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Where Is Your Humanity?

Last year I said that our duty as humans compels us to step in and protect our fellow man when we see him or her being assaulted.  I equated our situation, watching atrocities in Syria, with seeing a man beat his wife on the street. "It's none of our business" is a heartless, and cowardly dodge.  Now look what has happened.

Thousands of people have been brutally murdered.  Allegations accompanied by videos of children foaming at the mouth as they die a tortured death from chemical weapons and bombs being dropped on innocent citizens are images we cannot ignore.

Our national response has been to secretly arm opposition forces, which turned out to be Al Qaeda, and thus we have armed our own enemies.

Yes, Syria is a sovereign nation and no the torture of the poor people living there can only be tangentially connected with our own national security.  But where is your humanity, those who say we should not become involved?

It's not a "new world order" mentality to acknowledge that every human being is our brother or our sister, it is the oldest world order in history.

May God forgive us for standing by as thousands of humans are being tortured, starved, murdered, raped, and poisoned.  How can we do this unto others when we would not want this done to us?

Religion Of Peace Update: Morsi Supporters Kill 10 Year Old Girl

These are the guys that Obama supported when they took over Egypt and removed Mubark from office.  Now the people of Egypt see right through the agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood and have removed Obama's buddies from power.  This is how the Muslim Brotherhood supporters are reacting.

An horrific attack has taken place against Egypt's Christian Coptic community, after several unidentified individuals indiscriminately opened fire in front of the Evangelical church in Ain Shams, a suburb of Cairo, killing Jessi Paulis Issa, 10, and injuring dozens of Copts...

"Bearded men belonging to Morsi's supporters opened fire on the citizens as they were exiting from the church," one witness described. "They fled the scene in a pick-up truck."

Interesting Appraisal Of Rand Paul's Foreign Policy

I've been corrected in the past for referring to Ron Paul and Rand Paul's foreign policy as "isolationism".  I've been told they are "non-interventionists" not "isolationists".  I was unaware that the later term is considered to be a slur "intended to link the target with the ignominious record of Americans in the 1930s who were slow to recognize the threat from Nazi Germany." [POLITICO]

In the POLITICO piece the author suggests that there is a concerted effort to paint Rand as an "isolationist".

"Remember when your older brothers and sisters used to prank you by warning about the monster under your bed? In a similar way, Washington’s war hawks are gearing up to scare you with another phantom devil: isolationism.

If you feel like you’ve already been hearing increasing warnings about isolationism, you’re right. Pundits, journalists, and now a whole new think-tank initiative are warning about this dangerous ideology."

But listen to how the defense of Rand is being developed.  Do you see any similarities to the kind of strategy used by the Obama team?

"You should know three things about these claims. The first is that they are nonsense. Rand Paul, Rep. Justin Amash, and other skeptics of reckless foreign wars and secret government spying on Americans aren’t isolationists. They’re prudent conservatives who take the Constitution seriously and rose to power amid the wreckage of the George W. Bush administration, which destroyed the GOP advantage on national security and provided a good example of how not to conduct foreign policy."

First of all they didn't "rise to power amid the wreckage of the George W. Bush administration".  They rose to power in reaction to the Obama administration.

Furthermore, I'm not sure that in hindsight George W. Bush will be seen as creating "wreckage" in foreign policy at all.  That's Obama's line.

America was firmly behind President Bush, cheering him on in Iraq and Afghanistan after Osama Bin Laden took down the twin towers nine months into his first term.  We were thrilled to be hunting down terrorists and "bringing them to justice."  Revisionist history will not work here.

Furthermore, the POLITICO piece makes another gaffe when trying to make the point that a more globally aware foreign policy is the wrong course to pursue.

"Coincidentally, perhaps, the third thing you should know is that the people trying to create anxiety about isolationism favor an interventionist military policy that has fallen out of favor with the public. After the twin disasters of Iraq and now Afghanistan, they are pawing the ground for more wars in Syria and Iran. Accordingly, they are trying to claim “internationalism” for themselves, so that they can look prudent and modest — in comparison with the ideology that failed to recognize the threat from Adolf Hitler."

