The deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was staged by militants who set the building on fire. NBC's Richard Engel reports.
New in this version: U.S. sends Navy destroyers to Libyan coast; two other victims identified as State Department employees
Updated at 7:08 p.m. ET: U.S. officials told NBC News on Wednesday that they couldn't rule out the possibility that al-Qaida-inspired Islamist militants were responsible for the attack in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi that killed Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and three other Americans.
U.S. and Libyan officials, independent analysts and postings on Islamist websites from known militant activists suggested that the attack — which officials had previously suggested was retaliation for release of a movie critical of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad — may have been an orchestrated assault, noting that it occurred on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the U.S.
The State Department ordered all "non-emergency" U.S. personnel out of the country, but officials told NBC News that as of now there was no plan for a total U.S. evacuation.
U.S. officials said the Navy is positioning two guided-missile destroyers off the Libyan coast to provide "additional military options" if needed.
The USS LaBoon had already arrived off the coast of Libya, officials told NBC News. The USS McFaul was expected to arrive Thursday. Both are based at Norfolk, Va., and are listed as having crews of 338.
Michael Leiter, former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center and current NBC News terrorism expert, discusses the anti-U.S. interests that present difficulty for governments abroad.
Attack on the Libya consulate, as it happened
In addition, the Defense and State departments were considering sending additional Marines to other potential trouble spots, including Cairo and Kabul, which have both seen sectarian flare-ups against the U.S.
Steven McDonald, a longtime friend of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, describes his friend's compassion, integrity and commitment.
At a briefing for reporters, Libya's interim president, Mohammed el-Megarif, suggested that the attack was timed to coincide with the anniversary specifically to "destroy democracy in Libya."
Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri released a video Tuesday marking the anniversary. In it, he called for Islamists to seek revenge for the killing by a U.S. drone strike of deputy al-Qaida leader Abu Yahya al-Libi in June.
Online postings Wednesday from Islamist militants were celebrating the attack as payback for his death, said Evan Kohlmann, an Middle East and terrorism analyst for NBC News. One of the postings claimed responsibility for the attack in the name of Ansar al-Sharia, a Sunni Muslim militant faction.
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Noman Benotman, a Libyan-born senior strategy analyst for the Quilliam Foundation, an antiterrorism research group in London, also said the organization's intelligence indicated that the attacks were "committed by uncontrollable jihadist groups," not by a protest mob that spontaneously erupted into violence.
Quilliam said on its website that its sources, some of whom it said were in Benghazi itself, reported that about 20 militants carried out the attack using rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
That appeared to square with an eyewitness account cited by Libya Herald, which quoted a demonstrator at the consulate as saying a protester fired a rocket-propelled grenade launcher at a police vehicle but hit the consulate building on Venezia Street, instead.
The Voice of America, meanwhile, cited similar reports that "several dozen gunmen from the Islamist group Ansar al Sharia" may have carried out the attack.

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PHOTOBLOG: People stand near a burnt car at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said "it would be premature to ascribe any motive to this reprehensible act," but other U.S. officials said they couldn't rule out the possibility of a link to al-Liby's death or the Sept. 11 anniversary, saying the attack was too sophisticated to have been spontaneous.
In the aftermath, officials told NBC News that they were preparing to send as many as 200 Marines to Libya to bolster security around the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli. The Marines' Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team would be deployed from a Marine Amphibious Ready Group already positioned aboard a helicopter carrier in the North Arabian Sea, the officials said.
Obama condemns attack
President Barack Obama condemned the attack, in which the Americans were killed after protesters stormed the U.S. consulate Tuesday night in Benghazi.
President Barack Obama vowed to bring the killers of the four Americans to justice. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
"Make no mistake: Justice will be done," Obama said Wednesday.
Stevens, 52, was the first U.S. ambassador to be killed during an assignment since Adolph Dubs was slain in an exchange of gunfire during a kidnapping attempt in Afghanistan in 1979.
The State Department identified a second victim as Sean Smith, a Foreign Service information management officer and father of two children. Smith had previously been posted to the U.S. Consulate in Montreal, the U.S. Mission in Canada confirmed.
The State Department said the families of the two other victims were still being notified. U.S. officials would say only that they were employed by the State Department.
Ambassador Stevens was 'courageous and exemplary,' Obama says
"While the United States rejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, we must all unequivocally oppose the kind of senseless violence that took the lives of these public servants," Obama said in a statement.
Vice President Joe Biden, meanwhile, insisted the U.S. wouldn't be driven from the country.
"We never have been, and we never will be, run off, period," Biden said at a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio. "That's not who we are."
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that the attack "should shock the people of all faiths around the world."
"I ask myself, how could this happen? How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction?" she said. "This question reflects just how complicated and, at times, how confounding the world can be."
U.S. Muslims said they were concerned about possible retaliatory attacks on their mosques, the Washington-based Council on Arab-Islamic Relations said Wednesday as it also condemned the attacks.
"We're starting to get hate calls, and we'd already seen a wave of anti-Muslim incidents," Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for CAIR in Washington, told NBC News. "Muslims have to feel insecure."
Romney slams Obama over attacks on US officials in Libya, Egypt
Stevens apparently asphyxiated by smoke
Descriptions of Tuesday's attack depicted chaos and bloodshed, with Libyan security overrun and retreating.
Mohammed el-Megarif, Libya's interim president, apologized to the U.S. for the deadly attack. ITV's Richard Pallot reports.
Stevens died of severe asphyxiation, apparently from smoke, Ziad Abu Zeid, a Libyan doctor who treated him, told The Associated Press.
Stevens was practically dead when he arrived close to 1 a.m. Wednesday (7 p.m. ET Tuesday), and "we tried to revive him for an hour and a half but with no success," Abu Zeid said. The ambassador was bleeding in his stomach because of the asphyxiation but had no other injuries, he said.
Demonstrations in Benghazi and in Egypt broke out Tuesday following news reports about the anti-Islamic video, which — if a trailer posted on YouTube is representative — features an amateur cast performing a wooden dialogue of insults disguised as revelations about Muhammad.
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The diplomatic crisis in Libya and Egypt quickly turned political as the Obama and Romney campaigns traded statements overnight. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
The attacks were the first such assaults on U.S. diplomatic facilities in either country, at a time when both Libya and Egypt are struggling to overcome the turmoil following the ouster of their longtime leaders, Moammar Gadhafi and Hosni Mubarak, in uprisings last year.
The events appeared to underscore how much the ground in the Middle East has shifted for Washington, which for decades had close ties with Arab dictators who could be counted on to muzzle dissent.
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The Arab Spring isn't working out so well. Now we get to see how the American Fall plays out.
So it OBAMA's fault the Republican idiots made that film, what party do you think those people come from, They sure as HELL was not Democrats maybe MORON ROMNEY should be talking to his flock... Can't fix stupid.
We tried to "liberate" these stone aged cretins, didn't we? Just last year, right? We should have just let them kill each other. The civilized world would have been better off. Can't tame savages.
