Obama Appoints 2 DevoutMuslims to Homeland Security Posts
(NOTE: Has anyone ever heard a new government official being identified as a devout Catholic, Jew or Protestant...? Just wondering) Doesn't this make you feel safer already?? Obama and Janet Nappy Appoint Devout Muslim to Homeland Security Post, Arif Alikhan as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development. Source for announcement: Homeland Security Press Room http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/06/obama-appointment-arif-ali-khan-asst-secretary-dhs.html <http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/06/obama-appointment-arif-ali-khan-asst-secretary-dhs.html> Kareem Shora, who was born in Damascus, Syria wasappointed by DHS Secretary Napolitano on Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) Washington, DC June 5, 2009 http://www.adc.org/<http://www.adc.org/> The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is proud to announce that earlier today at a ceremony held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore-in ADC National Executive Director Kareem Shora s a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC). ********************************************** Devout Muslims being appointed to critical Homeland Security positions?
That should make our homeland much safer, huh!! Was it not men of the "Devout Muslim Faith" that flew planes into U.S. buildings not too long ago. What the heck is this president thinking?
This is stupid on so many levels that I'm not surprised that the usual frightwing stooges have gathered here like flies on piece of camel dung.
First of all, whenever I see a post from Donald, who is prone to hysteria anyway, I consider the source. The source, in this case, is a rabidly anti-muslim, anti-government, anti-Democratic website. The site calls them "devout", not any press releases. Then I look at the content.
It assumes that American citizens, who happen to be Muslims, would have more allegiance to their religion than to their country, and that Muslims should play no role in government because of their religion. If being a devout ANYTHING excludes a person from being a part of government, then all of the C Street boys should resign, that is if they're not too busy humping their secretaries or running to Argentina for a piece.
Comparisons to the 9/11 bombers, is, of course, the last refuge of the brain-damaged. George Bush certainly got his Bin-Laden family friends out of the country soon enough after the attacks, and we didn't make war on Saudi Arabia, the home country of the bombers.
Having people of diverse cultural backgrounds, especially people people with the backgrounds of people we're having such a struggle with worldwide, involve themselves in our security should be a positive. They bring an understanding of that part of the world that should be invaluable. Instead, the frightwingers are acting like this decision is part of some insidious plot.
I am not defending Islam, which I think is a medieval religion that needs its own version of the Enlightenment. However, I think this type of fearmongering is what you people do instead of actually thinking: it's your Pavlovian response to things you're too lazy to understand.
I do, indeed. But I have also read lots of history. You may remember the Jews slaughtering the citizens of Jericho for not being Jews. You may remember Charlemagne slaughtering the Saxons for not being Christian. The Islamic peoples have been better about that sort of thing but their hands are not clean either. So I tend to fear those who have a strong religion. Strong faith I don't worry about but organized religion is dangerous.
Now do you have any evidence that these particular Muslims believe that all non-Muslims should be killed? After all, there is the history of Spain in which the Muslims accepted and allowed to worship Jews, Christians, and others. So we know that good Muslims do not go around trying to kill all non-Muslims.
Nora, well, let's see. We have the Jews killing in Palestine but one could consider them to have been provoked by violence. We have the demands to slaughter Muslims from certain factions of the American public but they appear to be splinter groups. The killing in Northern Ireland seems to have abated in the last decade or so and Lebanon is becoming calmer though still unsettled.
So I guess that the fundamentals of the Christian, Islamic, and Jewish faiths have changed since 9/11. Perhaps these religions are not what they were in past centuries. Is that your contention? Is that why you suggest (I infer) that the actions of people of faith in past centuries is somehow irrelevant?
I'll repeat myself here yet again. No one with integrity will be part of this administration thus he has to continue to scrape the bottom of the cesspool for his Czars and other appointees.
People did not do their homework or actually listen to Obama with open eyes and ears. He actually was smug enough to hint at his intentions, but the idol worship rhetoric worked well for him.
Linda, yes there are people who didn't do their homework, but all you need to do is read some of the comments here to see that there are people who know exactly what he's doing and approve.
Sue, this is also a result of years of subtle conditioning in the schools, in colleges, on the news, and most sources of information distribution.
Remember water dripping on a stone and the frog jumping into a pot of cold water, stayed but didn't notice it was slowly coming to a boil, until it was too late. A frog would immediately jump out of a pot of boiling water; and if it knew it was boiling, would be smart enough not to jump.
Sure, Linda, that all has a lot to do with it, and as schools' textbooks become more and more inflitrated with political correctness and distortion of history, the conditioning is less and less subtle, and more mainstream and obvious, so that is even more reason that there are more people who are continually being brainwashed. This is an appointment that would be considered anathema to security before this travesty of what is now called education took a foothold in our schools.
