’t know much about an economics book
Don’t know much about the constitutional law I took
But I do know that I would love imposing Marxism on you
And I know that if you would just love Lenin too
What a wonderful socialist country this would be
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(Producing energy)
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(Economics book)
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But I do know that I would love imposing Marxism on you
And I know that if you would just love Lenin too
What a wonderful socialist country this would be
Cheshire Cat on September 10, 2010 at 1:36 PM
They don’t need an excuse to attack us. How convenient that we cater to their every demand as a rationale to prevent Islamic terrorism.
They want us to (in no particular order):
- leave the Middle East
- stop supporting Israel
- allow Muslims to do whatever they wish in western countries
- dispose of our traditions, laws and culture and substitute theirs
- never do anything to disrespect Islam while ignoring their perpetual outrage at our mere existence
- close Gitmo
- stop prosecuting terrorists
- allow a victory mosque to be built near GZ
In return they’ll promise not to kill us.
darwin on September 10, 2010 at 1:37 PM
Also,
That’s probably all true. Now please explain to me (a) why we should give a rat’s a$$ what the
terroristsal-Qaeda operatives think; (b) why these Obama-named operatives are not called on to be sensitive to our concerns; and (c) how closing Guantanamo Bay will reduce al-Qaeda recruitment.ss396 on September 10, 2010 at 1:38 PM
Firstly, are we on some sort of equivalent moral base with Al-Qaeda? Obama is basically implying that they have an excuse for their violence as long as they think we are interfering in their affairs. According to this logic, they will have talking points until we: Pull out of Iraq, Afghanistan, and the middle east in its entirety. Cease all ties with our allies overseas, namely Israel. Stop Predator attacks, release prisoners, shut down MTV and VH1, make our women wear veils, etc. etc. etc. It doesn’t end. This asshole needs to be impeached.
YoungAmerican on September 10, 2010 at 1:39 PM
petraeus, mullen and gates explain that ed is wrong.
sesquipedalian on September 10, 2010 at 1:40 PM
No, they’re merely agreeing that it is a recruitment tool, as is Vegas and South Park.
Esthier on September 10, 2010 at 1:41 PM
If Petraeus thinks Gitmo is the only reason that they are fighting us, then yes. Ed does know better.
YoungAmerican on September 10, 2010 at 1:42 PM
I have not seen you around these parts for a while. Did they fix the computer in the prison library?
Aviator on September 10, 2010 at 1:43 PM
To paraphrase Akmed the Dead Terrorist, these guys would kill is for a Klondike Bar. What difference does a burning book make?
CantCureStupid on September 10, 2010 at 1:43 PM
Our mere existence is a recruitment tool for Islam. The entire point of Islam is to get rid of everyone who won’t submit to it.
darwin on September 10, 2010 at 1:43 PM
petraeus, mullen and gates explain that ed is wrong.
sesquipedalian on September 10, 2010 at 1:40 PM
Who do they all presently report to?
Just as with using the issue of burning the Korans, Obama is trying to prosecute the War on Terror from a position of weakness by claiming that we have to close Gitmo so that the big mad Muslims will not be upset. And, if your sole purpose for coming here is to try to knock Ed and attack Conservatives, you’re a masochist.
kingsjester on September 10, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Did we have a Gitmo when muslims threw overboard a handicapped wheelchair bound American from Achille Lauro ?
Did we have a gitmo when muslims took over the Church of Nativity and used it as a toilet for several days ?
Did we have a gitmo when muslims were repeatedly attacking India and gutting Hindu temples IN THE 17th and 18th and 19th CENTURY ?
What was their talking point then ?
macncheez on September 10, 2010 at 1:47 PM
Oh no! The neighbors may gossip about us!
petunia on September 10, 2010 at 1:48 PM
Is Barack Obama mentally retarded?
Honest question.
You-Eh-Vee on September 10, 2010 at 1:54 PM
Wanna see Barry’s head explode? Tell him that if he will just repeal every bone-headed law that has been passed over the past two years, the Tea Party will go away…..
TeresainFortWorth on September 10, 2010 at 1:56 PM
Wanna see Barry’s head explode? Tell him that if he will just repeal every bone-headed law that has been passed over the past two years, the Tea Party will go away…..
TeresainFortWorth on September 10, 2010 at 1:56 PM
I mean, that IS the logic that he is trying to use here, right? And the Tea Party hasn’t killed ONE person so far, either –
Unfortunately for him, his statement is patently untrue – these radicals have NEVER stopped in 14 centuries. Mine at least has the possibility of coming true – as soon as government quits meddling in our lives.