I'm not convinced that protecting America from the growing threat of radical Islam has "fallen out of favor with the public".  Even Rand Paul seems to understand that the public is much more inclined to stop the current administration from funding the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt than to continue pursuing the "hands off" approach that Obama has taken.  In fact, I predict that most Americans see the "Arab Spring", riots around the world, Iran's nuclear program and radical Islam as much more of a problem for us now than they did during the George W. Bush terms of office.

I get the distinction between "isolationist" and "non-interventionist" but the author of the POLITICO editorial is living in a dream world if he thinks America has lost its more hawkish appetite. 

It's not that we don't have the stomach for war anymore, it's just that we've grown tired of fighting wars without quick, decisive, overwhelming victories.  We don't like long engagements which suggest that the suppliers of the arms and equipment have lobbied Congress and the president to keep the gravy train for them coming at the expense of American lives and treasure.

Let some little despot rise up and threaten to kill our children and I think you'd find our people very willing to watch us squash him like a bug.

Surely to goodness Rand knows this as well as anybody.  And if he doesn't yet, he better learn it.  He's runnning for commander in chief of a country that doesn't, and shouldn't, take threats lightly.

Weapons From US Should Be Problem For Obama

Obama was secretly arming rebels in Syria, but not with defensive weapons.  He was sending them missiles, which are now showing up in Israel's back yard, being fired upon the new Egyptian government's office in the Sinai and the whole thing is being suppressed with the help of some Republicans who knew of the scheme and approved it.

In addition, the president is working to install a new government in Egypt which includes the Muslim Brotherhood.

Can anyone explain why there is not an "Iran-Contra" scandal exploding?  Why this isn't the main headline every day?  Why there are no serious investigations underway? Why no impeachment talk?

I can.

Fear and impotence in our Congress.

Ruh Ro: Rand May Get A Senate Vote On Egypt That Could Hurt McConnell

Rand Paul has been a very vocal opponent of sending aid to Egypt while roads and bridges in the United States, and particularly Kentucky, are in need of repair or replacement.  And now it looks like he might get a floor vote on one of two possible measures to cut off that aid.  But, one source says, this might hurt McConnell.

The Senate might vote this week on a proposal from Sen. Rand Paul that would cut U.S. aid to Egypt, sources said....

Democrats believe a vote on Egypt would be difficult for Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), a long-time defender of foreign aid. A McConnell spokesman declined comment. When asked several weeks ago about his position on assistance to Egypt, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Obama administration is taking a look at aid but declined further comment. The administration has delayed a sale of four fighter jets to Egypt in recent days, however....

Top Senate foreign policy voices like Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.) have called for a suspension of aid to Egypt in the wake of the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian military. They argue that a coup occurred in Egypt, a designation that would result in a loss of aid from the U.S. and one that the Obama administration has declined to make.

In otherwords the democrats who control the agenda and determine which bills get voted on and which don't, have calculated that allowing Rand's bills to get a vote might hurt Mitch McConnell and so they are playing THAT game.

It's all politics all the time.

Obama Praises Brutal Murderer Ho Chi Minh

His staff and supporters draw inspiration from Mao.  His campaign volunteers display Che Guevara posters.  The POTUS himself suggests that he wished he had dictatorial powers.  He appoints people to office who would invade Israel and favor the terrorist phony "state" of Palestine.  He supports the Muslim Brotherhood.

All of these things are of concern to many who consider the President to have weakened 200 years of American ascendancy based entirely upon the concept of self-governance in a world created by God where life and liberty are cherished.

But this one takes the cake.

President Obama hailed hard-core communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh today as a pretty open guy who was actually inspired by the Founders.

Obama took a break from his jobs-pivot speeches to meet Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang at the White House. The pair held joint remarks in the Oval Office afterward.

After meeting with the leader of a country that persecutes and imprisons bloggers and priests, suppresses media and any form of political dissent and uses forced labor, Obama said they “discussed the challenges that all of us face when it comes to issues of human rights.”

“And we discussed the fact that Ho Chi Minh was actually inspired by the U.S. Declaration of Independence and Constitution, and the words of Thomas Jefferson. Ho Chi Minh talks about his interest in cooperation with the United States. And President Sang indicated that even if it’s 67 years later, it’s good that we’re still making progress.”

