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God and Jerusalem
Another reminder of Mr. Obama’s ideological history.
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Dinesh D’Souza has no crystal ball. But you don’t need a crystal ball to predict Barack Obama’s hostile attitude toward Israel, despite all of Obama’s lofty words saying the opposite.
All you need to know is the man’s ideological history and the long line of ideologues who have helped him shape that ideology. These include Professor Edward Said, spokesman for Palestinian terrorists, under whom Obama studied at Columbia University.
The question of Jerusalem at the Democrats’ convention threatened to open a can of worms that Barack Obama cannot afford to have opened, least of all in an election year.
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Von Mises Jr| 9.13.12 @ 7:01AM
The can of worms that affects not only the Jewish State, but the United States is that when attacking our Embassy and Consulate on 911, the Islamist were chanting "Obama, Obama, we are a billion Osama’s."
Democrats spiking the ball on Osama's death as their Party Platform may have incited the attacks in the Middle East.
CrackerHound| 9.13.12 @ 12:13PM
I really don't care what incited yet ANOTHER "Muslim backlash". Islam seems to always be in a perpetual state of turmoil. To my eyes they are the opposite of the religion of peace. I am not an Islamic expert by any means but a bumper sticker I saw a while back says it all....everything I need to know about Islam I learned on 9/11. I am their enemy...they hate me and trying to make peace with them or interact at all will be fruitless. We need to adopt that as our offical policy towards the Muslim world.
How the left can coddle and defend Islam while absolutely hating a segment of Americans who don't agree with them is beyond me.
Von Mises Jr| 9.13.12 @ 7:22PM
I am not defending Islam or terror, just simply citing that Prezzy Opoligizer is a disaster. If he is re-elected he will kill the old people with his ObamaCare "death panels" and kill our young men in the wars he will lead us into.
Mises (the real one) taught in "Omnipotent Government" and Hayek in "Socialism and War" that collectivism always fails at home and results in aggression and war. Plus the socialist love war since they then claim that it worked so well in winning the war that we should adopt it in peacetime.
Appleby| 9.13.12 @ 7:37AM
Obama, like almost all the Hippie Scum who came before him, counts on the fact that "They Don't Mean It." Because he himself doesn't mean anything he says, he assumes that everyone else's rhetoric is mere bombast and airy persiflage too. Unfortunately for him, some people DO mean what they say. And by the time Obama slinks off to Hawaii to his $35 million compound to write yet another "memoir", he'll know it too. He may never admit it. But he'll know it.
Kwan| 9.13.12 @ 9:23AM
If Netanyahu is depending on da Community Organizer to take substantial steps in dealing with the Iran problem he's in for a major disappointment. Does Netanyahu dare risk the survival of his country by trusting that the clown-circus Obama Administration is in any way capable of dealing with this situation? Look at Obama's record Radical Islam is expanding in the Middle East: Egypt and Libya. Next the Obamaites want to turn over Syria to the Muslim Brotherhood and pretend it's Democracy. It's time for Netanyahu to come to the realization that with friends like Obama who needs enemies.
TLP| 9.13.12 @ 9:49AM
Are these the End Times?
Is the Mayan Calender correct, in predicting 12/21/12 as the end? And, isn't that quite the peculiar sequence of numbers?
Coincidence?
Is it possible that everything foretold in Revelation, is coming to pass, right before our eyes?
The Increase in the Numbers, and Severity of Natural Disasters. The size of the Army that is now coming together to Attack Israel. The BEAST that sits on the Throne of America. A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. The Scion of an Atheist Communist Whore and a Muslim Marxist Whore Chasing Alcoholic, who Died in a Kenyan Gutter, Drunk, and riddled with Aids. The Peace Prize Winner in a World that has Erupted in Wars, since his Coronation.
And, now he seeks Re-election on a Platform of GOD IS DEAD, Murdering your Unborn Child is a Virtue, and Living your life as one of Caligula's Whores is not only okay but should be Financed by the Good People among us, as well.
