Friday, April 16, 2010

Obama's Muslim Sympathies and Hatred of Israel (also, Petition to be signed)

April 15, 2010

Obama's Muslim Sympathies and Hatred of Israel

United States President Barack Obama continues to make it clear that he is not a friend of Israel.  In reality his sympathies continue to be with Arab countries and Muslims in general.  The Obama administration has made it clear that any support for Israel will be balanced against other interests.  We know what those other interests are. 
Obama's mantra now seems to be that Middle East conflict, [Palestinians vs Israel] is the cause for American lives being lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.  So, let me get this straight, if Israel caves in to the Palestinians everybody in the Middle East will be happy, love America, al-Qaeda will stop plotting terror against the US at home and abroad, and unicorns  and rainbows will cover the earth.  Right?.
The radical shift in US Middle East policies, marked by tough demands of Israel, was confirmed and highlighted by President Obama Barak Tuesday, April 14, in his comment that conflicts like the one in the Middle East ended up "costing significantly in terms of both blood and treasure." Reporting this, the New York Times noted that he echoed the recent suggestion by Gen. David Petraeus, OC Central Command, that American lives in Iraq and Afghanistan were imperiled by lack of progress in the Middle East implying Israel's policies on the Palestinians were responsible. (Petraeus later phoned Israel's chief of staff to say his remarks were misunderstood and taken out of context.)  (DEBKAfile)


World Jewish Congress Pres Ronald Lauder Stands up to Obama.
In an unprecedented open letter to President Obama, Ronald Lauder, the President of the World Jewish Congress asks the President to stop his public feud with the State of Israel and start dealing with real issues like a nuclear Iran..(continue at One Jerusalem)


The real issue is Iran's nuclear program.  Obama's nuclear summit this week, which accomplished nothing at all except to highlight the number of friendly countries Obama has insulted.  Example, Britain's Gordon Brown said he had better things to do and he didn't need any more DVD's that won't play in England.  Oh snap! 
Russia announced yesterday that Iran will have nuclear abilities in August of this year -- 4 months!

Nuclear summit logo is an Islamic-shaped crescent, by Error Theory

World leader, known for reminding the Islamic world that his middle name is Hussein, hosts nuclear summit, presided over by large Islamic-shaped crescent:

Obama, Hu, et al with NSS10 logo, Ron Sachs photo
Photo by Ron Sachs.
It is hard to believe that the State Department could do this by accident:

NSS10-MAS-IranianSpaceAgency

An Islamic crescent is a very distinct and completely unnatural geometric shape, combining a circular outer arc with a non-concentric circular inner arc. The unnaturalness is an Islamic religious requirement. A lunar crescent has an elliptical inner arc. Using such a natural shape as a religious symbol would risk idolatry (the worship of any actual thing besides God). Thus Muslims use as their symbol the explicitly unnatural circle-in-circle crescent shape.

Sometimes the inner circle sits entirely inside the outer circle. This arrangement is typically used to symbolize Islamic world domination, as seen in the MAS logo. More often the inner circle extends beyond the outer circle, as seen on the last last Ottoman flags:

Turkish flag
Turkish flag. Crescent covers an unnatural 2/3rds of a circle of arc, give or take (in contrast to a lunar crescent, which always covers a half a circle of arc).

Obama's circle-in-circle NSS logo uses a thin crescent to combine the world encompassing aspect of the MAS logo with the more familiar Ottoman crescent, covering less than a full circle of arc.


Obama has ordered his underlings not to notice Islamic connections

Given that the unnatural circle-in-circle crescent is the only widely recognized graphic symbol of Islam, it must have been recognized as such by at least a significant percentage of the State Department personnel who saw it prior to the summit. Why didn't anyone object, forcefully and publicly if necessary?

It would seem to be the Fort Hood phenomenon, where witnesses to Nidal Hasan's murderous ideology were afraid that making an issue of it would be career suicide, thereby enabling Hasan's mass murder of American soldiers. Obama has now made the career suicide threat official, ordering all members of the executive branch to be as oblivious to Islam as possible. The more disturbing the Islamic connection, the more it is to be avoided, to the point where Muslim terrorists, whose reading of orthodox Islamic interpretation compels them to slaughter infidels, are no longer to be called "Muslim terrorists" or "Islamic extremists." Everyone is just supposed to ignore their Islamic motivation.


Hydrogen atoms and Swastikas

Defenders of Obama's nuclear crescent (trolls in the comments at Gateway) think that so long as the Islamic-shaped crescent can be interpreted in some non-Islamic way, there is nothing wrong with using an Islamic shaped crescent to represent American hospitality:
Oh please, folks, get a grip. It’s modeled after a hydrogen atom, you know, as in hydrogen bombs?
This issue came up when the Missile Defense Agency's crescent shaped website logo became a news story in February.