This should be a lesson to us as we contemplate "helping" Syria, Yemen, Sudan, or whatever Christ-forsaken cat litter box we stick our fingers into.
Religion is the root of all evil.
Now Sam, you know damn well had Bush done what Obama did (bypass Congressional authorization to meddle in Libyan affairs) and this turned out, you liberal democrats would be calling him every name under the sun and the New York Slimes rag would be calling for his resignation on page A1. Hypocrites. And just so you know, the Middle East and the entire GLOBE is becoming more and more hostile these days: China is threatening the entire Pacific Rim and telling us to go pound sand, and Russia is sabre-rattling and building up arms by the highest amount since the Cold War. But by all means, with the exception of Libya meddling, you liberals are doing a GREAT JOB being pacifists!
A US Embassy is American Soil no different than Scranton, Pennsylvania or Lawrence Kansas. To invade one and kill the diplomats is an act of war. Let's see what the Campaigner-in-Chief does with this. I wonder how many embassies will be taken this time and how long the hostages will be held because "they can". Just like I have been saying for a while; Jimmy Carter - Version 2.0
sam 627556 it says an israeli filmmaker living in california. Liberal california.
typical lib trash talk.
can't fix stupid
Keep the USA out of this - if you want a holy war then take your (Christian & Jew) pussy asses back to where you came from and leave us civilized humans out of your hate filled drama. The only reason, as one person puts it, that American soil was attacked was because of the hate one religious nut had toward other religious nuts...American politics had nothing to do with provoking it - US soil was just the easiest target to access.
Notice how the pussies who put this stuff out always go into hiding...lmao, cast the first stone then run and hide.
Sam627556
So, do you advocate that we give up our first amendment rights to free speech because it pisses off some jackass in another country? Do we now say about Mohammad, "Oh, We do not speak his name"?
Do we not get to have Political Cartoons that offend anyone because they might get up on their hind legs and do the bitch dance and then go blow up someone's embassy?
Sorry Skippy, that won't happen. I served with the 3rd Marines in Quang Tri and Thua Thien provinces of Vietnam and swore an oath to "Protect and Defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, Foreign and Domestic". We have the right to free speech because better people than some whiny ass liberal fought and died to defend it. I will not give it away just because it hurts some little tick turd's feelings in another country or some cretinous clown in this one!
"The protesters were firing gunshots and rocket-propelled grenades." Protesters with guns and RPGs? Really? Protesters?
Maybe we should give them more foreign aid.
Yeah, it's gotta be that huge block of Hollywood Jewish film-makers who support Romney acting up again.
Seriously hambonenh? That has got to be some of the silliest logic on the planet. I guess I must be a Repub because I live in GA? Strange, didn't know that. Thanks for letting me know. *facepalm*
obviously not. A good example of unfixable stupid would be assuming that an extremely pro-Israeli and anti-Muslim person who uses conservative Christian groups to promote his film must totally be a 'librul' because he lives in California....
Religion folks. Not a particular country that doing bad stuff (Catholic preists anyone?), bad things happen around religion. And people act surprised.
So Chris do you propose we go to war? Are you saying that we should attack them? Where will that get us? Into another conflict because something the was done here and it incited them. If someone depicted Jesus in this manner many of you would be up in arms. The Commander-In-Chief cannot correct every problem someone makes or their err in judgement. We cannot police the world and neither can we insulate ourselves from it. What we do here affects us abroad. This may also have dire consequences for our troops serving in hostile countries. You condemn President Obama but not the maker of the movie and to me that is asinine.
If you were a true service member that saw combat you would not wish that fate on anyone, therefore I doubt you claim. You may have been in Nam but that doesn't mean you saw combat. I have seen combat and do not wish that on my worst enemy. I have had my comrades die in my hands and do not wish that n another service member.
Esprit De Corps.
Go to the UK news for more info- they state that this Bacile or imbecile is in hiding in the UK- too bad our ambassador could not have done the same. Isn't it interesting that yesterday the Israeli Prime Minister publicly chastised our President for not "drawing a line in the sand" and then all hell breaks loose from a stupid film from a self proclaimed Israeli? And that the Prime Minister has a meeting with the President this morning? Anyone else smell a rat?
This film has been out since July but only last week translated into Arabic and posted on you tube. Too much coincidence for me!
hambonenh
"sam 627556 it says an israeli filmmaker living in california." (post 1.1) No he doesn't. You do. Back it up with some facts please or retract.
You cannot have diplomacy with jackels.
This is what we get for bowing down and kissing third world leaders arses....
In many countries with free speach there is a limit, promoting hatred is illegal. Sam Bacile has caused the death of a US ambassador and dispite his claim that he didn't anticipate a furious reaction, he must have known that calling Islam a cancer would incite muslems to violence. Terry Jones threat to burn a Koran in 2010 caused deaths as well.
If a jewish filmaker depicted Jesus having sex with his mother, the fundamentalist religious right would loose their minds. Violence is always close to the surface where frevent religious are involved.
We gave these countries choice seems they are making the wrong ones. I stated during these uprisings that if they made the wrong choice,ie allowing extremism,and hate toward the west to be fueled) that they would pay dearly.
We knew in helping that they might choose a path we are against. The ignorance and hypocrisy of some in the ME astounds me. Muslims are much safer here in America than anywhere in the world, this is fact. Killing Americans over a film is sickening, and horrifying. The Imams in the ME stoke these fires,using the ignorance of the people, and should be held accountable.
Libya and Egypt some of your people have cheapened this world the last two days.
norm, i said sam "it says" not sam said. I did not suggest that sam said anything. Here is the excerpt from the article,
The protests in both countries were sparked by outrage over a film ridiculing Muhammad. It produced by an Israeli filmmaker living in California and was being promoted by an extreme anti-Muslim, Egyptian Christian campaigner in the United States. Excerpts from the film dubbed into Arabic were posted on YouTube.
And to think, our government supplied these people. There are many of us who knew what was going to happen if these savages took power, and there you have it. I am no Obama supporter, but his next move needs to be to show the world that we are not weak, and that his loyalty is to our citizens. The blood of those Americans killed is crying out for justice.
You cannot have diplomacy with jackals Steve-2057180? I am not Islamic but I hope I will be just as mad if someone made fun of my religion. What a jerk who made fun of Mohamed to begin with. Do you call that diplomatic? The deaths were incited by the ones who made the movie stared in the movie and those that put the movie out their. No they shouldn't have killed people who probably didn't even know about the movie but the producer sure knew it would incite them. They were Israeli after all. Shame on them for those deaths they are responsiblefor just as much as those who rioted. We should be a bit better than those "jackals" and not incite them just for a movie.
It's also quite a coincidence that the other day I made a comment how popular it is to ridicule Christians and there are no repercussions. People are even going to come on here and defend Islam and call for tolerance. Islam just murdered innocent Americans over a fuc*ing video
Its nobodys fault over here on our side, its those hostile countries over there that are ready to kill people at the drop of a hat. SO what if a film talks about anyone or anything. Dont like it, dont watch it.
