Over the last few weeks, we’ve heard our leadership in Washington expound ad nauseum on the virtue of supporting a giant mosque at Ground Zero - and the sin of burning the Koran.
Pundits of both persuasions have dedicated long hours to debating whether our current administration is sending “mixed signals” to America – and to our enemies. Consternation abounds over what seems to be a contradiction in Obama’s stance, and whether it indicates a lack of leadership, or just an attempt at “statesmanship”.
The sticking point seems to be that building the mosque is the exercise of Muslims’ Freedom of Religion, while non-Muslims don't have the right to burn the Koran, which they find religiously offensive.
However, there is no “mixed signal” – and there’s no contradiction – if you simply look at the facts.
As a child, Barrack Hussein Obama was raised by a Muslim parent, was educated in Muslim schools, and was officially designated as a Muslim in legal documents. As an adult, he has repeatedly expressed his support, kinship with, and empathy for them – both verbally and in writing.
He now claims to be a Christian – if it looks like it might gain him their support. However, he immediately disavowed his long-time pastor - the infamous, America-hating Jeremiah Wright - as soon as their association threatened his presidential campaign. And since then, he hasn’t been seen to darken the doorway of any Christian church even once.
He did not publicly observe the National Day of Prayer, as previous presidents have for years.
However, Obama does “religiously” observe every Muslim holiday – even going so far as to hold public celebrations of Islam in the White House itself. In addition, he never fails to refer to their religious text as the “holy” Koran.
He is publicly obsequious to the leaders of all Islamic nations, but openly rude and dismissive of Israel’s leadership.
For years, he and his fellow Democrats have routinely attacked Christian beliefs, practices and traditions, at every level of our society, with every legal weapon at their disposal.
He has come out against the incarceration of Muslim terrorists at Guantanamo. He has favored “Constitutional Rights” for Muslim terrorists. He has refused to condemn Muslim attacks for what they are, insisting on whitewashing them as “criminal acts”, and excusing away their radical Islamic motivation.
Therefore, the problem is not that he’s sending out “mixed signals”. His signals are crystal-clear, and the rest of the world is hearing them just fine.
Regardless of what label he finds it convenient to apply to himself at the time, his personal sympathies obviously lie with Muslims against non-Muslims of any persuasion. He will always support Muslims, against the rest of us. It is just that simple. There is no great mystery, because there is no contradiction.
The problem is simply that our media – and the rest of the Progressives who blindly support Obama – foolishly fail to recognize that Islamic ideology does not favor them anymore than it does Christianity. Under Islam, there is only Shari’a Law. And Shari’a Law does not permit homosexuality, women’s Liberation, Freedom of Speech or Press, OR the free exercise of any belief except Islam. So their blind “inclusiveness” stands a real good chance of getting them killed, right along with the rest of us.
It ain’t rocket science, and it doesn't require a degree from Harvard or Berkeley to understand it. If it looks a duck, waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.
And if a man’s every word and action supports, defends, protects, aids and abets Muslims, while attacking, hindering, limiting and maligning all other beliefs, he’s probably a Muslim at heart.
It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t openly carry a Koran, wear robes and a turban - which he has done! - or throw a prayer rug down on the porch of the White House, and publicly pray to Mecca five times a day. Actions speak far louder than words, and it is obvious that he is committed to siding with those who desire to destroy our Christian heritage, and our Constitutional Republic.
This year, Obama chose to avoid offending Muslims by not appearing at Ground Zero to commemorate the 9/11 attacks. After all, they are about to build their victory mosque there, and we mustn’t take away from their achievement by actually honoring the Americans who were slaughtered.
Instead, he delivered his speech at the Pentagon, where he assured them that “As Americans, we will not or ever be at war with Islam." That pretty-much tells Muslims around the world what they need to know – that he will always be on their side.
It should tell the rest of us, as well.
Diana Clark is a Christian, grandmother, conservative Constitutionalist, a Vet, from three generations of Vets - and would rather do a good CW two-step than eat. Diana can be reached at asnglvoice@centurylink.net