Missile Defense Agency logo, from website, blowup

MDA website logo, uses the world-encompassing symbolism of a full circle-in-circle crescent favored by several Islamic terror groups:

Circle-in-circle jihadist crescents
Left: Islamic Palestine Block insignia. Center: Hamas insignia. Right: PLFP insignia (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine).

MDA spokesman Rich Lehner insists that the world-encompassing circle-in-circle crescent "symbolizes the worldwide protection of our homeland and deployed forces." But do we get to redefine in this way the only symbol shape that our terror war enemies claim as their own?

By that logic, one could say that the swastika represents a helicopter rotor in motion, making a great logo for our Apache squadrons, but no such interpretation can obviate the established meaning of the symbol shape, and like the swastika, the full circle-in-circle crescent has its own established meaning (a meaning not so different from the swastika). It represents Islamic domination of the planet. For Lehner to protest that this isn't what the full circle-in-circle crescent means to him is as ludicrous and irrelevant as saying that he sees the swastika as a spinning propeller.


Not that it matters, but the NSS logo fails as hydrogen atom

Most obviously, why the gap in the electron's orbit? The only purpose of this gap would seem to be to turn the crescent into the familiar Islamic-shaped crescent.

Less obviously, notice that the fattening of the crescent at the lower left indicates visually that the electron is coming closer at that point. That would only be the case if the orbit were being observed somewhat edge-on, but that would make the orbit appear to the observer as an ellipse, not the circle seen in the NSS logo.

By the same token, since the orbit is seen as circular rather than elliptical, that means it is being observed from above (from one of the poles of the axis of rotation), which means the electron is not moving closer to and further from the observer, hence no crescent-like fattening of the arc would be observed.

The only purpose for the unnatural fattening of the circle on one side representation would again seem to be to create the familiar Islamic shaped crescent.


Frank Gaffney was pre-mature in walking back his concerns about the MDA crescent

Kudo's to Frank Gaffney for forcing our Democrat dominated media to address the crescent shaped MDA logo two months ago. In addition to noting the Islamic shape, Gaffney also noted the likeness to Obama's permanent campaign logo:

MDA and Obama Logos

When he discovered that the MDA logo predated the Obama administration, Frank began a walk-back, which he extended to the crescent shape:
It has also been observed that – rather than embracing the symbolic crescent and star, they could be interpreted as the targets of the intercepting swoosh in the MDA’s latest logo. If so, the 2009 design would presumably be offensive to Islamists, rather than evidence of submission to them.
No, the crescent cannot be interpreted as the target of the intercepting missile, because the target of the intercepting missile is explicit. It is shooting down another missile. The missile shot in the logo can be interpreted as defending the crescent, but it cannot be interpreted as attacking the crescent because the crescent is not a missile.


Ignorant coincidence, or stealth jihad?

The unanswered question is whether the Islamic-looking logos are the product of ignorant coincidence or Islamic supremacism. There are stealth jihadists who work in the field of Islamic symbolism, like the Los Angeles architect who designed the giant Mecca-oriented crescent that is now being built atop the Flight 93 crash site. A crescent that Muslims face into to face Mecca is called a mihrab, and is the central feature around which every mosque is built. (Some mihrabs are pointed arch shaped, but the archetypical mihrab is crescent shaped.) The planned memorial will be the world's largest mosque.

Like Gaffney (sorry Frank, but you really wimped out on this one), the defenders of the crescent mosque are willing to embrace untenable excuses for their Islamic symbol shape. Asked how he could abide the Mecca orientation of the giant crescent, Patrick White, Vice President of Families of Flight 93, argued that the almost-exact Mecca-orientation cannot be intended as a tribute to Islam because the in-exactness of it (within 2° of Mecca) would be "disrespectful" to Islam.

After the cartoon jihad, Gaffney and White might be excused for thinking that Muslims will take offense at just about anything, but the fact is, orthodox Islam cares very little about how exactly anyone faces Mecca for prayer. For most of Islam's 1400 year history, far flung Muslims had no accurate way to determine the direction to Mecca. Thus it developed as a matter of religious principle that what matters is intent to face Mecca (and God).

So where did Patrick White get the idea that orientation on Mecca must be exact? From a Muslim scholar commissioned by the Park Service to answer just this question. His name is Nasser Rabbat, and he told the Park Service a flat out lie. Why? Rabbat is presumably a stealth jihadist, though he could have also been doing a personal favor for ex-classmate Paul Murdoch, the Los Angeles architect who designed the Crescent of Embrace.

This is why these possibly coincidental Islamic symbol shapes need to be properly investigated: because where there is smoke, there is sometimes fire.