Yeah, this is unquestionably the result of Obama's Arab Spring. It is another debacle caused by his arrogance, inexperience, and stupidity. Yes, Barry please keep running on your foreign policy record. It's been such a success so far....NOT!
The Religion of Peace strikes again! Last time over a book, this time over a movie! If Muhammad is so flimsy his words can't survive one movie, then maybe he's not so great after all! We may someday just have to euthanize Muslims from the face of the world just to finally know peace on earth!
This country needs to be less stupid and Respect the rest of the wrold.
I don't agree with extreme anti-Christian or anti-Muslim views, labeling entire swaths of people the same.
Ridicule is one thing; ridiculous things deserve ridicule - and both Christians and Muslims can be pretty damn ridiculous sometimes.
But it's one thing to ridicule, and it's another thing to hate. When people begin singling out a religion for its beliefs, while ignoring the ridiculous beliefs within their own camp, while ignoring the extremists who tout superiority and dehumanize those of other faiths.... we have a very big problem. It then turns away from objectivity, and becomes bigotry - losing the moral highground in the process.
I wasn't aware Obama controlled North Africa.... powerful man.
Yes, G-man, if Jesus was depicted in an inappropriate way (which He has been, in art supported by federal tax dollars through the National Endowment for the Arts) many Christians would be upset. We would not however, storm a foreign embassy and kill their Ambassador. While the Commander-in-Chief cannot correct every problem, he MUST make it clear to the world that American Embassies will NOT be attacked, overrun and our Ambassadors murdered by insane mobs.
There is nothing rational, excusable or understandable about destroying an embassy and murdering diplomats in response to a movie - regardless of the content.
I would really like to know who those 100 donors were, that put out a cool 5 mill. Hiding behind Uncle Sam while they stir up a deliberate war, perhaps?
Chris; we are all responsible for our own actions - don't run and hide behind the American flag and free speech when someone comes to hunt you down for stepping on your own private parts. Being a man and owning what you say, shouldn't be others problems.
Once more a Jewish provocation leads to Americans being killed. US should stop all support for Israel and deport that bastard Jewish film maker to Israel.
Didn't a similar event occur at our embassy in Iran when Jimmy Carter was president? Maybe the current Obama administration is really Jimmy Carter's second term. There are other similarities, too, especially in the downward spiral of our economy and the lack of leadership by an ineffective president.
Many people posted a required knee jerk reaction but presidents can't operate that way. Obama or even Bush II. Obama's actions have yet to come so we will wait.
But remember 9-11, the worst attack on America since Pearl Harbor, was attacked by Saudis with Saudi money but not the government. And Bush II did nothing to Saudi Arabia! This Libya attack is very small in comparison but still done by Libyans and not the government and Obama may as well do just what Bush II did - nothing.
"Islam is a cancer, period,"
AMEN.
Thank God for America's Christian heritage. Our government should always guarantee freedom of religion as long as that religion doesn't advocate the overthrow of the very government giving the freedom.
of course i have empathy for allreligion. we all came from there. butt i emphasize "butt," we cannot and should not support any for all our well-being. it always costs lives and money...that id where "politics" started.
except for diplomacy, we need to invest in our country. and, i especially mean imperialistic gw nation building. leave the greedy bastards to go broke.;
They have done far worse to incite us and we ignored it. A video is released, and four Americans are dead. When they show video of American flags burning or Presidents hung in effigy, we don't storm there consulate here and kill the Ambassador.
This is eerily similar to the events overseas just before 9/11. A lot of strange things were happening in the months and days before the WTC attacks. And its happening again. An act of war? Yes. Go to war? Nope. I said it before, and I'll say it again. There are places in the world that cannot be fixed, liberated or brought to peace and civilization. Best thing is to eliminate the threat. No war, no peacekeeping, no troops on the ground risking there lives for these s**tholes. Load up a couple of B2s and B1s. Once and done. One day its a barbaric third-world terrorist breeding ground, the next day its a smoking crater in the Earth. Thats how we should roll. Then let em try and f**! with us again.
Religion has been and will always be the root of hate, fighting and war. That said, no one should be insulting anothers religion. It is something that only the people that believe in that particular religion will fight for and argue about no matter who instigated the disrespect.
As for the violent reaction, that is uncalled for. Those islamic people should be ashamed of themselves for acting like a group of animals. We could use this as an example of why religion should never be involved in a countries government. Mixing religious believes in the governance of any people will always incite violence.
Just picture this, an embassy set up here, that promotes Muslim beliefs, and they produced a movie that insulted Jesus calling the christian beliefs the devils work. Picture it changing the minds of the youth in this country. Just how long would it be before someone bombed or burned that place?
I am not taking up for the actions of those people, but I am saying that this could have been avoided if the person who made that film had used his head instead of his hate.
G-Man-3467407
FYI, 2nd Bn, 3rd Marines. I was in Camp Carrol, Cam Lo, and and Dong Ha and Yes I saw action. Primary MOS 0311, Secondary MOS 8541, look it up. Before you make accusations, or spout drivel before find out first. But I could also question your experiences as you are willing to have US Soil taken under arms and do NOTHING about it.
No, I do Not want to go to war, but neither do I want another 56 or 156 hostages held for 440 days because the administration has no stones for protecting the founding principles of international law. Maybe you missed it, but without diplomatic protection and immunity, no country can afford to have diplomatic missions. Perhaps you would like to travel to a country as a diplomat and see how well that will work.
There are areas between war and nothing. Jimmy Carter did nothing for the first 200 days and thereby emboldened the Mice to roar. That is partially the reason that 240 Americans and 220 Marines died in Beirut in 1983. There has to be an official response that tells the bastards "the pain you will receive is far worse than the joy you got from the action. " Otherwise, you just embolden them to do it again and again. As the saying goes:
Obama supported the Arab Spring, praised it, backed it militarily, and helped finance it. I would say he gets all the credit.
spectacularab: Nice thoughts, but not very realistic. First of all, respect has to be earned. It is not given away freely. Since you've given yourself to attribute an entire nation with the acts of one person then you have to admit that the film-maker was right. One little movie and the response of Islam is violence and death. I guess you think that is alright. You may respect such a response, but until the Islamist respect others' rights to disagree with them then they will not earn respect or trust. And that is the crux of the problem.
Personally, I have a very difficult time viewing Islam as a religion. When you look at the history of the religion and it's roots you have to conclude that it is a very violent religion with zero tolerance for anyone who disagrees with it. Where Islam is the dominant religion sharia law generally prevails. There is nothing compassionate or religious about sharia law. Sharia law is nothing more than enforced Tyranny. Even in Saudi Arabia, our so-called ally, sharia law is enforced. Of course, Mecca is the central place of focus of Islam. Imagine, in the 21st century women can't drive, go places on their own, vote, etc.... Does that sound like religion or tyranny?
Respect has to be earned!
