Obama's Weak Stance Foments Terrorism

On Muslims Against Sharia's website I read a short but concise opinion piece about Obama's weak actions (read "inaction") actually emboldening terrorists.  The link was to Canada Free Press, whose slogan interestingly is "... Because without America there is no Free World", and the opinion piece by John Lillpop began with this attention-grabbing line: "Obama has squandered home land security in order to pacify leftists who continue to operate under the illusion that Islam is a Religion of Peace."

Here's Lillpop's take on Obama's weakness:

Obama Emboldens Terrorists

 By John Lillpop  Saturday, December 26, 2009

When former President George W. Bush spoke to terrorists his message was simple and clear: We will hunt you down and kill you!

Period, end of story.

W’s “clenched fist” kept America safe for nearly eight years following the 9.11 attack.
Regrettably, since Barack Obama was sworn is at the 44th U.S. President, the message to terrorists is:

• Unclench your fists and let us talk
  
• Terrorists will be treated with the same dignity and politically correct manners afforded any American citizen
• Terrorists will be read their Miranda rights, provided with taxpayer-paid legal representation, and will be allowed to broadcast their anti-American, Jihad messages from the great media center that is New York City
• Terrorists are guilty of crimes which will be adjudicated in civilian courts rather than military tribunals, even for thugs like KSM who master-minded the 9.11 attack
• America is NOT a Christian nation—so fret not about your background in Islamofascism
• All things considered, 9.11 was justifiable and understandable. Let’s talk.
Obama’s unilateral unclenching of America’s mighty fist does not seem to have resonated. In just eleven months, a Muslim at Fort Hood has killed thirteen fellow soldiers. And an Al-Qaeda devotee tried to blow up an airplane headed to Detroit. In addition, nothing has been done to address Iran and its drive toward nuclear weapons. President Bush kept us safe for almost eight years; Obama has squandered home land security in order to pacify leftists who continue to operate under the illusion that Islam is a Religion of Peace. Moonbats who voted for Obama need to answer a fundamental question: Is America safer today than it was before noon on January 20, 2009 Period, end of story.

I find Lillpop's ideas especially timely and pertinent in the ongoing investigation into the Nigerian man who attempted to bomb that Northwestern plane that had landed Christmas Day in Detroit.  Why are airline and airport security measures being questioned -- as if the regulations in existence for the past 9 years are lax ... again?  If that is, indeed, the case, why did national security lighten up?  Oh, that's right: The Libs, the Press, and Obama don't want to consider that terrorists continue to be a real risk to the country.

Unfortunately, we don't have W's clenched fist to fend off terrorists and keep the nation safe -- as best as possible.  Instead, we have a Community Organizer who has negligently left America's backside vulnerable to the terrorists.  Obama was so quick to admonish Americans to not jump to conclusions about Hasan's purpose for murdering 13 (14 if you include the unborn baby) people at Ft. Hood. 

Obama bows to various heads of state, such as the emperor of Japan, Saudi Arabia, China, Putin .... heck, this embarrassing rube would even bow to the Burger King!  Embarrassing!  Yes, one should be courteous and civil when meeting other heads of state, but to be subservient?  (Gee, I would think a Black man would be especially hesitant to bow to anyone.)

With regard to Iran, Obama continues to bow to A-Jad's nuclear aspirations while all but ignoring the murder of protestors at the hands of the Iranian government.  (See my earlier post about Reagan's dealings with Poland compared to Obama's handling of the Iran situation -- "I Miss The Days of A President Who Leads.")

We have a "leader" who decides to close Guantanamo Bay and then bring the terrorists onto American soil.  Hmmmm ... maybe this whole Nigerian would-be plane bomber might cause his administration to reconsider the possible repercussions of terrorists on our own soil.  (Go here for Politico's "Xmas Bomb Bid Complicates Gitmo Plan.")

As Charles Krauthammer described it, 2009 has been Obama's "year of living fecklessly."  What a perfect word -- 'feckless' meaning weak, ineffective, worthless, or irresponsible.  Here's Krauthammer's appraisal (emphasis added):

On Tuesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did not just reject President Obama's latest feckless floating nuclear deadline. He spat on it, declaring that Iran "will continue resisting" until the U.S. has gotten rid of its 8,000 nuclear warheads.

So ends 2009, the year of "engagement," of the extended hand, of the gratuitous apology -- and of spinning centrifuges, two-stage rockets and a secret enrichment facility that brought Iran materially closer to becoming a nuclear power.

We lost a year. But it was not just any year. It was a year of spectacularly squandered opportunity. In Iran, it was a year of revolution, beginning with a contested election and culminating this week in huge demonstrations mourning the death of the dissident Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri -- and demanding no longer a recount of the stolen election but the overthrow of the clerical dictatorship.

Obama responded by distancing himself from this new birth of freedom. First, scandalous silence. Then, a few grudging words. Then relentless engagement with the murderous regime. With offer after offer, gesture after gesture -- to not Iran, but the "Islamic Republic of Iran," as Obama ever so respectfully called these clerical fascists -- the U.S. conferred legitimacy on a regime desperate to regain it.

Why is this so important? Because revolutions succeed at that singular moment, that imperceptible historical inflection, when the people, and particularly those in power, realize that the regime has lost the mandate of heaven. With this weakening dictatorship desperate for affirmation, why is the U.S. repeatedly offering just such affirmation?

Apart from ostracizing and delegitimizing these gangsters, we should be encouraging and reinforcing the demonstrators. This is no trivial matter. When pursued, beaten, arrested and imprisoned, dissidents can easily succumb to feelings of despair and isolation. Natan Sharansky testifies to the electric effect Ronald Reagan's Evil Empire speech had on lifting spirits in the Gulag. The news was spread cell to cell in code tapped on the walls. They knew they weren't alone, that America was committed to their cause.

Yet so aloof has Obama been that on Hate America Day (Nov. 4, the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran), pro-American counter-demonstrators chanted "Obama, Obama, you are either with us or with them," i.e., their oppressors.

Such cool indifference is more than a betrayal of our values. It's a strategic blunder of the first order.

Yeah, that's our President.  "I keep it cool." 



"If given a choice, I'll keep it cool."