Obama Stands with Muslims as He Promised

American Thinker
By Kyle-Anne Shiver
May 06, 2010

Now that Barack Obama is well into his presidency, it's clear that he is keeping at least one promise he made. He is standing with the Muslims.

In his chapter on "Race" in The Audacity of Hope, then-Senator Obama devoted a section to his post-9/11 concerns over the treatment of Muslim Americans. He makes special mention of meetings he had with Arab- and Pakistani-Americans, drawing attention to the "urgent quality" these meetings had taken after the 9/11 attacks on the WTC.

[T]he stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their [Arab- and Pakistani-Americans'] sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction. [Emphasis mine.]
 - Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope, p. 261

One Pakistani-American just learned that his citizenship meant a great deal of unmolested access to a whole host of possible terror victims. And since President Obama has taken a number of measures to ensure that no Muslim American feels "profiled" in any connection to terror plots, I think we can freely assume that until his arrest on board an Emirates airplane two days ago, Faisal Shahzad felt just as welcome and loved here as he did in the country of his birth and at his favorite mosque. As a naturalized American citizen, Faisal Shahzad moved freely, completely under the radar of any law enforcement entity or terror-watch agency.

Shahzad's bank knew far more about him than our so-called national security people. Our national security employees are those folks making big bucks to find people like Shahzad before they have a chance to blow any of us real American citizens to kingdom come. However, as was the case with the Ft. Hood terrorist, our national security and military personnel have become quite skittish in appearing to make any connection between the Muslim religion/political ideology and worldwide terrorism. Therefore, they don't look at the obvious until it is too late. Instead, resources are being squandered in the president's witch hunt against Tea Party grandmas and kiddies and middle-class homemakers and dads, all waving their American flags.     

Shahzad's real estate agent even knew something of this Pakistani's politics. Shahzad virulently hated President Bush and vociferously denounced the Iraq War, just as Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress did. 

From Shahzad's outspoken hatred of Bush and the Iraq War, we can deduce that Shahzad was most likely in full agreement with John Kerry's assertion that our troops were "terrorizing" Iraqi women and children in their homes in the "dead of night." Shahzad was most likely nodding his head the day that late Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) publicly convicted -- without a shred of evidence -- the Haditha Marines of "cold-blooded murder." Those Marines, of course, have since been exonerated, but as their acquittals didn't receive nearly the media attention as the charges against them, I doubt Shahzad even knew the Marines were innocent of killing his fellow Muslim civilians in murderous with no cause. 

We can also infer that Shahzad may have even cheered the day he saw the video of Rep. Harkin (D-CA) standing in the floor of the once-great American Congress and screamed at his fellow representatives: "You don't have money to fund the war or children. But you're going to spend it to blow up innocent people if we can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the president's amusement." I doubt Faisal Shahzad was amused by this rant; he was most likely incensed.

Once Obama was elected, and as Obama had professed his intention to "stand with the Muslims," Shahzad may have expected an immediate end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When Obama did not perform as expected, then perhaps Shahzad felt an urgent need to strike out at America, "the great Satan."    

Shahzad's work visas, prior to his request for citizenship being granted, were in the skilled-labor areas. He was a financial analyst, having earned two degrees at U.S. universities. He seems to have gone completely unnoticed by professors, who do not even remember him. Or perhaps, following this president's lead, these professors are simply refusing to remember any references their student may have made regarding his political/religious extremism.

Shahzad bought a house and lived an apparently quiet, unobtrusive lifestyle...that is, until he spent eight months out of the country, in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled hinterland.

Now, Faisal Shahzad is commonly referred to as the would-be Times Square Bomber. Yes, as his name and heritage indicate, he is a Muslim.

And yes, President Obama is standing with him. Though the president is taking great public pains to appear tough on terror and the real terrorists -- as opposed to the imaginary ones (i.e., conservatives and Tea Partiers) -- Barack Obama has actually gone to great lengths to make sure others like Shahzad remain utterly undisturbed. Others who at this very minute remain undetected among us, ready to strike on orders from radicalized Imams or terror-army chiefs, walk among us, now knowing that they have a true friend and protector in the White House. Barack Obama has successfully purged from the national discourse on terrorism -- excuse me, "man-made disasters" -- any mention of the religion/political ideology which is the undeniable common denominator.

Carefully protecting feelings can be a priority of a mommy tending her babies. Protecting a group's feelings at the expense of a nation's real safety is a huge no-no for a Commander in Chief. And if Barack Obama would prefer to be the nurturing mommy to all Muslims, he ought to resign from the presidency. Trying to be both a mommy to Muslim sensibilities and to perform adequately as our president is a losing formula for every real peace-loving American citizen.

It's a terrible thing when Americans have to face the day not only needing to know where their own children are, but also asking the haunting question:  Do you know where your Muslim neighbor is, and what he's up to?

We have to ask that question now because our president and his people will not.

So in the end, Barack Obama has brought about the exact scenario he has worked so hard to avoid. If Americans were assured that our president and our national security employees are doing the necessary watching and profiling, then we would also know we don't have to do it. We could be nice, hospitable, and open to our American Muslim neighbors and coworkers. 

But when we know that the people paid to fight terrorism refuse to see the obvious, then we are necessarily put on high alert. We take on their jobs. We watch. We stare. We shy from the company of those we know might become our worst nightmare.

Kyle-Anne Shiver is a frequent contributor to American Thinker. She welcomes your comments at www.kyleanneshiver.com.

 

 

Note:  Ah, if only more Americans had taken time to read the book of lies, written by Obama (or a Ghost writer) before voting on that fateful day in November 2008.  What is common knowledge today, was either denied or covered over by the faithful Obama media-worshippers.  He fooled lots of folks; anyone who dared question his background was immediately called a "racist" and his background is still a mystery that would cause a former game show "To Tell the Truth" to be stumped.

So, the cat is out of the bag now!  Yes, he is Muslim.  Some will say, "So what if he is Muslim", he is still our president and should be respected for being America's "leader".

Okay, I'll run with that thought for a moment.  It would not matter if he had not lied on the campaign trail and told the America people he was Muslim.  Why didn't he?  Perhaps because we we were (and still are) fighting a war on two fronts - dare I say it, a War against Islamic radical terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Perhaps it would have cost him votes, since Americans had not forgotten that it was Islamic terrorists - all nine of them - who attacked America on Sept. 11th. 

 

So, for whatever reasons known only to Obama, he lied to America before he became president.  Has he lied since becoming the 44th president?  You be the judge of that before next elections.  Has he fulfilled any of his promises?  

As the writer of this article states, "Yes - he promised to stand with the Muslims" and stand he does, with all the dictators and radicals in the world, while betraying the friendship of Israel, Britain, and other American allies.  Kyle-Anne Shiver is correct - he cannot bow and serve Islam, while his purpose as president is to "protect and serve" the United States.  The United States is NOT an Arab/Muslim nation.  The United States is a democracy.

 

 His loyalty to Islam gets in the way of the Constitution and America.  It was noted yesterday that the Palestinian leader, Abbas has stated "the United States has promised to get rough with Israel.  The United States shares the ideal of the Muslims."  When you have Arab leaders relying on Obama to get "rough" Israel, while supporting those same Arab leaders who honor terrorists by naming streets after murders of Israeli's, then yes, Obama being Muslim does get in the way of protecting, serving, and being loyal to America.  

As Kyle-Anne Shiver has presented so beautifully, let Obama resign and spend his waking hours defending Islam; we need a president who will defend America and America's allies - anything less, places our country in jeopardy.  Bee Sting