On the day of 9-11, when we honor our dead from Muslim terrorist attacks @ the Twin Towers, we are yet dealt another blow from these a$$holes. WTF??? There is no foreign policy from this administration except apologies. I am curious to see what actions if any will be taken by this administration.
It is a shame that the Obama administration condemn our right of free speech apologising to Muslim couties. There is no justification for the action of those troglodytes ion countries where we ere helping to get freedom. Obama must be in our side , the Muslim world need to learn whet its mean freedom of speech. Learn from Christians, they don't kill people of set on fire a Museum that shows offensive images of Jesus. Stop the aid to the Muslims, they do not deserve our help., until they learn to behave in a tolerant society. Shame on them and the statament of the Obama administration.
for every action, there will be reaction. We all know that the middle east is a powder keg just waiting to explode. Post 9/11 showed how ignorant some americans can really be and this is a result. I don't agree with killing anyone but yet if muslims were burning bibles, there would be some that would target mosques and kill by trying to invoke God's name as the reason why. It's like the domestic terrorist that kill abortion doctors but yet i see no one being outraged by that.
yes, we have freedom of speech but conventional wisdom and some common sense should abstain people from insulting others however, being ignorant is not covered in the Declaration of Independence nor the Constitution.
Seems those Israelis are hell bent on starting WWIII. I guess Netanyahu is gambling that Romney will be elected.
Pete, you sound like a bad ass dude, your Military credentials, are what?
No, they just hang them, and set them on fire first!!
Nuke all of those middle eastern bastards till they glow. Rid the world of this fecal matter once and for all. Then the world will prosper.
'TO PROTECT THE PEACE, WE BECOME THE BEAST. The anti religious governments of Russia and China are really behind this. Been saying this for years. They play a better game of chess than we do. Have the Christian based Free world fighting the non-compromising Islamic governments. As you can see, after taking your biased blinders off, the reasons for fanaticism are being CREATED and they sit back to collect all the spoils. Russia already went bankrupt when they fought Afghanistan. Now they and China will supply arms but will let the local yokels duke it out. China on the other hand will just sit back and later mine the unlimited untapped resources AND replace the local inhabitants with their own people, like they have done in Tibet. Yup been saying this for years and it is finally materializing....now.
Rhonda, American embassies have been attacked under both Republican and Democratic presidents. In just 2008, the American embassy in Belgrade was torched. Who was president then? Get a grip on your partisan junk. The difference, I might add, is that the torching of the embassy in Belgrade was a direct result of Bush's actions, not due to some private citizen anti-muslim christian who posted a video. I am sure the not-so-subtle difference is lost on you. Regardless, American lives are lost and it sounds like you're cheering the bad news. Sickening.
Maybe a couple hundred years ago - but not today. Thank the Enlightenment and emergence of secular governance.
It's interesting what centuries of religious fundamentalism can do to people.
You know how it got that way right? Well sit down and I will tell you a story; the Islamic fundamentalists were a fringe group at one time; like any other. Held mainly religious posts; not even the Caliphs were particularly religious - more political leaders than anything. The Islamic world was flourishing. Arts, medicine, astronomy, algebra... all whilst Christian Europe was in the throes of what we might consider the equivalent of the Middle East today, book burning, witch burning, home burning... just about burning anything, as well as plague.
But then came the fall of Byzantium, creating a power vacuum in the Christian world. Italy, as a center of power grew - sea trade picked up and overshadowed the silk road in market dominance. The Islamic world at that time very much depended upon the silk road. Wars ensued as is natural whenever there is money and a power vacuum. Christian Europeans returned from their wars in the east with many of the ancient texts and documents preserved by the Muslims - Plato, Aristotle, Medical texts, etc. Then came the Reneasseance, followed by the diminishing influence of the plague and ever increasing importance of sea trade : leading to what one might call a 'golden age'.....
meanwhile, the Islamic world was in steep decline due to the loss of their economic backbone. And you know what happened? The fringe fundamentalists began blaming what they perceived as the iniquities within the Islamic world. Art, science, literature, astronomy, medicine.... all were demonized as frivilous and even unholy practices. The destitute people liked having scapegoats other than the insurmountable economic reality of world-trade and diminished influence. Fundamentalism took root, leading to further isolation, and less progress in the things that would have possibly saved them from being overshadowed by Europe. But no, they went with the idea that so long as they made everything 'about Allah' that they would be fine.... that Allah was upset with people studying the starts and inventing new technologies; that such things were not the Will of God....
It was the religious fundamentalism that religious leaders used to manipulate the people and secure power during hard times that resulted in the shape of Islam we see today. It's perfectly capable of its own Reneaissance, Enlightenment, and ultimately the sexual/racial revolutions that come with classical liberal ideals. But pushing them to do so, or supporting dictators which just put a 'cap' on it for awhile is not the way. They need to do it much like we did here in the US, have their own Revolution based upon the ideals of religious freedom, secularism, and liberty. There are definitely significant elements in Egypt and Libya which support those ideals; but unfortunately it's the fundamentalists who have the guns and the majority it seems.

By your standards then, Obama gets all the credit for killing bin Laden.
What's it like speaking out of both sides of your mouth? Is it difficult?
I'd suggest before spitting typical partisan garbage that you do a quick mental hypocrisy check before making yourself look silly. Thanks.
It is time that the West showed Fundamentalist Islam exactly the same tolerance that they show us. Sadly this means that the best place to find an Islamist fanatic is just over the tip of your foresight.
It looks like Obama's experament with the 'religion of peace' has not gone so well. He is the one that despite experts stating that any involvement was a bad idea, went ahead and had our military people put at risk helping these ungrateful people.
I personally am tired of them disrespecting us and yet demanding respect. We give money and rather then be thankful they call us the Great Satan. We help free their people and they turn and attack the ones that put themselves in harms way for them.
I believe in freedom of religion and as such do believe that all people should have a right to practice their own faith, but slowly I am beginning to believe that those still living in the dark ages and believing they have the right to force their faith through itimidation and death should be stopped no matter the cost. I personally do not care what faith they come from, to live in harmony and respect is a wonderful thing, to force ones beliefs on another (or lack of belief) is not a wonderful thing and should be meet with the strongest force possible. There is no reason that peace loving people can not live in harmony.
And to stop you people that always think it is right to attack only the christian faith and leave the other faiths alone that today is causing all the violance, I also agree that so called 'Christians' that in religions name are using violence to further their goal, are no better the the muslims that do the same. I can state this because I am a Christian, but as such I believe that we need to love not hate, to tollerated a difference not attack it, to give respect rather then disrespect (but if giving it we also have a right to demand it), to be able to protest peacefully not violently, and to ask that if we do such all faiths (or groups of no faith) also do the same.
Since we decided to "take sides" in another country's civil war, we must be so pleased as to how this is all turning out. Our Imam-In-Chief backed and supported the islamic rebels in internal conflicts with established foreign governments on their sovereign soil. See what it got him? (What would we do if the Muslim Brotherhood funded and supplied an armed insurrection here?) Now these ragheads want to kill our people, but will still take money from us. And why? Because some Israeli film producer depicted Mohammed as a "womanizer and a madman". Too damn bad. And he forgot to mention PEDOPHILE. Pete has it right, there are places that cannot be fixed. Their civilizations have been around for centuries. It is a shame they have never progressed past the third.