Gaffney was also premature in dismissing the Obama-like character of the MDA logo

Just because the Obama-like logo was not a product of the Obama administration does not mean it was not the work of a freelance Obamaton, or even an Obama-connected logo designer.

Obama started using his logo in early 2007, when it made a huge splash in the logo-design community. The contract for the MDA logo was not let until September 2007 and the logo itself did not appear until October 2008. Thus the MDA logo was designed while Obama's logo was all the rage, and given Obama's connections in the advertising industry, his people could even have exercised some direct influence over the MDA logo.

The strong Obama likeness makes it almost certain that the MDA logo was created by an Obama partisan as a tribute to Obama. From that strong prior, the likelihood that the Islamic-shaped crescent was also intentional goes up dramatically. Our president does not emphasize the "Hussein" in "Barack Hussein Obama" for nothing.


Blogburst logo, petition
Also reporting Bob McCarty Writes.  Blogs participating below the fold:

To join our blogburst-effort to stop the crescent mosque, just send your blog's url.
1389 Blog - Antijihadist Tech
9/11 List-Serve
A Defending Crusader
A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever
A Liberal's Worst Nightmare
a12iggymom's blog
ACT Golden Gate
Al Salibiyyah
Alamo City Pundit
All American Blogger
Almost Midnight in the West
American and Proud
American Commentaries
Anchor Watch
And Here I Go: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
And Rightly So
Animal Farm
Anne Arundel Maryland Politics
apocryphal EVIDENCE !
ARRA News Service
Atlas Shrugs
Auntie Coosa Campfire Journal
Bare Naked Islam
Bare Naked Islam
Battle Dress U
Because I'm Right
Best Destiny
Beyond Hollywood
Big Dog's Weblog
Big Sibling
Blackboot Jacks
blogito, ergo, sum
Bob McCarty Writes
Boston Maggie
Cao2's Weblog
Cao's Blog
Chaotic Synaptic Activity
Chester Street
Chicago Ray
Christmas Ghost
Chronicle Watch
Classic Liberal
Clay Ritter
Clay's Rants and Musings
Cocked and Loaded
Colonel Robert Neville Always Dresses for Dinner
Common Sense Junction
Concrete Bob
Covertress
Creeping Sharia
DC Protest Warrior
Democrat = Socialist
Dr. Bulldog and Ronin
Error Theory
EW1’s Intercept Log
Faultline USA
Flanders Fields
Flopping Aces
Founding Fathers of the Vast Right Wing
Four Pointer
Francase Place
Freedom Ain't Free
Freedom Warrior
Freedom's Enemies
Fried Green Onions
From My Position On the Way!
Garbanzo Toons
General Rachel's Weblog
GM's Place
Gunservatively
Haid Dasalami
Hard to Swallow
Heretics Crusade
Holger Awakens
Honesty In Motion
Hoosier Army Mom
House Harkonnen
I Own The World
Infidels' Paradise
Informing Christians
Ironic Surrealism v3.0
Ivy League Conservatives
I'm Having A Thought Here
Jack Lewis
Jihad Press
Jim-Rose - the Libertarian Popinjay
Judge Right
Just Barking Mad
kae's bloodnut blog
Kender's Musings
Lemur King's Folly
Liberal Guy
Maggie's Notebook
MELAMPUS'S MENAGERIE!!!!
Miss Beth's Victory Dance
Monkey in the Middle
Mushy's Smoochings
Muslims Against Sharia
My Own Thoughts
Neoconstant
Nice Deb
No Apology
No Compromises When It Comes To Being Right!
Noli insipientium iniurias pati
Not A Sheep
Ocean Kayaker
Old Soldier
Papa Mike's blog
Part-Time Pundit
Pasadena Closet Conservative
Patriot's Voice
Political Islam
Protest The Church
Protest The Left
Publius' Forum
Race, Politics, and Religion in the USA
Rayra.net
Redesigned Flight 93 memorial still an Islamo-fascist shrine
Republican Attack Machine
Right on the Right
Right Side News
Right Truth
Ron's Musings
Rosemary's Thoughts
Sad Old Goth
Sarah Palin in Español
Seattle Express
Sharia Finance Watch
Sheepdog Barking
Shot in the Dark
Simply Jews
SISU
Smooth Stone
Space 4 Commerce by Brian Dunbar
Space Station Shuttle
Stix Blog
Stop the ACLU
Sweet Tea and Livermush
Talk Wisdom
Tee Cee Emm
Teen Pundit
The Allemon Cartoon Blog
the Avid Editor
The Blogmocracy