Sang said the pair “had a very candid, open, useful and constructive discussion.”

“In a candid, open and constructive spirit, we have come to agree on many issues." [PJ Tatler]

Ho Chi Minh was inspired by our founders? I don't think so.

The terror had its real beginning when Red dictator Ho Chi Minh consolidated his power in the North. More than a year before his 1954 victory over the French, he launched a savage campaign against his own people. In virtually every North Vietnamese village, strong-arm squads assembled the populace to witness the “confessions” of landowners. As time went on, businessmen, intellectuals, school teachers, civic leaders — all who represented a potential source of future opposition — were also rounded up and forced to “confess” to “errors of thought.” There followed public “trials,” conviction and, in many cases, execution. People were shot, beheaded, beaten to death; some were tied up, thrown into open graves and covered with stones until they were crushed to death, Ho has renewed his terror in North Vietnam periodically. Between 50,000 and 100,000 are believed to have died in these blood-baths — in a coldly calculated effort to discipline the party and the masses. To be sure, few who escape Ho’s terror now seem likely to tempt his wrath. During the 1950s, however, he had to quell some sizeable uprisings in North Vietnam — most notably one that occurred in early November 1956, in the An province, which included Ho’s birthplace village of Nam Dan. So heavily had he taxed the region that the inhabitants finally banded together and refused to meet his price. Ho sent troops to collect, and then sent in an army division, shooting. About 6,000 unarmed villagers were killed. The survivors scattered, some escaping to the South. The slaughter went largely unnoticed by a world then preoccupied with the Soviet Union’s rape of Hungary. [Readers Digest 1968]

Obama: Calls For Release Of Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt, Nominates Palestine Loving, America Hating Liberal To UN

Barack Obama has apparently threatened the people of Egypt if they don't release from custody all of the arrested members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

In addition to that he has nominated leftie loon Samantha Powers to be our next ambassador to the UN.  Powers wants Israel destroyed and compares the USA to Nazi Germany.

Rand Paul has requested that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee question members of the state department as part of his continuing effort to cut off aid to Egypt in the wake of political turmoil there.

There are far too many unacceptable incidents involving Egypt for this president to be permitted to continue sending billions of dollars of your hard earned money to that country.

Muslim Cleric: Christianity Is Penis Worship

And you thought that the Muslim radicals in Egypt were just going to use your money to improve relationships with the Western world and make nice with Christians?  Well, here is what they think of Christians:

Religion Of Peace Update: Students Stripped Naked, Shot, Burned

From Nigeria News:

They crept up to the school under cover of darkness, armed with petrol and automatic weapons.

Most of the teachers and pupils had fled, but some students, one teacher and headmaster Adanu Haruna were still in the compound, one of many rural boarding schools in Nigeria surrounded by forest and farmland.

“They made the students line up and strip naked, then they made the ones with pubic hair lie face down on the ground,” Haruna said, eyes wide with horror at describing the attack on the iron-roofed school built by British colonizers in the 1950s.

“They shot them point blank then set the bodies on fire.”

The Mamudo government school, charred and smelling of scorched blood after 22 students and a teacher were killed there in the July 6 attack near Potiskum in Nigeria’s northeast, was the fourth to be targeted by suspected Boko Haram militants in less than a month.

Obama, Muslim Brotherhood, Murder, Mayhem

President Obama has called for an "inclusive" government in Egypt.  In otherwords, he wants there to be a place for the Muslim Brotherhood.  Of course the Muslim Brotherhood is connected with Al Qaeda and a bloody civil war is now underway in Egypt.

Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit compares Obama's plan in Egypt with his plan to help his cousin Odinga gain and keep power in Africa.  According to Hoft "The goal is always to enact warfare to have Obama-agenda supporters kill off the opposition."

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has vowed not to stop killing until their guy, Morsi, is returned to power.  In the meantime the murders and rapes in that country are escalating.

Keeping an eye on Obama's plans seems like a smart idea, considering how much pressure he has added to the melting pot of America.