Trex, Bush supported free elections for Palestinians and they elected Hamas. See what it got him?
Sam627556,
Pathetic. Do you really want to know. Simple start with researching back to March 2009 when President Obama triggered all of this with his March 2009 Iran Policy.
After President Obama stated his March 2009 Iran Policy, US must negotiate before any actions (position of weakness); the Ayatollahs of Iran that actually control everything basically told President Obama to f**k off and die, NO EMPTY WORDS "negotiations".
Then the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran started those covert and overt things that are now Documented History: Overthrow of Former US Ally President Gaddaffi by Islamic Jihadists fully supported by the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran. Overthrow of US Ally President of Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood as fully supported by the the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran before the "Egyptian Revolution". Overthrow of US Ally President of Yemen by the Islamic Jihadists of Al Quada Yemen as fully supported by the the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran. US told to get the f**k out of Iraq, no more negotiations with President Obama nor SOS Clinton, US must follow President Bush's Iraq Withdrawal Time Table, the the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran in Northern Iraq tells the Islamic Shia Government of Iraq to give the Chinese and Russian Federation the Iraqis Oil that could have paid for the US Military Liberation of Iraq with decades to centuries of Iraqis Oil, this make the Libyan Oil of Strategic Importance to the US European Allies, this too was lost to the Chinese as negotiated by the Islamic Nation of Qatar. Lots of etc..
(Declassified 2012) The Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran, fully supporting with training, funding, arming, etc. hundreds of thousands of Fundamentalist Islamic Jihadists located at the Fundamentalist Isalmic Autonomous Kurdistanis Region using their Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran Special Forces, Quds, in Asymmetric Warfare (Insurgency) to Overthrow the US and US Allies Worldwide.
This was part of General McChrystal's statement to the News Media warning of the increased Strategic Sphere of Influence of the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran; since this was against President Obama's March 2009 Iran Policy, he received a Letter of Reprimand.
Idealistic Academic no real World experience brand new President Obama fell neck deep into the outhouse pit. Because he could not even understand the longtime stated Strategic Goal of the Chinese and Russian Federation of getting the US And US Allies out of their Backyards (Resources). The Chinese and Russian Federation using the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran as their "Proxy Fighters". The Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran using the Worldwide Islamic Jihadists as their "Proxy Fighters" as funded by the Islamic Laws Mandatory Islamic Tithes of Trillions USDs per year of 1.5 Billion Islamic Believers Worldwide.
If you want to KNOW from the horses mouth, President Obama's intentions in writing for the United States READ his Book, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
General Patton read General Rommel's Book Infanterie Greift An; and Chancellor Hitler's Mein Kampf, to know what they were going to do next. Their Decision Making Processes, Thoughts, Their Unbreakable Factors from their Experiences Growing up exploited as weaknesses, etc..
Facts not Popular Opinion, Logic not Emotions, Experience not Academic Idealism, Results not Empty Words nor Excuses, Details not Errors of Omission (Lies of training to be Lawyers), etc..
The Real World Life or Death School of Hard Knocks hates Academic Idealists and immediately gives them the Darwin Award (kills them off).
From Experience, the Majority Fundamentalist Islamic Shia usually "Shoot First as the Dead do not complain", that is why there are only a minority of Sunnis, as the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia will shoot the Sunnis in the face while the Sunnis is negotiating. The usual justification used by the Fundamentalist Islamic Jihadists like when I was a UN Observer was, "You made me kill them (innocent men, women, children) because you are here."
President Bush: October 2001 Orders his Executive Intelligence Agency the CIA to Afghanistan, they failed, my Teams are attached to them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arxKhJIjIiY
WE (NOT YOU) start chasing the surviving Fundamentalist Islamic Taliban, Al Quada, Islamic Jihadists on the Old Silk Road and start killing them with extreme prejudice. The US Politicians demand we stop as not to violate the Sovereign Nations of Iran and Iraq. The Fundamentalist Islamic Kurdistanis provide them with Fundamentalist Islamic Sanctuary.
In 2002 President Bush pushes for a US Law for us to finish the job of eliminating those that escaped us (NOT YOU) at Afghanistan. In 2002 US Congress passes US Law with Congressional Appropriations, 2002 Iraqi War Resolution.
Because only a few of us survived October 2001 we are augmented by the US Army 10th Special Forces Group to conduct 2002 Operation Hotel California. The Fundamentalist Islamic Taliban, Al Quada, Islamic Jihadists became stronger with the direct support of the Fundamentalist Islamic ShiaRepublic of Iran and many Islamic Jihadists arriving from Worldwide. Combined together they all become the Fundamentalist Islamic Ansar Al Islam. The battles against the Fundamentalist Islamic Ansar Al Islam become the most significant in the Unclassified History of the US Army 10th Special Forces Group, this became Asymmetric Warfare Skill versus Asymmetric Warfare Skill.
Before being completely destroyed the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran provides them with Fundamentalist Islamic Sanctuary, they escaped us again; later they return via the Fundamentalist Islamic ShiaRepublic of Iran back to Afghanistan and Pakistan as the Fundamentalist Islamic Taliban, Fundamentalist Islamic Al Quada, Fundamentalist Islamic Jihadists, Fundamentalist Islamic Hamas Foreign Fighters, etc.. (recently declassified) Many also go south and hide amoung their Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Friends at Southern Iraq. Sunnis President Hussein does not know.
Our (NOT YOU) Mission is changed to accomplish President Clinton's US Law, H.R.4655 "Iraqis Liberation Act of 1998" Justification Section 2 Weapons of Mass Destruction (NOT BUSH), Section 3 US Policy Overthrow of President Hussein, "Regime Change".
In 2002 we (NOT YOU), the US Army 10th Special Forces Group, the Pro US Kurdistanis Pesh (not the Fundamentalists) attacked, seized and secured the Iraqis Chemical Weapons Facility at Sargat, Iraq.
We then create a Strategic Operational Feint to get the Iraqis Military Command and Political Leadership to move all their Main Iraqis Military Forces North of Baghdad, their belief that the US would attack thru US Ally Turkey.
We attacked, seized and secured the Northern Iraqis Oil Fields.
2002, Company sized elements of us, the US Army 10th Special Forces Group, the Pro US Kurdistanis Pesh (not the Fundamentalists) destroyed five Full Strength Elite Iraqis Armor and Mechanized Infantry Divisions (Credited in the Unclassified History of the US Army 10th Special Forces Group) and (recently declassified) one Full Strength Elite Iraqis Division held in Reserve with no Air Support (Air Strikes). How we (NOT YOU) did this is still "Classified".
