At What Price Obama ?

 

In the past few weeks, we have heard President Barack Obama tell us the following:

 

• That we as Americans should avoid getting on our high horse about ISIL, due to similar occurrences under Jim Crow and the crusades;
• That we should refrain from connecting their religious beliefs with ISIL because doing so constitutes a lie, despite the fact that everything they do is in the name of Allah;
• That the shooting of five Jews in Paris at a Kosher Delicatessen was just a random act of violence that had nothing to do with the victim’s nationality or creed;
• That it is the duty of all Americans to defend Islam whenever it is slandered (conveniently omitting Judaism or Christianity);
• The we, as a nation, are not a Judeo-Christian nation, but rather one whose greatness originates with Islam, going back to our nation’s founding;
• That we need to be more understanding of the legitimate grievances of Muslims, here at home and around the world- (again, conveniently omitting such grievances on the part of Christians and Jews);
• That we need to put more treasure into countries where ISIL is gaining power, so that an enhanced standard of living and increased job opportunities will dissuade young Muslims from joining ISIL and becoming radicalized;
• That the beheadings of Coptic Christians in Libya by ISIS terrorists was an act perpetrated by bad people, having nothing to do or say about the religion of either the perpetrators or the victims;
• That a three-day White House symposium on extremism, which omitted both military assets and representatives of the Christian and Jewish religions, but replete with Muslims both “moderate” and radical, including one man who blamed 9/11 on the Israelis, was in order…;

and this is just part of what President Obama has done JUST on the subject of the very subject he won’t name- that being Radical Islam…

Then, we hear that, despite all of the evidence pointing to the contrary, that his departing Attorney General Eric Holder, in his last act as AG, is now suing the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department for racism in the shooting death of Michael Brown (by the way, no mention of race baiting on his part, on the part of his boss, or their buddy, Al Sharpton which encouraged the rioting and looting that followed).

 

The former mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, was roundly excoriated for suggesting that this president lacks love for his country, in a way that no other president has done- based largely on the president’s constant criticism of America, reaching back to the days before he became president, and the comments Obama has made since, as referenced above.   If anything, Giuliani is far from being a dyed-in-the-wool conservative Republican, and even liberal Democrats are now calling to question Obama’s reticence in labeling Radical Islam for what it really is, and are expressing vocal skepticism on his approach to dealing with Iran as well as ISIL. The president has even lost MSNBC’s Chris Matthews – the same guy who suffered chills up his leg during Obama’s keynote address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention…

 

So, at what price must we continue to be led by such a man as Barack Obama?   Is he worth the increasing polarization of our country’s citizens to a degree not seen since the 1850s?   Is he worth the growing threat of Islamist terrorism both here at home and around the world?   Is he worth the continued alienation of our allies in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East? Is he worth the continued strengthening of America’s enemies, including countries who have expressed their goal to destroy the United States and Israel?

 

In short, is Barack Hussein Obama worth it?

 

 

-Drew Nickell. 20 February 2015

 

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