Obama's speech at the UN

[Ravi]

We should ban all religoin from our government, schools and public places. We must do this to protect our selves from being overtaken by religions like islam.

Or any religion.

 

[Stephanie]

but hey vote for him again, he thinks your freedoms SUCK
link in article at site

SNIP:
Obama at U.N. Talks 5 Minutes About YouTube Video, 1.5 Minutes on Iran

By Elizabeth Harrington

September 25, 2012

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President Barack Obama speaks before the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 25, 2012. (AP)


(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama devoted 5 minutes of his speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to a YouTube trailer that insulted Islam and 1 minute and 32 seconds talking about the threat of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon.

President Obama made his first reference to what he called a “crude and disgusting video” at 11 minutes and 33 seconds into his speech. The video, which is a YouTube trailer for a shoddy film made by a man in southern California, has been blamed by the Obama administration for protests in the Middle East and North Africa.

“In every country, there are those who find different religious beliefs threatening; in every culture, those who love freedom for themselves must ask how much they are willing to tolerate freedom for others,” Obama said.

“That is what we saw play out the last two weeks, as a crude and disgusting video sparked outrage throughout the Muslim world,” he said. “I have made it clear that the United States government had nothing to do with this video, and I believe its message must be rejected by all who respect our common humanity. It is an insult not only to Muslims, but to America as well – for as the city outside these walls makes clear, we are a country that has welcomed people of every race and religion.”

Obama continued to cite the video for 5 minutes. “I know there are some who ask why we don't just ban such a video,” he said. “The answer is enshrined in our laws: our Constitution protects the right to practice free speech.”

The president’s discussion of the video concluded at 16 minutes and 35 seconds into his speech. “Just as we cannot solve every problem in the world, the United States has not, and will not, seek to dictate the outcome of democratic transitions abroad, and we do not expect other nations to agree with us on every issue,” he said.

“Nor do we assume that the violence of the past weeks, or the hateful speech by some individuals, represents the views of the overwhelming majority of Muslims -- any more than the views of the people who produced this video represent those of Americans,” Obama added.



Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the high level meeting on rule of law in the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)


Obama’s first mention of Iran came at 24 minutes and 37 seconds into his 32 minute-long speech. “In Iran, we see where the path of a violent and unaccountable ideology leads,” he said.

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[usmcstinger]

Would real bullets have made the situation better?

Kent State had real bullets

No comparison. Kent State has nothing to do with dirtbags attacking an embassy and guards with no way to defend.

Get real.

What was the reaction to National Guard troops firing on students?

What would the international reaction have been if Marines had fired on the protestors and killed 20-30? Its a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. We might have felt better if armed guards had killed some protestors....but it would have escalated the situation and we would have played into AlQaedas hands

The Marines would have done what they were trained for: Killing. We would have showed our strength. Instead, we showed weakness which encourages AlQaeda to do more of the same.

 

[beretta304]

No comparison. Kent State has nothing to do with dirtbags attacking an embassy and guards with no way to defend.

Get real.

What was the reaction to National Guard troops firing on students?

What would the international reaction have been if Marines had fired on the protestors and killed 20-30? Its a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. We might have felt better if armed guards had killed some protestors....but it would have escalated the situation and we would have played into AlQaedas hands

The Marines would have done what they were trained for: Killing. We would have showed our strength. Instead, we showed weakness which encourages AlQaeda to do more of the same.

rightwinger would have apologized just before they sliced his off and put it on a stick and hung his headless copse from the local bridge.


He lives in an alternate universe.

 

[beretta304]

Obama cares more about Muslims than you American people

He goes in front of them and puts down our country's freedoms and you people cheer

He and rightwinger went to different schools together.

 

[rightwinger]

No comparison. Kent State has nothing to do with dirtbags attacking an embassy and guards with no way to defend.

Get real.

What was the reaction to National Guard troops firing on students?

What would the international reaction have been if Marines had fired on the protestors and killed 20-30? Its a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. We might have felt better if armed guards had killed some protestors....but it would have escalated the situation and we would have played into AlQaedas hands

The Marines would have done what they were trained for: Killing. We would have showed our strength. Instead, we showed weakness which encourages AlQaeda to do more of the same.

Do you believe that AlQaeda is afraid of martyrdom?

They are in the process of trying to stir up hatred against the US throughout the Islamic world. Shooting protestors plays into their hands

Our President is in the process of trying to defend free speech while keeping an explosive situation from getting out of hand

Bullets are not always the answer in diplomacy

 

[beretta304]

What was the reaction to National Guard troops firing on students?

What would the international reaction have been if Marines had fired on the protestors and killed 20-30? Its a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. We might have felt better if armed guards had killed some protestors....but it would have escalated the situation and we would have played into AlQaedas hands

The Marines would have done what they were trained for: Killing. We would have showed our strength. Instead, we showed weakness which encourages AlQaeda to do more of the same.

Do you believe that AlQaeda is afraid of martyrdom?







They are in the process of trying to stir up hatred against the US throughout the Islamic world. Shooting protestors plays into their hands

Our President is in the process of trying to defend free speech while keeping an explosive situation from getting out of hand

Bullets are not always the answer in diplomacy

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[Stephanie]

What was the reaction to National Guard troops firing on students?

What would the international reaction have been if Marines had fired on the protestors and killed 20-30? Its a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. We might have felt better if armed guards had killed some protestors....but it would have escalated the situation and we would have played into AlQaedas hands

The Marines would have done what they were trained for: Killing. We would have showed our strength. Instead, we showed weakness which encourages AlQaeda to do more of the same.

