" 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 warmongering zionists and neocons at AIPAC. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2012/03/text-of-obamas-aipac-speech-073588#ixzz3y0L6CBDf On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 8:53:41 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- > *Top Dubai Policeman Says Obama has “Shia Roots”: The Internet Laughs Back > <https://globalvoices.org/2016/01/20/top-dubai-policeman-says-obama-has-shia-roots-the-internet-laughs-back/>* > // *Global Voices Online » Iran > <https://globalvoices.org/2016/01/20/top-dubai-policeman-says-obama-has-shia-roots-the-internet-laughs-back/>* > > [image: Description: Barack and Michelle Obama photoshopped in Islamic > attire in front of the Imam Redha shrine, in Mashhad, Iran, a revered Shia > site. Image source unknown] > > Barack and Michelle Obama photoshopped in Islamic attire in front of the Imam > Redha shrine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imam_Reza_shrine>, in > Mashhad, Iran, a revered Shia site. The text, in Persian, reads “Very > soon..” Image source unknown > > The Internet has been in stitches ever since Dubai's deputy chief of > police Dhahi Khalfan announced on Twitter that US President Barack Obama > has “Shia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam> roots” and is likely > to visit Shia religious centres in Iran soon. > > The tweets, seen by many as reeking with Shia-phobia, were made following > the lifting of sanctions > <https://globalvoices.org/2016/01/17/implementation-day-in-iran-nuclear-diplomacy-leading-to-prisoner-releases-and-sanctions-relief/> > > imposed on Iran, agreed upon during the nuclear negotiations between Iran, > the P5+1 and the United States in July > <https://globalvoices.org/2015/07/14/breaking-historic-iran-nuclear-deal-finishes-in-vienna/> > . > > In his words, Khalfan tweets: > > أوباما الذي يعود لأصول شيعية انتخب لتقريب وجهات النظر بين إيران وأمريكا > لإيقاف برنامج إيران النووي العسكري.نجحت الخطة . > > — ضاحي خلفان تميم (@Dhahi_Khalfan) January 19, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/Dhahi_Khalfan/status/689285251395416064> > > Obama, who has Shia roots, was elected to bridge the gap between Iran and > the US to stop Iran's military nuclear programme. Mission accomplished. > > In another tweet, he adds: > > من المتوقع أن يزور أوباما قم ومشهد وكبرى الحسينيات في إيران. !! > > — ضاحي خلفان تميم (@Dhahi_Khalfan) January 19, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/Dhahi_Khalfan/status/689288894551076869> > > It is expected that Obama visits Qom, Mashhad and all the big Shia > religious congregation halls > > Many responded to Khalfan with mockery. AIfie shares this photograph with > Khalfan: > > @Dhahi_Khalfan <https://twitter.com/Dhahi_Khalfan> > pic.twitter.com/QQOCao84fw <https://t.co/QQOCao84fw> > > — Alfie (@AIfie_Twit) January 19, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/AIfie_Twit/status/689331449393221632> > > Faisal Alhbabi asks: > > @Dhahi_Khalfan <https://twitter.com/Dhahi_Khalfan> انت كيف صرت رئيس شرطة > دبي وهذا فكرك [image: Description: 😒] > > — FAISAl (@faisalalhbabi) January 19, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/faisalalhbabi/status/689398966383865856> > > How did you become chief of police when this is the level of your thinking? > > And Abbas Zahri shares this photograph of a Photoshopped Obama performing > Shia rituals mourning the death of one of their Imams: > > معك حق والدليل هذه الصورة [image: Description: 😂][image: Description: > 😂][image: > Description: 😂][image: Description: 😂][image: Description: 😂][image: > Description: 😂]@POTUS <https://twitter.com/POTUS> @BarackObama > <https://twitter.com/BarackObama> @Dhahi_Khalfan > <https://twitter.com/Dhahi_Khalfan> pic.twitter.com/WtPb8t7ZYE > <https://t.co/WtPb8t7ZYE> > > — عباس زهري (@zahri_abbas) January 19, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/zahri_abbas/status/689474418838376449> > > You are right and this is proof! > > More photoshopped pictures follow. Ammar Ali shares another doctored > photograph of the US president, this time performing in a Shia mourning > ritual, associated with Ashura > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Ashura>: > > صورة له و هو يقري لطمية ف حسينية @Dhahi_Khalfan > <https://twitter.com/Dhahi_Khalfan> pic.twitter.com/ZZfKd1BFkw > <https://t.co/ZZfKd1BFkw> > > — عمّــــاار عليّ (@ammar_ali94) January 19, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/ammar_ali94/status/689419647393726465> > > This