In other news.....Pigs aren't pork. When that fell out of his mouth, I lost it.
That SCOAMF. (look it up at the urban dictionary.) David On Sep 11, 2014, at 9:47 PM, BILROJ via Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Atlas Shrugs > September 11, 2014 > > Obama's Big Speech: The Islamic State "Is Not Islamic"AQ > > America tuned in to hear how Obama planned to defeat the Islamic army > conquering whole swaths of the Middle East. Instead, Obama took to the prime > time airwaves to proselytize for Islam. > > Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not Islamic. No religion condones > the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been > Muslim. > > The bigger the lie, the better Obama is at telling it. Islamic texts and > teachings command the oppression, subjugation and slaughter of the kuffar. > Shia Muslims are considered heretics. Obama was raised a Muslim. He knows > this. So he is lying -- taqiyya -- to the American people. And he speaks only > about the Muslims who are victims (shia and secular Muslims, considered > apostates) -- no mention of the millions of Christian victims. Obama does not > concern himself with non-Muslims as well, and not just in aiding and abetting > their defeat. Obama insists that the Islamic State is not Islamic as Muslims > from the US, Canada, Europe, Australia flock to join them in the cause of > Islam. > > As for defeating the Islamic State, that's the next President's problem (and > ours). He did his part. He created the vacuum to led to their success. But > Obama assures us that "America is safer." He calls the millions of jihadists > across the world a small group of killers -- an Islamic army redrawing the > maps of the world and hurling a great many parts of the world back to the age > of the primitive under the sharia. > > This was the time to educate the American people about the Islamic threat. > Instead, he scrubbed, deceived and dissembled. On the eve of September 11th, > the threat is greater than ever. > > President Obama delivered the following remarks at the White House on Sept. > 10. Transcript courtesy of Federal News Service. > > PRESIDENT OBAMA: My fellow Americans, tonight I want to speak to you about > what the United States will do with our friends and allies to degrade and > ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as ISIL. > > As commander in chief, my highest priority is the security of the American > people. Over the last several years, we have consistently taken the fight to > terrorists who threaten our country. We took out Osama bin Laden and much of > al-Qaida's leadership in Afghanistan and Pakistan. We've targeted al-Qaida's > affiliate in Yemen and recently eliminated the top commander of its affiliate > in Somalia. We've done so while bringing more than 140,000 American troops > home from Iraq and drawing down our forces in Afghanistan, where our combat > mission will end later this year. Thanks to our military and counterterrorism > professionals, America is safer. > > Still, we continue to face a terrorist threat. We can't erase every trace of > evil from the world and small groups of killers have the capacity to do great > harm. That was the case before 9/11, and that remains true today. And that's > why we must remain vigilant as threats emerge. At this moment the greatest > threats come from the Middle East and North Africa, where radical groups > exploit grievances for their own gain. And one of those groups is ISIL -- > which calls itself the Islamic State. > > Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not Islamic. No religion condones > the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been > Muslim. And ISIL is certainly not a state. It was formerly al-Qaida's > affiliate in Iraq and has taken advantage of sectarian strife and Syria's > civil war to gain territory on both sides of the Iraq-Syrian border. It is > recognized by no government nor by the people it subjugates. ISIL is a > terrorist organization, pure and simple. And it has no vision other than the > slaughter of all who stand in its way. > > In a region that has known so much bloodshed, these terrorists are unique in > their brutality. They execute captured prisoners. They kill children. They > enslave, rape and force women into marriage. They threatened a religious > minority with genocide. And in acts of barbarism, they took the lives of two > American journalists -- Jim Foley and Steven Sotloff. > > So ISIL poses a threat to the people of Iraq and Syria and the broader Middle > East, including American citizens, personnel and facilities. If left > unchecked, these terrorists could pose a growing threat beyond that region, > including to the United States. While we have not yet detected specific > plotting against our homeland, ISIL leaders have threatened America and our > allies. Our intelligence community believes that thousands of foreigners, > including Europeans and some Americans, have joined them in Syria and Iraq. > Trained and battle-hardened, these fighters could try to return to their home > countries and carry out deadly attacks. > > I know many Americans are concerned about these threats. Tonight I want you > to know that the United States of America is meeting them with strength and > resolve. Last month I ordered our military to take targeted action against > ISIL to stop its advances. Since then we've conducted more than 150 > successful airstrikes in Iraq. These strikes have protected American > personnel and facilities, killed ISIL fighters, destroyed weapons and given > space for Iraqi and Kurdish forces to reclaim key territory. These strikes > have also helped save the lives of thousands of innocent men, women and > children. > > But this is not our fight alone. American power can make a decisive > difference, but we cannot do for Iraqis what they must do for themselves, nor > can we take the place of Arab partners in securing their region. That's why > I've insisted that additional U.S. action depended upon Iraqis forming an > inclusive government, which they have now done in recent days. > > So tonight, with a new Iraqi government in place, and following consultations > with allies abroad and Congress at home, I can announce that America will > lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat. Our objective is > clear: We will degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL through a comprehensive > and sustained counterterrorism strategy. > > First, we will conduct a systematic campaign of airstrikes against these > terrorists. Working with the Iraqi government, we will expand our efforts > beyond protecting our own people and humanitarian missions so that we're > hitting ISIL targets as Iraqi forces go on offense. Moreover, I have made it > clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever > they are. That means I will not hesitate to take action against ISIL in Syria > as well as Iraq. This is a core principle of my presidency: If you threaten > America, you will find no safe haven. > > > -- > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. 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