A Platform fit for SODDOM and GAMORRAH.
A Platform fit for a Prince of Darkness.
The End of Days?
I guess we'll soon find out.
canuckistani| 9.13.12 @ 5:02PM
These are not the end of days. If you could divinate that, you'd be an AmSpec editor.
Even Rummy said freedom is "messy" when the Iraqis ransacked the country. The Libyan and Egyptian and Yemeni governments have all reacted with condemnation and have taken steps to examine what happened. This would have been unheard of just one year ago.
It was an embarrassment to them as it was a tragedy to us, and it will be a useful lens on what needs to be done by them in future.
Stevens was a Junior appointee. He sided with the Libyan rebels from day one under BHO, stayed there and died there. A true patriot, and a true believer in the US foreign policy there, and a friend to the first democratically elected government in a generation.
We had dozens of embassy attacks on Junior's watch and noone on here suggested he was the underwriter of these attacks. Why the ludicrous equivocation?
TLP| 9.13.12 @ 6:34PM
I SHOULD be the Editor at this Establishment Rag, now that you mention it.
Kwan| 9.13.12 @ 5:57PM
It's certainly the end of something. Either the left is going to go down in flames, or the United States as envisioned by the Founding Fathers will. Both ideologies cannot co-exist in the same country. I believe that the Left is on the road, like the DoDo bird to extinction. The left's ideology does not produce a positive outcome for anybody that believes in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They can only stay in power through the implementation of an oppressive Police State, and the termination of free elections . Just ask the people of Venezuela
gene| 9.13.12 @ 9:53AM
People repeat history. Over and Over. Obama thinks he is a great leader. Just like Chamberlain.
And history will remember him, just like Chamberlain.
St Reformed| 9.13.12 @ 11:52PM
Yes, but what shall be the price we all pay for his occupation of our WH? Nov. 6 will provide the answer.
CrackerHound| 9.13.12 @ 11:19AM
Israel is a first world power house that contributes greatly to the world and is well versed in freedom for all of it's citizens and allows for a free flow of ideas.....America's natural ally. The rest of the Middle East....not so much.
If the US is NOT already on the downside of our Roman style collapse (I say we are), we need to elect leaders who are united in the idea that we unequivocally favor Israel without apologies. If a nation is receiving US aid, the conditions are you cannot be an enemy of America or Israel.
I have reached a conclusion that would be hard to dispute. Obama prefers outcomes that include poverty, division and despotism over freedom, national pride and prosperity.
The answer to whether or not America is done will be determined by who sits in the Whitehouse in 2013. I have no doubt whatsoever about that.
C Smith | 9.13.12 @ 11:33AM
"The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. And it shall come to pass in that day, that... Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion" (Joel 3:16-21 ).
The Avenger| 9.13.12 @ 12:33PM
I found this interesting, it was the verse of the day. From the book of Habakkuk , chapter 1.
“Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.
6 I am raising up the Babylonians,[a]
that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth
to seize dwellings not their own.
7 They are a feared and dreaded people;
they are a law to themselves
and promote their own honor.
8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,
fiercer than wolves at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
9 they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[b] advance like a desert wind
and gather prisoners like sand.
10 They mock kings
and scoff at rulers.
They laugh at all fortified cities;
by building earthen ramps they capture them.
11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on—
guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”
vigilant| 9.13.12 @ 3:14PM
The winds of war are howling. The birthpains of something new arriving are growing closer together. Yes, TLP, C Smith, Avenger, et al of those who know what we know, the time is growing short and everything is falling into place just as predicted in the Bible, which has a 100% accuracy record for all its prophecies. Israel is going to be attacked by the King of the North (Russia), South (Arab nations), East (China) and West (European nations), but she will be miraculously protected. And we get front row seats to watch it all begin to unfold. Great privilege, though, is accompanied by great responsibility. An exciting and challenging time in which to live. I pray that our friends and fellow fighters for all that this great nation represents will open their eyes to what is happening so that none are left behind. The Lion of Judah is about to roar. Keep the faith and carry on. See you topside.
