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OBAMA OBSERVES 9-11 BY PRAISING ARAB GROUP - NO MENTION OF 9-11

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 04:42 PM

Justice4All

Join Date: 07/07/2012

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OBAMA OBSERVES 9-11 BY PRAISING ARAB GROUP - NO MENTION OF 9-11

You'll need some Maalox after reading this one.  It's so undeniably disrespectful to America.  Obama seems to be much very comfortable and warm with those who hate us.  Why is Eric Holder attending this event on 9-11?  A better question would be is it a "coincidence" it was scheduled on 9-11?  Always in our face.   This is a disgrace.  Obama tells us to go pull weeds on 9-11 and praises our enemies for what? Death and destruction?

Obama Releases Message to Arab Forum on 9/11

 
      September 11, 2012

Not only is Barack Obama violating his pledge not to campaign on 9/11, but he is also using the day to issue greetings to the Arab Forum on Asset Recovery, seemingly oblivious to the importance and solemnity of the day, as well as the context of his message.

 
Obama offers thanks to the Emir of Qatar--showboating some rather halting Arabic skills in addressing "His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani"--and praising the inspiring democratic example of the Arab Spring, which happened to leave the absolute monarchy of Qatar untouched.
He also offers support for his envoys, including Attorney General Eric Holder, who is attending the Arab Forum conference as the chief U.S. representative. The Arab Forum's goal is to recover assets stolen by formerly autocratic regimes, including Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. (But not Qatar.)
The video, posted on the White House YouTube channel today, makes no mention of 9/11, the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, or the role of Qatar-based Al Jazeera in broadcasting radical anti-American propaganda. And while offering support for democratic change, Obama neglects to ask the Emir to step aside.
Ironically, Obama caused a scandal last year when CBS News caught him criticizing the Emir of Qatar after reporters had left a fundraiser in Chicago: "He is a big booster, a big promoter of democracy all throughout the Middle East...He himself is not reforming significantly. There is no big move towards democracy in Qatar."
Obama has evidently chosen to make up for the insult--by insulting fellow Americans on 9/11.
 
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 05:59 PM

Sniper

Join Date: 08/29/2012

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OBAMA OBSERVES 9-11 BY PRAISING ARAB GROUP - NO MENTION OF 9-11

Muslims are now ruling Egypt. It has become a Islamic country. Remember the Arab Spring and the ousting of Mubarak as insurgents rioted for democracy. No democracy here. Other Arab countries will follow.  We now find that Egypt is importing oil from Iran.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 06:53 PM

azstvsunshine

Join Date: 05/31/2012

Posts: 484

OBAMA OBSERVES 9-11 BY PRAISING ARAB GROUP - NO MENTION OF 9-11

WHAT a bunch of BS.  PATHETICSomone is trying to campaign with your piece but it isn't Obama.

Here is the link to the vid on the White House web site. 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/09/11/marking-eleventh-anniversary-911

TEXT:

Today, President Obama and the First Lady marked the eleventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

They began the day at the White House, observing a moment of silence on the South Lawn just after 8:45 a.m., around the time the first plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center. Afterward, they traveled to the Pentagon, where the President spoke at a memorial service in honor of those who died there, as well as in New York and Pennsylvania.

This anniversary allows us to renew our faith that even the darkest night gives way to a brighter dawn. Today, we can come here to the Pentagon, and touch these names and kneel beside a building where a single stone still bears the scars of that fire. We can visit the field of honor in Pennsylvania and remember the heroes who made it sacred.  We can see water cascading into the footprints of the Twin Towers, and gaze up at a new tower rising above the New York skyline.

And even though we may never be able to fully lift the burden carried by those left behind, we know that somewhere, a son is growing up with his father’s eyes, and a daughter has her mother’s laugh -- living reminders that those who died are with us still.

So as painful as this day is and always will be, it leaves us with a lesson that no single event can ever destroy who we are. No act of terrorism can ever change what we stand for. Instead, we recommit ourselves to the values that we believe in, holding firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.

That’s the commitment that we reaffirm today. And that’s why, when the history books are written, the true legacy of 9/11 will not be one of fear or hate or division. It will be a safer world; a stronger nation; and a people more united than ever before.

Vice President Biden marked the anniversary by traveling to Shanksville, PA, where he delivered remarks at the Flight 93 National Memorial Commemorative Service to honor the passengers and crew who died there 11 years ago today. The Vice President told the families who lost loved ones that day that the heroism of their husbands, wives, sons, daughters, mothers, and fathers would never be forgotten.

Today we stand on this hallowed ground, a place made sacred by the heroism and sacrifice of the passengers and the crew of Flight 93. And it’s as if the flowers, as I walked here, as if the flowers were giving testament to how sacred this ground is.

My guess -- and obviously it’s only a guess; no two losses are the same. But my guess is you’re living this moment that Yeats only wrote about, when he wrote, pray I will and sing I must, but yet I weep. Pray I will, sing I must, but yet I weep.

My personal prayer for all of you is that in every succeeding year, you’re able to sing more than you weep.  And may God truly bless you and bless the souls of those 40 incredible people who rest in this ground. 

 

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 07:15 PM

Re Elect No One

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OBAMA OBSERVES 9-11 BY PRAISING ARAB GROUP - NO MENTION OF 9-11

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 07:15 PM

azstvsunshine

Join Date: 05/31/2012

Posts: 484

OBAMA OBSERVES 9-11 BY PRAISING ARAB GROUP - NO MENTION OF 9-11

Here is the link to what J4all thinking was evil:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2012/09/11/president-obama-s-message-arab-forum-asset-recovery

President Obama’s Message to the Arab Forum on Asset Recovery

September 12, 2012 | 1:51 | Public Domain

President Obama is committed to fighting corruption worldwide and supporting the democratic transitions that are taking place in the Middle East and North Africa. Corruption has been a core public grievance in the region, and the United States has worked closely with the new governments and citizens of Arab countries in transition as they fight corruption and seek justice by recovering stolen assets. As the president of the G8 in 2012, the United States is supporting these aspirations by leading a coalition to focus on asset recovery as part of the Deauville Partnership.


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