Do you believe that AlQaeda is afraid of martyrdom?

They are in the process of trying to stir up hatred against the US throughout the Islamic world. Shooting protestors plays into their hands

Our President is in the process of trying to defend free speech while keeping an explosive situation from getting out of hand

Bullets are not always the answer in diplomacy

no, DRONES are the answer I guess
...and according to Obama SUCKING up will work too

 

[idb]

The Marines would have done what they were trained for: Killing. We would have showed our strength. Instead, we showed weakness which encourages AlQaeda to do more of the same.

Do you believe that AlQaeda is afraid of martyrdom?

They are in the process of trying to stir up hatred against the US throughout the Islamic world. Shooting protestors plays into their hands

Our President is in the process of trying to defend free speech while keeping an explosive situation from getting out of hand

Bullets are not always the answer in diplomacy

no, DRONES are the answer I guess
...and according to Obama SUCKING up will work too

Great idea.
Obama should use some drones to kill terrorists.
That'll fix everything.
It's hard to believe no-one's thought of it before.

 

[Sallow]

Whatever he does, you can bet that it is for purely political, and idelogical purposes. His speech is the same - he, and mchelle never loved this country; they are fakes!

And you post that with an Israeli flag in your avatar and a line next to it that says you stand with Israel.

Ironic Irony is Ironic.

 

[Sallow]

Do you believe that AlQaeda is afraid of martyrdom?

They are in the process of trying to stir up hatred against the US throughout the Islamic world. Shooting protestors plays into their hands

Our President is in the process of trying to defend free speech while keeping an explosive situation from getting out of hand

Bullets are not always the answer in diplomacy

no, DRONES are the answer I guess
...and according to Obama SUCKING up will work too

Great idea.
Obama should use some drones to kill terrorists.
That'll fix everything.
It's hard to believe no-one's thought of it before.

 

[M.D. Rawlings]

We should ban all religoin from our government, schools and public places. We must do this to protect our selves from being overtaken by religions like islam.

This is a meaningless statement, really, on so many levels.

 

[logical4u]

It's The Future MUST NOT belong to those who slander the prophet of islam speech.

It was a good campaign speech. Worthy of the DNC convention.

Yes, it sounded like our President just told the ME, that the USA would abide by islamic law. He should be impeached for not defending our nation.

Course that's not what Obama said, Hannity dupes. What a disgraceful bunch of liars...Pub dupes!!

Did he not say: those that slander islam should not...... (that was non-muslims, hint, hint, US). He is saying that freedom of speech should be limited for the (superior religion in his eyes, go back and see how he treats islam) one religion of islam. I didn't hear him saying those bitter clingers over there clinging to their qurans and suicide bombs, did you?

He said what sounded good, and then he said what he meant: limit freedom of speech for islam, even though there is absolutely no proof it ever brought peace, anywhere....

 

[logical4u]

Imagine...an uppity negro talking like that at the UN. He has a lot of nerve.

If a "white" President had handed Iraq back to islamic terrorists, was in the process of handing Afganistan back to islamic terrorists, and had gotten an ambassador brutally murdered and 20 other embassies attacked, would you be criticizing him?

You are pathetic libs with nothing left to defend your choice of liberal, except the fact that he is BLACK (and only half black at that). We don't care what color he is, we care that he is doing a PISS POOR job, and all you can talk about is his skin color. Just PATHETIC.

Why aren't you over there keeping the Muslims safe from terrorists?

Point out which muslims are terrorists for me, will ya?

 

[logical4u]

We should ban all religoin from our government, schools and public places. We must do this to protect our selves from being overtaken by religions like islam.

Disagree, we should have school children read the quran and the Bible in literature classes so they can tell when someone is trying to manipulate them by twisting the books to fit their agendas. It would be a lot harder to get people to follow idiots if they were informed.

 

[Freewill]

A beautiful tribute to Chris Stevens. And, a decided lack of apology for America's values.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/w...the-united-nations-general-assembly-text.html

Here in the United States, countless publications provoke offense. Like me, the majority of Americans are Christian, and yet we do not ban blasphemy against our most sacred beliefs. As President of our country and Commander-in-Chief of our military, I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day -- (laughter) -- and I will always defend their right to do so.

Americans have fought and died around the globe to protect the right of all people to express their views, even views that we profoundly disagree with. We do not do so because we support hateful speech, but because our founders understood that without such protections, the capacity of each individual to express their own views and practice their own faith may be threatened. We do so because in a diverse society, efforts to restrict speech can quickly become a tool to silence critics and oppress minorities.

We do so because given the power of faith in our lives, and the passion that religious differences can inflame, the strongest weapon against hateful speech is not repression; it is more speech -- the voices of tolerance that rally against bigotry and blasphemy, and lift up the values of understanding and mutual respect.

Now, I know that not all countries in this body share this particular understanding of the protection of free speech. We recognize that. But in 2012, at a time when anyone with a cell phone can spread offensive views around the world with the click of a button, the notion that we can control the flow of information is obsolete. The question, then, is how do we respond?

And on this we must agree: There is no speech that justifies mindless violence. There are no words that excuse the killing of innocents. There’s no video that justifies an attack on an embassy. There’s no slander that provides an excuse for people to burn a restaurant in Lebanon, or destroy a school in Tunis, or cause death and destruction in Pakistan.

Great speech if the ambassador had died because of someone, other then Obama's, speech. Still trying to sell the BS that the riots that killed our Americans was over a little seen video. Want proof? Is the video still available?