TeresainFortWorth on September 10, 2010 at 2:01 PM
Know what else gives Al Qaeda a talking point? Emboldening them by attempting to shutter everything that they dislike.
CLaFarge on September 10, 2010 at 2:03 PM
Used to be kicking asses and taking names was a DETERRENT for crime and evil. But in this Age of Aquarius, evil criminals call the shots. Today, any approach to evil with less than “compassionate understanding” is lambasted by the so-called morally superior. People who do wrong are not responsible, they’re simply reacting to oppressive circumstances.
But what do we really get in response for all that dialogue and understanding? Pure contempt. Mealy-mouthed moral equivalency in the face of evil and terror lays better groundwork for recruitment into terrorism than retribution and incarceration.
I think Ferris Bueller put it best: “You can’t respect someone who kisses your ass.”
somewhatconcerned on September 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM
Jeeze Louise!
Fine. Close it. Then take them to a Super Max. Away from the sunshine, the special menus, the entertainment options, the access to video, computers, etc. Away from the recreation available outside in that beautiful Cuban seaside.
And into the 23 hour a day cage with none of the above. The very same our worst criminals are subject to.
Stick them there. I’ll be fine with that.
Opposite Day on September 10, 2010 at 2:10 PM
Allah forbid, Barack continues to insult by imprisoning his brethren…
DamnYankee on September 10, 2010 at 2:10 PM
FIFY
antisocial on September 10, 2010 at 2:10 PM
“Asinine”. Sums up the entire press conference, IMO.
JimP on September 10, 2010 at 2:19 PM
is that what you gathered from the quote?
sesquipedalian on September 10, 2010 at 2:23 PM
the more capable of us still have jobs to do (and a life).
sesquipedalian on September 10, 2010 at 2:25 PM
Barry is full of shit as usual. Without a prepared speech wired into the teleprompter, he’s a babbling fool.
GarandFan on September 10, 2010 at 2:26 PM
I bet Al-Queda loves that the President is constantly freting over what they don’t like. Who gives a crap what they don’t like. They’re terrorists. We should be trying to do stuff they don’t like.
Scrappy on September 10, 2010 at 2:35 PM
Surely Mr. President isn’t suggesting that closing Gitmo would put an end to the senseless attacks, that would be downright ignorant. Do you supposed the Taliban used Gitmo as an incentive to blow up women and children
scalleywag on September 10, 2010 at 2:37 PM
They still use the Crusades as a recruiting tool!!!
bitsy on September 10, 2010 at 2:41 PM
What a surprise. That’s what enemies do during the course of war, er, overseas contingency operations. It’s called propaganda. We could be doing the same things regarding al-Qaeda savagery – beheadings and so on – but inexplicably we remain silent. Moreover, if Guantanamo is sufficiently dangerous to the country regarding the prosecution of this overseas contingency operation, close it. You are the President and Commander in Chief, Sir.
Mason on September 10, 2010 at 2:44 PM
That’s the point of radical Islam, of the jihadists. To say that it is Islam, is to agree with them. I prefer to say things that piss those guys off, such as the fact that they will be spending eternity in hell.
Esthier on September 10, 2010 at 3:09 PM
Well, by all means then, let’s put Al Qaeda in charge of our foreign policy. So, Einstein, when do the drone attacks stop?
xblade on September 10, 2010 at 3:23 PM
The muslims will offer us these three choices: submit, convert or die.
I’ll take Patrick Henry over Obowma anyday.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_me_Liberty,_or_give_me_Death!
dthorny on September 10, 2010 at 3:29 PM
The biggest thing that al-qaeda fears is 2012, when Obama’s sad sack term is over.
drfredc on September 10, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Do you see the al-Qaidea terrorists worrying about how attacks against America might be aiding US Military recruiting?
Or being considerate of how demonstrations calling for our deaths might be arousing our anger?
Or fretting about how a stream of terrorist attacks might be giving people all manner of negative regard against Islam in America?
Or about how threatening annihilation of Israel might be stiffening our resolve to support Israel? (Obama and his panty-waist State Department notwithstanding).
Or about how attacking our troops might be encouraging them to push the limits of the Rules of Engagement?
No? They’re not worried about that?
Well then stop pi$$ing in your pants over the prospect that some half-a$$ed mullah somewhere might give an anti-American speech.