Obama is the "Pitch-Man" POTUS!. He is controlled by the leftist groups who put him in office. In all my years following politics I have never seen such a debacle as Obama care, and what happened was that a president so out of touch with policy{what was in the bills} remember he never had a bill it did not exist. They sent the Pitch-Man, President out to Lie and Pitch something that did not exist- a plan. He made a fool of himself- The Pitch-Man, president is in way over his head- a community organizer- street level ACORN director is what he is. And the American people are realizing it now. The Magical Obama's wax wings have melted. Obama is the "Pitch-Man", who has fell to Earth.
'NOBAMA' is about as worthless a president as we have ever had....! Not that Bush was any better just that he was a patriot...something this president has yet to show that he may be....!
George Bush was such a patriot that he lied his way into the most disastrous foreign policy gaffe in the history of the country, and left the economy in tatters, while giving his friends billions in no-bid contracts.
You, sir, are a bigot. Who cares if they're Muslims? The actions of a few crazy people shouldn't tarnish a religion with about a billion and a half mostly peaceful people.
How would you like to be blamed personally for every horrible act committed in the name of Christ?
How about this....? I was taught in intel training to NEVER divulge any imformation to anyone linked in anyway to the enemy. These guys are devout Muslims....that means that they are linked to the enemy....until & unless someone whose competence I trust says differently...bigoted.........NO...sensible & within my rights to not want to see or to agree with this act!
So every Catholic is linked to the IRA? Every Basque is linked to ETA? Every White Person is linked to the KKK? Every Jew is linked to Meyer Kahane? I could go on, but the intrinsic ridiculousness and bigotry in your statement reveals more than I want to know about you.
How do you even know the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks were devout Muslims?
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Pointing out a nut job from the past does not negate perilous decisions made today. Open your eyes, engage your brain.
First of all, whenever I see a post from Donald, who is prone to hysteria anyway, I consider the source. The source, in this case, is a rabidly anti-muslim, anti-government, anti-Democratic website. The site calls them "devout", not any press releases. Then I look at the content.
It assumes that American citizens, who happen to be Muslims, would have more allegiance to their religion than to their country, and that Muslims should play no role in government because of their religion. If being a devout ANYTHING excludes a person from being a part of government, then all of the C Street boys should resign, that is if they're not too busy humping their secretaries or running to Argentina for a piece.
Comparisons to the 9/11 bombers, is, of course, the last refuge of the brain-damaged. George Bush certainly got his Bin-Laden family friends out of the country soon enough after the attacks, and we didn't make war on Saudi Arabia, the home country of the bombers.
Having people of diverse cultural backgrounds, especially people people with the backgrounds of people we're having such a struggle with worldwide, involve themselves in our security should be a positive. They bring an understanding of that part of the world that should be invaluable. Instead, the frightwingers are acting like this decision is part of some insidious plot.
I am not defending Islam, which I think is a medieval religion that needs its own version of the Enlightenment. However, I think this type of fearmongering is what you people do instead of actually thinking: it's your Pavlovian response to things you're too lazy to understand.
I also agree to the idea that these appointments are headed in an ominous direction.
I guess it ought not to be a surprise us though, as Pres Obama did attend a Madrasa (sp?) school in his formative years there in India. Ho hum.....
Don't you?
Now do you have any evidence that these particular Muslims believe that all non-Muslims should be killed? After all, there is the history of Spain in which the Muslims accepted and allowed to worship Jews, Christians, and others. So we know that good Muslims do not go around trying to kill all non-Muslims.
So what are you afraid of?
So I guess that the fundamentals of the Christian, Islamic, and Jewish faiths have changed since 9/11. Perhaps these religions are not what they were in past centuries. Is that your contention? Is that why you suggest (I infer) that the actions of people of faith in past centuries is somehow irrelevant?
People did not do their homework or actually listen to Obama with open eyes and ears. He actually was smug enough to hint at his intentions, but the idol worship rhetoric worked well for him.
Remember water dripping on a stone and the frog jumping into a pot of cold water, stayed but didn't notice it was slowly coming to a boil, until it was too late. A frog would immediately jump out of a pot of boiling water; and if it knew it was boiling, would be smart enough not to jump.
He made a fool of himself- The Pitch-Man, president is in way over his head- a community organizer- street level ACORN director is what he is. And the American people are realizing it now. The Magical Obama's wax wings have melted.
Obama is the "Pitch-Man", who has fell to Earth.
How would you like to be blamed personally for every horrible act committed in the name of Christ?
How do you even know the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks were devout Muslims?