He opposes IS because IS makes it hard for him to defend Islam from bad public relations. --- "For over six decades, the American people have kept that faith. Yes, we are bound to Israel because of the interests that we share - in security for our communities, prosperity for our people, the new frontiers of science that can light the world. But ultimately it is our common ideals that provide the true foundation for our relationship. That is why America’s commitment to Israel has endured under Democratic and Republican presidents, and congressional leaders of both parties. In the United States, our support for Israel is bipartisan, and that is how it should stay.
AIPAC’s work continually nurtures this bond. And because of AIPAC’s effectiveness in carrying out its mission, you can expect that over the next several days, you will hear many fine words from elected officials describing their commitment to the U.S.-Israel relationship. But as you examine my commitment, you don’t just have to count on my words. You can look at my deeds. Because over the last three years, as president of the United States, I have kept my commitments to the state of Israel. At every crucial juncture - at every fork in the road - we have been there for Israel. Every single time. Four years ago, I stood before you and said that, “Israel’s security is sacrosanct. It is non-negotiable.” That belief has guided my actions as president. The fact is my administration’s commitment to Israel’s security has been unprecedented. Our military and intelligence cooperation has never been closer. Our joint exercises and training have never been more robust. Despite a tough budget environment, our security assistance has increased every single year. We are investing in new capabilities. We’re providing Israel with more advanced technology - the types of products and systems that only go to our closest friends and allies. And make no mistake: We will do what it takes to preserve Israel’s qualitative military edge - because Israel must always have the ability to defend itself, by itself, against any threat." - Obama to the zionist and neocon warmongers at AIPAC. On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 6:24:09 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > *Obama and *the Definition of ‘Islamic’ > > Posted By *Caroline Glick* On November 4, 2014 > > In his speech on September 11 announcing that the US would commence > limited operations against Islamic State, US President Barack Obama > insisted, “ISIL, [i.e. Islamic State] is not Islamic. No religion condones > the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL’s victims have been > Muslim.” > > To be sure, it is hard to see how any human faith can countenance IS’s > actions. For the past several months, on a daily basis, new videos appear > of IS fighters proudly, openly and wantonly committing crimes against > humanity. This week for instance, a video emerged of an IS slave market in > Raqqah, Syria, where women and girls are sold as sex slaves to IS fighters. > > Despite the glaring contradiction between divinity and monstrosity, the > fact is that IS justifies every single one of its atrocities with verses > from the Koran. > > IS referred to its sex slave market in Raqqah for instance as the “Booty > Market… for what your right hands possess.” > > The phrase “what your right hands possess” is a Koranic verse (4:3) that > permits the sexual enslavement of women and girls by Muslim men. > > Whether it is mainstream Islamic jurisprudence or not to embrace the > enslavement of women and girls as concubines is not a question that Obama – > or any US leader for that matter – is equipped to answer. And yet, Obama > spoke with absolute certainty when he claimed that IS is not Islamic. > > Obama speaks with similar conviction whenever he refers to Iran as “The > Islamic Republic of Iran.” > > Obama’s consistent deference to the Iranian regime, exposed by his > studious use of the regime’s name for itself whenever he discusses Iran > indicates that at a minimum, he is willing to accept the regime’s claim > that it is an Islamic regime. In other words, he is willing to accept that > everything about the Iranian regime is authentic Islam. > > And that the Islamic Republic then, in keeping with his assertion that “no > religion condones the killing of innocents,” similarly does not condone the > killing of innocents. > > Of course, there is a problem here. In fact, there are two problems here. > > First, in its treatment of its own people, the Iranian regime condones and > actively engages in the killing of innocents, the vast majority of whom are > Muslims. The Islamic regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran invokes the > Koran to justify its killing. > > Likewise, the political imprisonment, torture and general repression of > Iranians from all faiths are justified in the name of Islam. > > Consider two recent examples. > > On October 25, 27-year-old Reyhaneh Jabbari was hanged for allegedly > killing a man who was trying to rape her. Jabbari was imprisoned for seven > years prior to her execution. > > Although her suffering was a cause celebre for advocates of human rights > in Iran, the regime didn’t care. In contempt of the international > community, it murdered her a week ago. > > As her attorney Mohammed Mostataei explained at a conference held by UN > Watch in Geneva last week, Jabbari was tried under Islamic law – the law of > the land in the Islamic Republic of Iran. And under Islamic sharia law, > intent in adjudication of criminal offenses is irrelevant. As a > consequence, once regime inquisitors force a person to confess, he or she > is doomed. > > Forced confessions are the stock in trade for Iranian investigators. > > Last month, 25 women in Isfahan, Iran’s tourist capital, were reportedly > victims of acid attacks. > > The women had acid thrown in their faces while they were driving in their > cars. > > The public immediately suspected that they were targeted because