The goal of terrorism is NOT death and destruction; it is disruption and eventual dissolution of society. On this score, and with a complete lack of resolve that goes back several Administrations, I think that they are succeeding:
- One guy – one guy! – with a bottle of chemicals has caused millions of travelers to no longer bring a bottle of water on board an airplane;
- One guy – one guy! – with a hollowed out shoe heel has cause millions of travelers to shuffle through security in their stocking feet;
- One guy – one guy! – with chemical underpants had TSA announcing that all travelers must sit in their seats with their hands visible for the last 45 minutes of every flight;
- One guy – one mullah! – wrote a fatwah against Comedy Central, which caused them to pull an entire South Park show;
And I should worry about Guantanamo Bay providing them with talking points and a recruiting theme? Sheesh.
They are nothing more than kids with guns, and it is time that we cease regarding them as anything more than that. We’ll give them due consideration when/if they grow up.
ss396 on September 10, 2010 at 3:32 PM
Seven Percent Solution on September 10, 2010 at 3:40 PM
Making license plates isn’t much of a job, but at least it keeps you off the streets.
Aviator on September 10, 2010 at 4:20 PM
That would make it very difficult for the old media to ignore the fact that Guantanamo is a real paradise compared to a typical prison anywhere in the Western world. I am certain that within a week the prisoners would be begging to go back to Guantanamo. Perhaps they’ll even go on a hunger strike to demand a return…
slickwillie2001 on September 10, 2010 at 4:39 PM
The media regard Jihadists with not just consideration, but downright adulation. And that will never change.
Liberals love terrorists for the same reason children love rock stars: they’re living the arrested adolescent’s dream of power without responsibility.
logis on September 10, 2010 at 8:21 PM
If it wasn’t Gitmo it would be whatever name or wherever place we are holding prisoners. Right now I’ll bet AQ members are worried about the cost of fire wood and goat meat more than they are about Gitmo. There are no solar panels or Walmarts in Afghanistan.
Kissmygrits on September 11, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Obama’s first and as far as can be established with any certianity, only religion is Islam. It is a well known fact that children exposed to religion early in life tend to keep those religious beliefs.
Michelle’s radical church with its Isalmic ties would have been acceptable to Obama as a muslim. We have no understanding of how many services he attended with his family, but indication seem to be that it was not many based on his claimed unfamiliarity with the radical sermons. Michelle on the other hand seems to have been there regularly since she clearly shares the convictions of those sermons. It might be noted that Muslims are allowed to deny they are muslim if it benifits Islam for them to do so.
Obama’s trip to Turkey is very telling of Obama’s beliefs. If Obama was not Muslim, Michelle accompaning him would have not been a problem. If Obama is a Muslim, then it would be a problem since Michelle would have at the least had to walk behind him with her body covered, including her arms that she seems so proud of. It goes without saying that she would never do that. Michelle chose to return home. That in itself has some interest since it tells us that Michelle understood his problem with her going to Turkey with him. There was of course the speech were he painted himself as the president of the largest Muslim country in the world. More telling was when he visited the Mosque. Non believers are not allowed to enter a Mosque, yet it was highlighted that Obama, despite complete ignorance of western protocol, knew to remove his shoes before entering the Mosque, which he did without any concern or need of permission to do so.
We saw him bow to the Saudi King followed by all sorts of excuses as to why it was not a bow. It was and it was a full bow from the waist to show honor. He went on to bow to other world leaders to create the appearence that he did it to all heads of states with no concern of the people he was suppose to be representing. Why was it such a problem that they had to claim he did not bow, or that he had to make an ass of himself to America? The Saudi King is also the keeper of the two Mosque, the most holy of positions in the Muslim world. A Muslim woould be compelled to bow to him.
Gitmo is just one of many of his concerns that he has about waging war against muslims. We can complie a long list of ways that he has done the bidding or helped the Radical Islamic causes. He does not want there to be convictions of crimes against Muslims, especially not with his name involved.
Now that he realizes he is a one term president with his incompentence as a hallmark, and his marriage on the rocks as a result, he will turning to his faith, to his inner child’s faith. It will literally be his only place of comfort. We probably would do well to be aware of the teachings of that faith in dealing with enemies for we are his enemy. Add to that, he is a narcissist and narcissit seek revenge on those that threaten them or a real or precieved way.
Franklyn on September 11, 2010 at 4:01 PM
Words, words, words! I’m so sick of words!
Caststeel on September 11, 2010 at 7:34 PM