is a photograph of him mourning in a Hussainiya > > A Hussainiya <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussainiya> is a Shia > congregation centre, used for gatherings to mark Shia rituals. > > Hussain M shares this photograph of Obama, saying its a leaked photograph > from a religious learning centre in Qom, the epicentre of Shia learning in > Iran: > > @Dhahi_Khalfan <https://twitter.com/Dhahi_Khalfan> صور مسربة لاوباما عند > تخرجه من حوزة قم في ايران . pic.twitter.com/fBgNy9NJJZ > <https://t.co/fBgNy9NJJZ> > > — hossien m. (@69mansourM) January 20, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/69mansourM/status/689765570888253440> > > > > Here's a leaked photograph of Obama after his graduation from a Shia > learning centre on Qom, Iran > > Iranians have documented different reactions to Obama's relationship with > Shia Islam. One Iranian blogger posted a picture from a November 2015 > anti-U.S. rally in Tehran. Here protesters carried pictures of Obama, where > his likeness is compared to that of Shemr > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shemr>, a villainous figure in Shia Islam. > > #Obama <https://twitter.com/hashtag/Obama?src=hash> depicted as Shemr, > the most evil figure in history for #Shia > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/Shia?src=hash> followers today's anti-US > rallies pic.twitter.com/tGO8zPvkFb <https://t.co/tGO8zPvkFb> > > — potkin azarmehr (@potkazar) November 4, 2015 > <https://twitter.com/potkazar/status/661904300348698625> > > Other Iranians who shared the news on their social media illustrated their > amusement at such far fetched theories. One Iranian-American blogger, Holly > Dagress, attached the news to the hashtag #ShiaScare. > > Dubai's ex-police chief says US President Barack #Obama > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/Obama?src=hash> is of Shia origin due to > #IranDeal <https://twitter.com/hashtag/IranDeal?src=hash> #ShiaScare > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShiaScare?src=hash> https://t.co/TuZJ6DK9t5 > > — Holly Dagres (@hdagres) January 20, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/hdagres/status/689750181986832384> > > Mohsen Milani, an Iranian academic based in the United States shared the > news with a laughing emoji. > > Ex head of Dubai Police Khalfan:#Obama > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/Obama?src=hash> is of #Shia > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/Shia?src=hash> origin elected to bring #Iran > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/Iran?src=hash> & US closer.[image: > Description: 😄] https://t.co/TZQEwkBdGB via @DrAbbasKadhim > <https://twitter.com/DrAbbasKadhim> > > — Mohsen Milani (@MohsenMilani) January 20, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/MohsenMilani/status/689813460788600832> > > Various conspiracy theories have circulated about Obama's Shia background > in the past. During the 2008 elections, Iran's state run newspapers > <http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1863363,00.html> ran > unsubstantiated claims about Obama's Shia past and connections to > southwestern Iran. In June 2015, Iraqi member of parliament Taha > al-Lahibi released a YouTube > <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/06/08/the-obama-is-a-muslim-conspiracy-theory-gets-a-shiite-twist-from-a-former-iraqi-lawmaker/> > > video explaining Obama's Shia background to be part of the conspiracy of > Iran's Shia forces fighting the Islamic State in Iraq, alongside the > evolving nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States. > > These theories are typically commented on by Iranians on social media with > ridicule. In response to the al-Lahibi conspiracy, one Iranian Twitter > user @sobhan348 sarcastically exclaims the nuclear negotiations were > turning Obama into a Shia. > > مذاکره با ایران اوباما را شیعه کرد! +فیلم http://t.co/T7XUdNPjJS > > — علمی مذهبی کوثر (@sobhan348) June 10, 2015 > <https://twitter.com/sobhan348/status/608566405060030464> > > Nuclear negotiations with Iran have made Obama into a Shia! +film > > Dubai's deputy chief of police's statements come after the United Arab > Emirates backed Saudi Arabia in the recent conflict with Iran that led the > two nations to end diplomatic ties. In reaction, the Emirates downgraded > their relationship by reducing the number of diplomats in Iran and > recalling its ambassador. 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