(Declassified) 2002. We knew that the Iraqis Military was "Command Driven", no orders means they do NOTHING, absolutely NO individual initiative (Just like the dumbarse US Civilians want the US Military to become). Non Nuclear E-Bombs are used to destroy ALL Iraqis Electronics and Electricity, thrown from the 20th Century to the Stone Ages. With no electricity nor electronics they do not have communications to organize a cohesive defense or deploy their Iraqis Military Forces. (Declassified FOIA, my After Action Report) Even our digital watches were destroyed by the Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) or Electro Magnetic Radiation (EMR); however, my Seiko Mechanical Chronograph from when I was a LRRP/Ranger at Vietnam survived, so that I was the only one of Redacted Task Force Redacted that could coordinate phased (timed) activities. The methods used to protect our own electronics (except the forgotten Redacted Redacted Digital Watches) especially our communications against our own EMP/EMR did work, even with precautions/procedures some of our vehicles became disabled beyond repair.
2002. We start conducting LRS-D and Pathfinder Operations for the 2003 US Military Liberation of Iraq in accordance with President Clinton's US Law, H.R.4655 "Iraqis Liberation Act of 1998" that now became US Military Operation Iraqis Freedom.
2003. We are attached to Redacted as Commanded by General McChrystal (US Army Special Forces) at Iraq.
2004. Those of us (NOT YOU) that survived, are finally allowed our kind of R&R as: attending many memorial services, replacing our dead, assessing new Team Members to the Teams, Training Teams with new Team Members, Training for our new/next Mission(s) 80% to 90% of our lives (5% for family, 1-2% personal), etc.. By the way I either had to resign my US Military Officer Commission or switch to US Military Asymmetric Warfare from my previous very comfortable 0600 to 1900 desk job. Of the almost thousand of us starting on the US Military Training Teams to US Ally Iraq during the Iran Iraq Wars, later rotated to Operation Cyclone as demanded by Senator Charles Wilson, Democrat, Texas; there are only a few us that survived (including those of the CIA's SAD/SOG).
So sure if President Bush as Commander In Chief took false Credit for what we did (NOT YOU NOR BUSH) he most definitely "Killed More Terrorists" by the thousands.
In 2006 President Bush Amended the US No Assassination Policy regardless of the US Politicians intensive objections (Harvard International Review 2006 article, "US No Assassination Policy on the Offensive". The Planning to locate and capture Osama Bin Laden is given to General McChrystal (US Army Special Forces, previous Commander SOC, firsthand experience Iraq locating capture of President Hussein), Admiral McRaven (USN SEAL, JSOC), Director CIA (delegated to SAD/SOG); mission perimeters failing to capture OBL, terminate OBL.
(Unclassified) 2006 The CIA with USAF attached can now use MQs (armed RQs) to specifically target (assassinate) individual "Terrorists". The mission of Targeting and Target Damage Assessment is added to our (NOT YOUR) Mission, USAF STTs are attached to us. We are cross trained at their School (eventhough we wrote their Training Manuals and Technical Manuals). Using Redacted and Redacted experience we are identifying and terminating the individual "Terrorists". This was "Classified" until President Obama bragged about this, 2009, and outed us, we withdraw from Redacted, and can no longer protect the Afghans/Pakistanis that we were living with during years of consecutive tours due to the new President Obama Rules of Engagement required US Civilian (not US Military) Rule of Law and US Civilian Rules of Evidence, they (men, women, children) are massacred. By word of mouth, this information spreads and "emboldens" and "encourages" the Islamic Jihadists to increase their activities, "US is impotent" (translation, male sexual activity as an insult) "and cannot protect you collaborators to the Christians, Jews, Unbelievers (aka High Treason against Islam)". (Unclassified News Article) 2010 blabber mouth Senator Lieberman tells the News Media about President Obama's Secret Wars (not Iraq nor Afghanistan) we are redeployed back to Afghanistan from Redacted, Redacted, Redacted, Redacted, etc. as Senator Lieberman Officially verified our presence at those Nations, resulting in us being hunted by the Locals for the large (1 Million) dead or alive Bounties/Rewards offered by the Islamic Jihadists.
The only we, we, we, that most of you keep squealing is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaGC9kfkaO8
When we succeed it is we, we, we. When we fail it is you, you, you.
Most of you are NOT the 1% of the US Citizens of the US Military; and most of you are definitely NOT the 3% of the all the US Military, as the US Military Asymmetric Warfare Forces (aka Special Warfare). Or you would know that President Obama is saying, "nice big doggy" then turning around and kicking the dog in the nuts as US Military Commander In Chief by ordering 90,000 US Military Personnel to be Reduction In Force'd and thrown on Unemployment.
Fundamentalist Islam (the majority):
Fundamentalist Islamic Amin Al Husseini as the Representative of the Islamic World signs the 1933 Forever Alliance with Chancellor Hitler. Co founder of the Fundamentalist Islamic Arab League of Nations, Original Charter extermination of the Jews, Amin Al Husseini insists on the repeated attacks against the Jews, resulting in the Fundamentalist Islamic Arab League of Nations members losing in War part of Jordan, part of Egypt, Gaza, Palestine, West Bank, Golan Heights, etc. even with the UN and US Sanctions and Embargoes against Israel to get weapons, while the Fundamentalist Islamic Arab League of Nations spent all their wealth buying weapons from the USSR instead of spending their wealth on their own Nations. Fundamentalist Islamic Amin Al Husseini demands implementation of his Pan Arabic Plan, to stop any Jews from coming to the Islamic World, this is done by removing the original inhabitants Christians and Jews by force from Palestine and replaced with the "undesirables" moved from Jordan and Egypt by armed force to Palestine. Fundamentalist Islamic Amin Al Husseini co-founder of the Fundamentalist Islamic Muslim Brotherhood. To create the hatred of the Jews forever, demands the Mandatory School Curriculum of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" taught as a success story sabotaged by the Jews, and the Blame the Jews for everything, "Protocols of the Wise Elders of Zion".
The Fundamentalist Islamic Muslim Brotherhood are so Fundamentalist Islamic, that the Islamic Egyptian Government makes them Illegal.
Due to President Obama's March 2009 Iran Policy, the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran starts overt and covert Activities Worldwide. One of them being, prior to the "Egyptian Revolution" and misnomer "Arab Spring" a representative of the Fundamentalist Islamic Muslim Brotherhood negotiates with the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran for their support to Overthrow US Ally President Mubarak, as a Collaborator to the Christians, Jews, Unbelievers (Death Penalty High Treason Against Fundamentalist Islam). Those of the Fundamentalist Islamic Muslim Brotherhood that were trained by the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran's Special Forces, Quds, at the Fundamentalist Islamic Autonomous Kurdistanis Region of Northern Iraq in Asymmetric Warfare (Insurgency) start to incite the Egyptian people to start a Civil War. The average Egyptian Soldier is caught between their Sworn Oath to the US Ally Egyptian Government and having to live at an Islamic Nation (Islamic retributions against their Families and Relatives), the young Military finally side with Islam; the older Military with previous experience side with the US Ally Egyptian Government, leave Egypt or side with Islam. The Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran gets access to the Strategic Suez Canal, closer locations to attack US Ally Israel, Ports to attack the US European Allies (Crusaders), Logistics closer to support the Fundamentalist Islamic Army of Islam Gaza, the Fundamentalist Islamic Hamas Warlords of Palestine, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group aka the Rebels aka New Libyan Government. The Fundamentalist Islamic Muslim Brotherhood gets Egypt.
