It appears that this movie was produced by an Egyptian Coptic Christian living in the US. I don't know what is in the movie, and at this moment, I don't particularly care. What I know is that the Copts in Egypt have been and still are persecuted badly in Egypt by the Muslim majority. When I say persecuted, I am not talking about unfriendly blogs or restrictions on their dress; I am talking about murder, bombings and burnings of their churches, rape of their women, and forced conversions to Islam. Yet our pusillanimous State Department (the Cairo embassy) under Her Nibs, Hillary Clinton, issues this sorry statement:
The U.S. Embassy said that it "condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims -- as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions."
"Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy," the statement said. "We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others."
That's right, State: Assign blame to the Copts, who will now suffer even more violence at the hands of the outraged savages. What we should be doing is offering asylum to every Copt in Egypt-to say nothing of the Baha'i in Iran.
What is happening in Egypt is making a mockery of President Obama (wherever he is on the campaign trail) and his great speech in Cairo in 2009. The only response from him today has been his snub of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. How timely is that?
As for Libya, isn't this the country we helped (somewhat) to overturn Ghaddafi not so long ago? Yes, I thought it was. There is your gratitude.
And yet, we still worry over what to do in Syria to stop the slaughter. Problem is we no longer know who is slaughtering whom. And you want to send in the troops to get killed a'la Mogadishu? Not me.
And Pakistan, our erstwhile ally in the war against al Qaeda and the Taliban? Don't make me go there. This is the country that sheltered Usama bin Laden in the safest place imaginable-the town where their main military training base was located.
It is time to admit the hard truth; the Islamic world hates our guts, and doesn't care how much money we send their way or how many of their peoples we liberate (Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Kuwait). It means nothing whatsoever. We are the Great Satan, the Infidels. It is high time we take them at their word and make the necessary conclusions. We don't belong there. It is time to start closing our embassies and bring our people home before we have the next diplomatic hostage crisis. Bring our people (and troops) home and let these crazy people stew in their own 7th century juices.
Today, on the 11th anniversary of 9-11, an American diplomat was murdered in an American consulate. It should be the last.
I agree, Gary. The only concern I have is what is likely to happen next.
ReplyDeleteThere used to be a day when the US was a superpower and people and countries would stop and think about what America's response would be.
Once this administration is done cutting the military, our navy will be the size it was in 1915. The army will be the size it was in 1940. I don't recall the air force figures but they are no doubt in line with these.
Obama has succeeded in making us just one country out of many... nothing special... and the imperialism his father suffered will have been revenged.
We MUST have smaller government, lower taxes, stronger military, and higher morals to lead the world again.
With this guy, Obama, you play the same record for another 4 years you are going to hear the same music... except it will get worse and worse.
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This was a stupid apology in advance.
ReplyDeleteThe Muslims have intimidated all those in the administration who aren't already Muslim sympathizers.
Miggie,
ReplyDeleteIf this apology to Egypt doesn't tip the scales against Obama in this election, then we have truly lost our country.
The statement from embassy in Cairo was issued BEFORE the rioting began. Get you talking points straight.
ReplyDeleteHey anonymous,
ReplyDeleteRead my latest from today. I got the facts straight.
This is ludicrous! What percentage of rioters ever actually saw the questionable movie? I never heard of it.
ReplyDeleteI think the riot and storming of the embassy was planned ahead of time (in honor of the date) and this "provocation" was just inserted.
If we allow ourselves to be intimidated ... if we are forced to self censor ourselves and give up our right to speak ... we are done as a nation.
Fact of the matter a platoon of Marines could have handled that crowd. We don't have the gumption to protect our territory.
Our foreign policy is just as bad as our economic policy. We are not only hated in the world, we are no longer even respected. Obama has been an unmitigated disaster. He has brought us to the edge of insolvency and made a large number of our citizens dependent on handouts from someone else. Those someone elses are not going to support the negative incentives Obama gives to stay in power.
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