The Conservative Guy
The Gadfly
The Great Lie of Islam
The Grid
The Hinge of Fate
The Interface of Data and Life
The Live Wyer
The Loyal Eagles
The Midnight Sun
The Mountain
The Paradigm Shift
The Political Octagon
The Renaissance Biologist
The Sanity Sentinel
The Silverbacks
The Sisyphus Files
The Strata-Sphere
the Truth of Islam
The View From the Turret
The Wide Awakes
Thunder Run
Tirade Media
Tizona's Weblog
Totus
Tough Girl 101
Traction Control
United Conservatives
Usurper Exposed
War of 2 Worlds
Washington Rebel
We Have Some Planes
Wisdom of Dave
Yes, but can I dance to it?
1389 Blog - Antijihadist Tech
9/11 List-Serve
A Defending Crusader
A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever
A Liberal's Worst Nightmare
a12iggymom's blog
ACT Golden Gate
Al Salibiyyah
Alamo City Pundit
All American Blogger
Almost Midnight in the West
American and Proud
American Commentaries
Anchor Watch
And Here I Go: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
And Rightly So
Animal Farm
Anne Arundel Maryland Politics
apocryphal EVIDENCE !
ARRA News Service
Atlas Shrugs
Auntie Coosa Campfire Journal
Bare Naked Islam
Battle Dress U
Because I'm Right
Best Destiny
Beyond Hollywood
Big Dog's Weblog
Big Sibling
Blackboot Jacks
blogito, ergo, sum
Bob McCarty Writes
Boston Maggie
Cao2's Weblog
Cao's Blog
Chaotic Synaptic Activity
Chester Street
Chicago Ray
Christmas Ghost
Chronicle Watch
Classic Liberal
Clay Ritter
Clay's Rants and Musings
Cocked and Loaded
Colonel Robert Neville Always Dresses for Dinner
Common Sense Junction
Concrete Bob
Covertress
Creeping Sharia
DC Protest Warrior
Democrat = Socialist
Dr. Bulldog and Ronin
Error Theory
EW1’s Intercept Log
Faultline USA
Flanders Fields
Flopping Aces
Founding Fathers of the Vast Right Wing
Four Pointer
Francase Place
Freedom Ain't Free
Freedom Warrior
Freedom's Enemies
Fried Green Onions
From My Position On the Way!
Garbanzo Toons
General Rachel's Weblog
GM's Place
Gunservatively
Haid Dasalami
Hard to Swallow
Heretics Crusade
Holger Awakens
Honesty In Motion
Hoosier Army Mom
House Harkonnen
I Own The World
Infidels' Paradise
Informing Christians
Ironic Surrealism v3.0
Ivy League Conservatives
I'm Having A Thought Here
Jack Lewis
Jihad Press
Jim-Rose - the Libertarian Popinjay
Judge Right
Just Barking Mad
kae's bloodnut blog
Kender's Musings
Lemur King's Folly
Liberal Guy
Maggie's Notebook
MELAMPUS'S MENAGERIE!!!!
Miss Beth's Victory Dance
Monkey in the Middle
Mushy's Smoochings
Muslims Against Sharia
My Own Thoughts
Neoconstant
Nice Deb
No Apology
No Compromises When It Comes To Being Right!
Noli insipientium iniurias pati
Not A Sheep
Old Soldier
Papa Mike's blog
Part-Time Pundit
Pasadena Closet Conservative
Patriot's Voice
Political Islam
Principally Political
Protest The Church
Protest The Left
Publius' Forum
Race, Politics, and Religion in the USA
Rayra.net
Redesigned Flight 93 memorial still an Islamo-fascist shrine
Republican Attack Machine
Right on the Right
Right Side News
Right Truth
Ron's Musings
Rosemary's Thoughts
Sad Old Goth
Sarah Palin in Español
Seattle Express
Sharia Finance Watch
Sheepdog Barking
Shot in the Dark
Simply Jews
SISU
Smooth Stone
Space 4 Commerce by Brian Dunbar
Space Station Shuttle
Stix Blog
Stop the ACLU
Sweet Tea and Livermush
Talk Wisdom
Tee Cee Emm
Teen Pundit
The Allemon Cartoon Blog
the Avid Editor
The Blogmocracy
The Conservative Guy
The Gadfly
The Great Lie of Islam
The Grid
The Hinge of Fate
The Interface of Data and Life
The Live Wyer
The Loyal Eagles
The Midnight Sun
The Mountain
The Paradigm Shift
The Political Octagon
The Renaissance Biologist
The Sanity Sentinel
The Silverbacks
The Sisyphus Files
The Strata-Sphere
the Truth of Islam
The View From the Turret
The Wide Awakes
Thunder Run
Tirade Media
Tizona's Weblog
Totus
Tough Girl 101
Traction Control
United Conservatives
Usurper Exposed
War of 2 Worlds
Washington Rebel
We Have Some Planes
Wisdom of Dave
Yes, but can I dance to it?
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