Before you start the name calling, I went to College at Egypt to learn Arabic, and later after learning Arabic, Islam only taught in Arabic as part of my US Military Asymmetric Warfare Middle East Officer Qualification. I lived with an Egyptian Family that did not know English, their son was learning English; later on returned to live with another Egyptian Family while learning Islam; while attached to the US Embassy. I could wear anything, beard, mustache, long hair, etc.. NO US Military Uniform. During College at Egypt, I was REQUIRED or be expelled to go to the Mandatory School Curriculum of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" taught as a success story sabotaged by the Jews, and the Blame the Jews for everything, "Protocols of the Wise Elders of Zion" and pass all Tests, including reciting the Islamic Prayers without fault.
So don't tell me I don't know about Egypt. You want to talk about Libya, Redacted, Indonesia, Sudan, Somalia, Redacted, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Redacted, Redacted, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kenya, etc. also to prove just how wrong all of you academic idealistic with no real world experience really are. In 2012, I pulled some strings and got one of the families I lived with out of Egypt; the other family stated their intent to remain and warned me never to return to Egypt.
Pertaining to Libya: The Libyan "Rebels" now the Government of Libya: Al Quada Saudi Arabia (AQ), Al Quada Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Al Quada Syria (AQS), Al Quada Yemen (AQY), Hezbollah, Al Quada Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), etc.
Anytime a US President opens his mouth, what is said becomes US Policy and the gears start to turn; especially at his Executive Intelligence Agency, the CIA. If the President "Green lights" something then the CIA's SAD/SOG get involved; if requested then we are attached to the CIA's SAD/SOG and become a "Civilian Entity" and not US Military "Boots on the Ground". The Director of the CIA then directs these Missions with pre approved Delegated Presidential Authority, so that in the event of a Mission Failure the President has "Credible Deniability" to save to Office of the President, those involved are then charged with "Exceeding Authority" and become the "Politically Expedient Scapegoats/Sacrificial Lambs". These "Politically Expedient Scapegoats/Sacrificial Lambs" cannot defend themselves or they will be also compromising "Classified Information" (beyond US Military "Top Secret" of the US Department of State and the US Intelligence Agencies).
This is why we learned the hard way from our predecessors to document EVERYTHING so that our arses are not hung out to dry as "Politically Expedient Scapegoats or Sacrificial Lambs" to be slaughtered. The first time that you are hauled into a "Closed Door" US Congressional Hearing and threatened with life imprisonment, then you get the idea.
Free Elections; not at gunpoint of the Fundamentalist Islamic Hamas Warlords.
It is true. After reading some of these comments, liberals can't take the truth. Have an open mind and use common sense.
Sad events. The question is what is Obama gonna do about it? No strong statement other than the facts? It is an outrage and barbaric. Meanwhile Obama is weighing the options, hoping he won't loose any votes by doing the right thing quickly. This is when you lead...so far Obama has his head under his pillow...
Nah, the root is power . Whether it be gained through control of oil, gold, land, labor, influence - as governments seek it. Or simply having more followers to fill the coffers and satiate your ego.
Religion is just the primary tool that power-seekers use to manipulate the ignorant to do all the work. If religion was replaced with reason and logic; the people might realize that all the hate and fear is a fabrication; a spectre to justify their bloodthirst for the opposition spurred on by those in power.
Let's think about this- A film made and shown in the US creates riots in Egypt and Libya, causing the deaths of our foreign diplomat and staff. That's about as lame brained as saying that I didn't like how the last season of CSI ended, so let's go destroy the studio. So I look around here and it's blame US?!? That party/this party waaaaa waaaaa. Wake up people it's YOU they hate.
Here's a thought for you- do you think that just maybe there might be anti US, anti West, or anti Chrisian movies being made and shown in that region? Are we burning mosques or consulates here in "protest"- no. Clearly we are working with either an unevolved culture or it's a coordinated step against the West. Their logic is either- "We heard you showed an anti-Muslim movie, you must die" or "You see how the West disrespects us, let's get together and kick them out of the region." I think it's the latter.
So the US "helps" Egypt overthrow their leader and our embassy gets taken over. The US "helps" the Libyian rebels overthrow their leader, and our ambassador gets killed. How's that foreign policy working out for you?
"I strongly condemn the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi, which took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens," President Barack Obama said Wednesday in a statement. "Right now, the American people have the families of those we lost in our thoughts and prayers."
That does not sound like an apology to me.
Another failure for the West and its democracy enforcing around the world. Those nations have or had dictators for a reason, it is either that or Islamist mobs that nobody can control.
Russia and China are wise, they both have Muslim within their borders. Let the Muslims figure out what is better for them, even if they have to kill each other; after all how many wars, including civil and world wars the West fought before becoming civilized and less aggressive?
That is what democracy ultimately gets ya - a bunch of idiots electing a bunch of theocrats.
Just goes to show that this MORON is not fit to hold the offfice of POTUS. He is weak when it comes to his MUSLIM brothers. How can a president allow foreign nationals to invade soverign ground? Where is the Retaliation?????????????????
Only a Lefty would accuse this film maker of being an idiot and a Republican for voicing an opinion that is protected by the First Amendment and only pisses off a group of intolerant, violent, self righteous, Middle Eastern nut jobs.
Who cares that they are mad. Who cares that the movie upset them. Who cares? They get mad at everyone for anything.
Stop pandering to these bullies.
Thanks David for explain something , liberals never will understand. They care about politics not fact.
Thanks for your service.
( sorry for the typos from previous comments my blood is boiling )
Come on. Stop with the knew jerk reactions. There are religious extremist everywhere including in the US. (Think the Sikh killings most recently). The Libyan government did not attack, extremists did. Islam did not attack the embassy, Muslim extremists did. Christianity did not attack the Sikhs, a Christian extremist did. This is absolutely a horrible thing. I put a lot of the blame on anti Muslim extremists here.
Waiting for Obama to start blaming the American in 3...2...1
On CNN this morning Obama's "team" is already doing just that.
I remember Elton John having the nerve to say that he thinks Jesus Christ was gay. Did the Christians get angry? No. Of course I didn't like it but the way I see it is Elton is the one who is going to have to answer to God on Judgment Day.
Obama and his team need to blame one group only and that's the Islamist extremists.
Obama has allowed Islamist extremists to become stronger. Watch Obama 2016 the movie. This movie was made over a year ago and look what happened today in Libya and Egypt.
I bet Obama is trying to decide what to do now...
"Hmmm, What would net me more votes here.... Let's think about this"
Well everything has its price, but some people don't get it, you play with fire you will get burned, just maybe if We did not stick our nose into everyone else business there would not be problems like this, and if it was Jewish film makers did it, it show they don't want peace which does not surprise me I find them more arrogant than most Republicans and just as ignorant.
