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GEORGE ORWELL ONCE SAID: Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.
At times....'obvious' may not be obvious....
1. Barack Obama spent his formative years in Indonesia. In October 1967, Obama and his mother moved to Jakarta to rejoin his stepfather. Obama, his mother and his stepfather initially lived in a rented house at 16 Kyai Haji Ramli Tengah Street in a newly built neighborhood in the Menteng Dalam administrative village of the Tebet subdistrict in South Jakarta for two and a half years, with his stepfather working on a topographic survey for the Indonesian government.[19][20] From January 1968 to December 1969, Obama's mother taught English and was an assistant director of the U.S. government-subsidized Indonesia-America Friendship Institute,[21] while Obama attended the Indonesian-language Santo Fransiskus Asisi (St. Francis of Assisi) Catholic School around the corner from their house for 1st, 2nd, and part of 3rd grade.[19] Early life and career of Barack Obama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2. It was obvious. Mr. Obamas father and stepfather were Muslim; Mr. Obama attended a madrassa in Indonesia; as a boy, he studied the Koran; he has openly admitted that the most beautiful sound is the Muslim call for evening prayer (not, say, the Star-Spangled Banner); he frequently refers to Islam as a revealed religion while denigrating Christianity; and he claims that America is a post-Christian nation. KUHNER: Jeremiah Wright can sink Obama - Washington Times
3. Obama spent 21 years learning at the feet of Jeremiah Wright. Klein asked Wright if he converted Obama from being a Muslim into a Christian. He said, I dont know about that. but I can tell you that I made it easy for him to come to an understanding of who Jesus Christ is and not feel that he was turning his back on his Islamic friends and his Islamic traditions and his understanding of Islam, Klein says. Jeremiah Wright: I Made It Comfortable For Obama to Accept Christianity Without Having to Renounce Islam (Video Report) | The Gateway Pundit
a. But [Jeremiah] Wright was a former Muslim and black nationalist who had studied at Howard and Chicago, and Trinitys guiding principleswhat the church calls the Black Value Systemincluded a Disavowal of the Pursuit of Middleclassness. Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright: Former Muslim
4. Senator Obama slips up and says my Muslim faith in an interview with George Stephanopoulus:
OBAMA: And what was the first thing the McCain?s campaign went out and did? They said, look, these liberal blogs that support Obama are out there attacking Governor Palin.
Lets not play games. What I was suggesting youre absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith. And youre absolutely right that that has not come
STEPHANOPOULOS: Christian faith.
OBAMA: my Christian faith. Well, what Im saying is that he hasnt suggested
STEPHANOPOULOS: Has connections, right.
OBAMA: that Im a Muslim. And I think that his campaigns upper echelons have not, either.
Here comes the RAIN: My Muslim Faith | The Moderate Voice
5. Obama supported movements aimed at throwing out pro-American tending governments in Egypt, and Libya .yet when pro-democracy movements in Iran took to the streets Yet instead of coming to their aid, Obama validated the America-hating regime's rigged election of the totalitarian theocrat Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as freedom-seeking revolutionaries were gunned down in the streets.
The Elephant in the Room: Obama's failing Iran policy
6. Valerie B. Jarrett is a Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama. She is also the Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls. Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett | The White House
a. Chicago businesswoman Valerie Jarrett has earned all sorts of nicknames as an aide to President-elect Barack Obama from "First Friend" to "big sister" to "the other half of Obama's brain." 2-min Bio: Valerie Jarrett - TIME
b. Valerie Jarrett was born in Shiraz,Iran.
Valerie Jarrett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This sure looks like a 'JDLR' situation.....
...'Just Doesn't Look Right'
1. "White House opposed new Iran sanctions
2. The White House announced its opposition to a new round of Iran sanctions that the Senate unanimously approved Friday, in the latest instance of Congress pushing for more aggressive punitive measures on Iran than the administration deems prudent.
3. ...National Defense Authorization Act, which the Senate passed 94-0. The new legislative language would blacklist Iran's energy, port, shipping, and shipbuilding sectors, while also placing new restrictions on Iran's ability to get insurance for all these industries. The legislation would also vastly expand U.S. support for human rights inside Iran and impose new sanctions on Iranians who divert humanitarian assistance from its intended purpose.
4. But the White House told several Senate offices Thursday evening that the administration was opposed to the amendment. National Security Spokesman Tommy Vietor sent The Cable the administration's official position, explaining the White House's view the sanctions aren't needed and aren't helpful at this time."
White House opposed new Iran sanctions | The Cable
Need clearer indication of this President's antipathy to Israel?
Oddly enough, their objections to the bill aren't as black and white as you suggest
White House opposed new Iran sanctions | The Cable"We do not believe additional authority to apply more sanctions on Iran is necessary at this time," read the e-mail, which the NSC legislative affairs office said represented the entire administration's view. "At the same time, we are concerned that this amendment is duplicative and threatens to confuse and undermine some of the TRA provisions."
One of the White House's chief concerns is that Congress is not providing the administration enough waivers, which would give the United States the option of negating or postponing applications of the sanctions on a case-by-case basis.
The White House also said that secondary sanctions should apply only to those Iranian persons and entities that are guilty of aiding Iran's nulear and missile programs. The new legislative language would designate entire categories of Iranian government entities to be sanctioned -- whether or not each person or entity is directly involved in such activities.
The new sanctions too broadly punish companies that supply materials, such as certain metals, that could be used in Iran's nuclear, military, or ballistic missile programs, the White House worries. The bill allows those materials to be sold to Iranian entities that intend to use them for non-military or nuclear-related purposes, but the administration said that the ambiguity in that part of the legislation will make it hard to implement.