their > faces were not covered sufficiently to satisfy Islamic goon squads that > drive around the city seeking – with the tacit if not open support of the > regime – to terrorize the public into obeying their repressive, inhumane > interpretation of Islam. > > On October 22, human rights activists in Iran held demonstrations against > the acid attacks outside the judiciary building in Isfahan and outside the > Iranian parliament in Tehran. In both instances, protesters insisted that > there is no difference between the repression inherent in the radical Islam > propagated by IS and that practiced by the Iranian regime. > > In both cities, demonstrators were attacked by regime forces with tear > gas. Many were arrested. > > After the acid attacks were first reported, the Iranian parliament passed > measures to strengthen the authority of the regime’s Basij shock troop > squads to enforce repressive, misogynist Islamic dress codes on women and > enforce other socially repressive aspects of the regime’s Islam. > > As Baron Alexander Carile of Barriew, a member of the British House of > Lords and expert on terrorism explained last Friday in The Washington > Times, “In essence, the regime responded to the acid attacks that have > seriously injured 25 people so far by legitimizing the motives of their > attackers.” > > According to the UN, Iran executed 852 Iranians for various offenses from > July 2013 through June 2014. > > This of course is just the tip of the iceberg. The vast majority of the > regime’s killing is carried out by its proxies. > > IS’s persecution of those who have had the misfortune to fall under its > control is a blight on the human race. And so is the persecution committed > by Iran’s puppets – the Assad regime in Syria, and its Lebanese terror army > Hezbollah. > > Since the Syrian civil war began three years ago, the Iranian-controlled > regime has killed somewhere between 120,000 and 200,000 people. > > According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, nearly 10,000 of the > dead are children, another 6,000 are women. Other groups place the number > much higher. > > More than 2.14 million Syrians are now refugees in neighboring countries. > Half of the refugees are children. Another 4.25 million Syrians are > internally displaced. > > If it hadn’t been for Iran’s support for the regime, the vast majority of > the victims of Syria’s civil war would still be alive and living in their > homes. > > Thanks to Iran and its Hezbollah army, Lebanon is on the brink of sharing > Syria’s fate. > > Hezbollah has played a major role in the war in Syria, and over the years, > with Iran’s total backing, it has murdered thousands of people in Lebanon, > Israel and throughout the world. > > Hezbollah has trained sister Iranian supported or commanded terrorist > groups like Islamic Jihad and Hamas. With the blessing, and often acting on > direct orders from the Islamic Republic, these groups have killed hundreds > of innocents. Like Hezbollah, Assad and the mullahs in Tehran, they have > also repressed their own people in the name of their Islamic devotion. > > And this brings us back to Obama and his insistence that IS is not > Islamic, but the Iranian regime is Islamic. How are we to understand this > seeming anomaly? Throughout his tenure in office, Obama has gone out of his > way to mainstream Muslim extremists. > > This has taken the form of granting senior appointments to people aligned > with the Muslim Brotherhood. For instance, amid a Congressional > investigation into suspected leaks, Mohamed Elibiary, a senior fellow at > the US Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council, resigned his > position. > > Just before his resignation, Elibiary tweeted that the rise of the > caliphate is “inevitable.” In 2004 he spoke at a conference in Dallas > celebrating the legacy of Iranian dictator Ayatollah Khomeini. As Robert > Spencer has reported, the conference was titled, “A Tribute to a Great > Islamic Visionary.” > > Moreover, Obama had befriended radical Islamic leaders who openly support > terrorism, including Turkish dictator Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the emir of > Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. > > And of course, as we see more and more clearly each day, the centerpiece > of Obama’s foreign policy has been appeasing the Islamic Republic of Iran > in the hope of achieving détente with the nuclear weapons pursuing state > sponsor of terrorism. > > The likes of IS, with its love of the video camera, discredit Obama’s > narrative that radical, terror- supporting Muslims are peaceful. Since IS > is openly evil, it is un-Islamic. > > On the other hand, despite the fact that it is nearly as barbaric as IS, > the Iranian regime is Islamic, because as far as Obama is concerned, it is > good. And it is good because he wants to make a deal with the mullahs. > > In other words, Obama is neither an expert on Islam, nor a man moved by > moral indignation. > > He opposes IS because IS makes it hard for him to defend Islam from bad > public relations. And he coos about the “Islamic Republic of Iran” because > he is dedicated to his mission of whitewashing and mainstreaming the regime > born of an Islamic revolution. > ------------------------------ > > Article printed from FrontPage Magazine: *http://www.frontpagemag.com > <http://www.frontpagemag.com>* > > URL to article: > *http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/caroline-glick/obama-and-the-definition-of-islamic/ > > <http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/caroline-glick/obama-and-the-definition-of-islamic/>* > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmOXAwcG1tBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MTUxNDcwNzU-> > > > - New Members > > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJnMzU2amxsBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxNDE1MTQ3MDc1> > > 1 > > [image: Yahoo! 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