John786| 9.13.12 @ 3:20PM
You fruitcakes need to know a few things:
Al Quds ( Jerusalem) is occupied land under international law.
It is the most sacred of sacred place in Islam.
It is the centre of the Islamic world.
Islamic history is centred on Jerusalem.
Islamic scholarship is centred in Jerusalem.
Islam is nothing without Jerusalem.
The Arabs are nothing without Jerusalem.
Either Israel will comply with international law or will be made to do so.
Muslims have the resolve, faith & patience to see this to the end.
Justice will be prevail.
You guys have a lot of arrogance to enter the centre of the Islamic world and trash Islamic heritage.
Jews should build there temples away from Islamic sites.
C. Vernon Crisler | 9.13.12 @ 4:21PM
Is this a joke?
canuckistani| 9.13.12 @ 4:54PM
No it's not. Their imaginary friend told them this just like the Jew's imaginary friend told them to commit genocide and set up shop on the dusty plateau.
As Christians, we have zero stake in this fight and should be ignoring it. The Mohammedans permitted better access to Christian sites over the centuries better than any zionist faction. With Nazareth and Bethlehem sliced diced and partitioned, pilgrims are barred from access.
Think about it as we defend one religious state over another.
Third Templars on here are perverters of the Word and we should be more diligent in exposing their nefarious purposes.
Butch| 9.13.12 @ 5:37PM
Infidel know;
You have stepped on the toe;
of Abdulla Bulbul Amir.
TLP| 9.13.12 @ 6:42PM
Jerusalem is mentioned ZERO TIMES in the Koran.
It is mentioned over 600 Times in the Bible.
Coincidence?
I don't think so.
Why are you even here?
Shouldn't you be somewhere else, Raping your Wife, Stoning your Daughters to Death, Strapping a Bomb Belt on your Sons, and putting Lipstick on your Favourite Goat for the upcoming Most Beautiful Goat Contest?
Do everybody a favour, and go kill yourself in an alley, somewhere.
NOBODY will miss you.
Of that, I am certain.
John786| 9.13.12 @ 8:21PM
Muslims have 1500 years presence in Al Quds ( the holy place) . Tens of thousands of islamic heritage sites. Every year of Islamic history is documented in the fabric of historic Palestine. In the Quran:Jerusalem is mentioned countless times. Israel must comply with international law and end the occupation of Al Quds. And Jews should not desecrate Islamic sites. If the Jews must build temples then they should be located far away from Islamic places. Unfortunately some fanatical Jews are not respecting Islamic Holy sites. I have personally witnessed Al Aqsa ( so called temple mount) being desecrated by Jews. This is a provocation. Israel continues to cross red lines and will be held responsible for destroying Muslim holy places.
David| 9.13.12 @ 8:21PM
Oh come now TLP, don't confuse John 786 with facts based on the authoritative texts of the 2 religions. That is unfair and being unkind to morons.
As Malkin says, Islam is the religion of perpetual outrage.
I thought it was Mecca, no Medina, no wait.....just fill in the blank, that is the most sacred place in Islam. Everywhere is the most sacred place. Any place they have ever conquered and then lost they believe is still their's.
And to the person who asked why Christians are even in this fight between Muslims and Jews.......................well, think about it.........................Jesus was a Jew - imagine that!!!
David| 9.13.12 @ 8:35PM
I don't like to bust your bubble John 786, but there has never been an HISTORIC Palestine. It is a recent imaginary land in the minds of brain dead libs and Muslims.
Maybe you and your ilk are like my liberal neighbor who thought Palestinians are the same people as the Phillistines of the Bible.
Ask yourself this question: Why do Palestinians and other Muslims live freely in Israel and even hold political positition is Israel's government - they have one man one vote, but a Jew could not dream of serving in government in an Islamic country?