Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Obama did the right thing by apologizing to the Afghan people

Last week a NATO General in Afghanistan destroyed several Korans which were said to have been used to pass encrypted messages among the prisoners at the Bagram Air Base prison near Kabul, and the destruction of the books was seen by visiting Muslims.

And now Muslims in Afghanistan have been on a rampage ever since, killing at least 20 people, including two US officers as the Taliban and other extremist groups used the book burnings to incite hate against the United States and its NATO allies.

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai met with General John R. Allen, the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan and Ashton B. Carter, the deputy defense secretary. They apologized and offered to cooperate fully with the Afghan government in its investigation into what led to the burning of the Korans.

President Barack Obama had also apologized for the Koran-burning incident in a letter to President Hamid Karzai saying the books had been "unintentionally mishandled".

“I extend to you and the Afghan people my sincere apologies,’’ said President Obama in his letter.

Because President Obama sent an apology to the Afghan people, right wing extremists including Presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich along with their former employer Fox “News”, have come out and damned President Obama for his apology.

Rick Santorum said that President Obama is “showing weakness” by apologizing.

"It's showing weakness, and when you show weakness, these things happen," Santorum said after a campaign appearance in Michigan. "So this is the president, showing a side of himself that people in that region of the world perceive -- rightly -- as a person who can be manipulated and moved to make concessions. The president needs to be strong and defend his people, none of whom were doing the wrong thing."

Newt Gingrich said, “you don’t apologize to the enemy”.

"When the men and women who serve under you are killed, you don’t apologize to the enemy," said Gingrich while attending the evening service in Milner, a small town in Lamar County. "This is disgraceful ... this is exactly the wrong thing to do."

But Obama did not apologize to our enemies, he apologized to the people of Afghanistan, it is the Taliban and the extremist elements in Afghanistan that are our enemies, and he did not apologize to them. But right wing extremists do not differentiate between the people of Afghanistan and our enemies, to them, all Muslims are our enemies, and not just in Afghanistan, everywhere, including here in the United States.

Last month a video showed up on Youtube of US forces pissing on dead Muslims. The Department of Defense apologized and said they would investigate the incident.

Now you know where the right wing extremists in the United States draw the line on apologizes, it’s OK to apologize for pissing on dead Muslims, but not for burning their Holy book.

Santorum, Gingrich and Fox “News” incite the fires of the extremist elements here in the United States and in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, further placing US troops and NATO forces in danger. With today’s technology, when right wing extremists spout off against Muslims in the United States, their words are heard around the world.

The reality is President Obama was trying to calm the Afghan citizens down so people would not be killed, but Santorum, Gingrich and Fox “News” don’t live in the world of reality, they live in a world of hate, greed and politics.

 
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Andrew Breitbart makes an ass of himself shouting at protesters

Andrew Breitbart a provocateur for right wing extremist ideals, was caught on video outside the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., during this past weekends CPAC 2012 (Conservative Political Action Conference) meeting.

Breitbart lost it on the crowd, and started screaming, “Behave yourself! Behave yourself! Behave yourself!,” over and over and over, and then, “you filthy freaks!,” and, repeatedly, “Stop raping people! Stop raping people!”

Breitbart is famous for misinforming his audience by use of editing and truncating truths and facts, then turning those facts and truths into slime and smear for his extremist audience. His targets are the President of the United States, Democrats and EVERYONE who is not a right wing fundamentalist.

This is not the first time Breitbart has been seen acting like an insane person and it surely won’t be the last. Watch the video.