great nypost article- apology tour, i love it.

#1
J

joevol320

Well-Known Member
Joined
May 27, 2008
Messages
7,676
Likes
2,582
#1
Last updated: 1:36 am
April 8, 2009
Posted: 1:23 am
April 8, 2009

THE real climax of President Obama's Spring Apologies Tour wasn't his photo op with our troops in Baghdad or even his "American Guilt" concerts in Western Europe.

While fans in the press cheered wildly at every venue, the real performance came in Turkey. And it was a turkey.

Obama means well. Just as Jimmy Carter, his policy godfather, meant well. But the road to embassy takeovers and strategic humiliation is paved with good intentions -- coupled with distressing naivete.

On every stage, Obama draped Lady Liberty in sackcloth and ashes, drawing plentiful applause but no serious economic or security cooperation in return. Then, in Turkey, he surrendered our national pride, undercut our interests and interfered in matters that aren't his business.

On the latter point: Suppose the European Union president went to Cuba and insisted that the world's sunniest concentration camp should be welcomed into NAFTA? That's the equivalent of what our president did in Ankara on Monday when he declared that he supports Turkey's bid for EU membership.

The Europeans don't want Turkey in their club. Because Turkey isn't a European state, nor is its culture European. And it isn't our business to press Europe to embrace a huge, truculent Muslim country suffering a creeping Islamist coup.

The Europeans were appalled by Turkey's neo-Taliban tantrum on-stage at last week's NATO summit. The Turks fought to derail the appointment of a great Dane, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, as the new NATO secretary general. Why? Because he didn't stone to death the Danish cartoonist who caricatured Mohammed.

Which brings us to the even bigger problem: Obama has no idea what's going on in Turkey. By going to Ankara on his knees, he gave his seal of approval to a pungently anti-American Islamist government bent on overturning Mustapha Kemal's legacy of the separation of mosque and state.

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, the AKP, means headscarves, Korans, censorship and stacked elections. The country's alarmed middle class opposes the effort to turn the country into an Islamic state. Obama's gushing praise for the AKP's bosses left them aghast.

Obama's embrace of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (now orchestrating show trials of his opponents) was one step short of going to Tehran and smooching President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
 
#2
#2
i do think its interesting that he is supporting these muslim countries, and going out of his way to apologize to them. F that
 
#3
#3
Ha, they called Rasmussen a "great Dane".

I would have chosen a different word, you know, that didn't in part call him a dog.
 
#4
#4
I keep reading people saying that Obama went out and apologized to Islamic dictators, but I also keep not seeing him actually do that.
 
#7
#7
lawgator1 said:
I keep reading people saying that Obama went out and apologized to Islamic dictators, but I also keep not seeing him actually do that.
Click to expand...

i think when he goes around telling muslim countries that we are not a Christian and that we not at a war with islam, (Bush said this 100 times), he's apologizing. not once did i read where he talked about the greatness of America.

he talked about arrogant you and i are (since we are Americans). he talked about we are wrong in not recognizing the greatness of europe. he talked about the greatness if islam. He did not talk about how this country has been protector of the world or how wonderful this country is. he's no different than another liberal president that goes overseas; pandering and apologizing because America has the freedom to be successful without government control (which is about to end)
 
#9
#9
joevol320 said:
i think when he goes around telling muslim countries that we are not a Christian and that we not at a war with islam, (Bush said this 100 times), he's apologizing. not once did i read where he talked about the greatness of America.

he talked about arrogant you and i are (since we are Americans). he talked about we are wrong in not recognizing the greatness of europe. he talked about the greatness if islam. He did not talk about how this country has been protector of the world or how wonderful this country is. he's no different than another liberal president that goes overseas; pandering and apologizing because America has the freedom to be successful without government control (which is about to end)
Click to expand...


We are not a Christian nation. Take a look at the Establishment Clause. We may have more Christians than any other faith, but we struggle to separate our cultural identity from our political one all the time and IMO do a pretty decent job of it, especially compared to other countries that have allowed the two to get too entangled.
 
#12
#12
i was very disappointed in some of the things he had to say
Click to expand...


As was I. Disappointed, but not suprised. I never thought I would ever see a president of US condemning his country like Obama did on his trip. I supposed he would be as bad as Carter, but he's even worse.
 
#13
#13
Well if there is anyone left that thinks obama is christian, just go ahead and shoot yourself now. He's not from here. They can't even comfirm he was born in america and there is no way in h--ll he was ever a christian. The video tape of that extremist reverend should have clued everyone in on his religious beliefs. He's not going to say anything positive about any of us, because he's not one of us. They should round up the masses of idiots that voted for him and send them to europe.
 
Last edited:
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

VN Store



Back
Top