Janet, The next time another country's embassy is rocket attacked in America, you may feel free to post that idiotic drivel. Until then, move to another country and promote this wonderful world you feel you live in. Fact is these are everyday residents in Libya protesting, and caused the death of our Ambassador. Since we don't have to be a fortune teller to know that the people attacking will not be arrested, we must protest this action in the harshest manner possible.
Your last line is equivalent to me slapping you and you feeling it's your fault because you weren't nice enough. Great way to paint a target on yourself.
30 years ago, Anthony Quinn, stared in a Movie about Mohamed; those who saw the closed showing in Hollywood, said it was a well done movie, and actually praised Mohamed; the Saudi government told the U.S., to pull the film, which was pulled, the Saudi royal family paid the studio for the cost of making it, and destroyed all copy.s and originals it is blaspheming in Islam to portray Muhammad in any likeness (tho shall make no graven images).
Here we go again. Christian Americans starting another war. I'm tired of those who keep blaming the Islamic world on everything. We in America can think we can insult the Islamic religion, invade their countries, kill their people and then when they react, we are outraged. We are supposed to be a country with freedom of religion but again we have shown the world that our freedom of religion is only related to those of the Christian faith. Again I will repeat myself by saying that religions are nothing but a front to promote hatred and kill those of different beliefs. I hope the corporate puppets in the GOP and R & R (Romney and Ryan) are happy because they keep promoting that America needs to control and rule the world by going to war with countries who won't do what we tell them to do. R & R don't want to cut the military budget so the only thing left is to have America get into more wars. Wake up America and don't allow those warmongers lie to us again. Don't forget Bush/Cheney did it to us so we must learn from the past GOP warmongers and what level they will stoop to send more of our young men and women to their deaths to further their own personnel careers.
They are all idiots in my book. Bunch of religiotards fighting over who's magical daddy is better and getting innocent Americans killed over it.
Chris you are typical of whats bad about America........... You claim to have served in Nam to protect us from forgeign enemies.......... when you were in Nam........ you were the foreigner, not them............ we were the enemy and they swore to their local residents to protect them from any enemy that stepped foot on Vietnamese soil....... you and my father. We colonized the United States and by force, took the lands from the indiginous people to include the Mexicans in Texas. Since then we took P.R. American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, we occupy S. Korea, Germany, Japan, Viet Nam, and have consulates in most every nation....sovereign nations that do not want our western way of life.
Make no mistake, that was not US soil just because we bully or buy them into submission. That was Lybian soil and if they don't want us there we should leave. If Egypt wants us out, we should leave.
We would not tolerate any other country placing armed troops on our soil as we do in Germany, Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, Nam or anywhere we are that is a sovereign nation.
There is a difference between protecting free speech and yelling 'Fire!' in a crowded theater. The Jew who made this movie clearly wanted to provoke Muslims into acts of violence against America. He should be made accountable for what happened.
Another awesome example of Islamic peace, and islamic intolerance.. Geez, why the hell do we put up with these third world mongrels burning our flags, killing our citizens and generally just hating america? I don't get it? If my neighbor hated my guts and wanted to secretly and not so secretly kill me, I sure ass hell wouldn't send him aid in his time of need or assist him in any way? Call me selfish, call me heartless, but self preservation is all that is in my mind.. How is this situation any different from the USA vs middle east? OIL!!! If this @!$%#hole region of the world didn't have oil, they would not get away with any of this garbage... This should be motivation to try and find an alternitave energy besides oil.. What a world that would be! The middle east could rot away in a world like that. Those third world heathen could continue killing each other like they have for thousands of years.. PATHETIC!!! Hey muslims, so I heard mohamad was a butcher and a womanizer?? That sounds about right, or else he was a madman. I say he's a chump!! I say islam is garbage, I say the world would be a better place without it!! I used to defend you bastards, saying that not all muslims are out of control, but I was lying to myself. Muslims are hippocrits, liers, murderers, ect.... Every news story, whether MSNBC, CNN, Local, anything, can't go one day without hearing about a stinking muslim killing, maiming, blowing up, or burning something.. And then they want tolerance.. I said it before and I'll say it again, the world would be a better place, without islam(I didn't capitalize it because I have no respect for it) So muslims, put that in your water pipe and choke on it.. You wonder why americans secretly hate ALL of you, there it is you pieces of trash!!!
This message of hate is endorsed by ME!!!!!
American embassies ARE US soil Kevin.
For all you muslim supporters out there, what do you think about those pigs now? These people are nothing but animals. This world would be a much more peaceful place if there were no disgusting smelly pigs called muslims. Take your koran and muhammad and shove it up your a s s!
Religion of peace. lol
As a fellow former Marine, you know damm well that with freedom of speech comes the RESPONSIBILITY of that freedom.
Yes - the idiot who made this film has the freedom of speech to make it, and you have the freedom to express your distain for people in other countries the way you do. HOWEVER - when your (or his) free speech is so inflammatory and so careless that it causes AMERICANS to die - you've crossed the line and become no better than the "little tick turd's" and the " cretinous clown" that your (or his) careless and intentionally hateful use of free speech when it caused them to react the way they did.
You CANNOT disconnect the impact of your comments -or the impact that the film that this idiot made from the use of free speech.
ONLY AN IDIOT would carelessly use his or her right to free speech in a manner that knowingly will cause other people to die. Particularly when it is known up front that you are putting AMERICANS in harm's way.
But then - there is a part of American society that doesn't give a sh*$ about anything other than getting thier way, so I doubt that you or this idiot 'filmmaker' gets that with free speech comes great responsibility to use that free speech in appropriate ways.
I served in the Marine Corps to uphold the Constitution AND the entire set of ideals that make this country great -- Not just the part that allows me to shoot of my mouth without considering the impact of the words I utter.
This is squarely on Obama, his people and the people who are giving him his orders. His support and assistance to these reptiles, helped put them in power, just like in Egypt, just like it will in Syria. Were Khadfi and Mubarak strongmen who kept these mobs under control? Yes. Were we better off with them in power than what we have now? Seems we know that answer now.
On top of the damage done to this country inside it's own borders (do we still have those), Obama has been complicit in creating situations all over the world, which put this Nation in ever increasing peril. He turns his back on Israel, he tries to make friends with the Taliban while they shoot American boys in the back, and he gives diplomatic, material and military support to these medieval savages to help them take over even more countries. They have been empowered and are on a roll. How many good Americans have been killed as a direct result of this Administration's actions? How many more will have to die?
Anyone with a triple digit IQ knew this would happen, or should have, just as it will continue to happen in other places. I don't know or understand the reasons for this President's affinity and empathy for these enemies of America. There is a man behind the wizard's curtain, who is being protected and hidden for some purpose. Maybe some of his supporters should be asking these questions instead of worrying about Mitt's taxes.
These radical Muslims are not freedom fighters in the south, in the 1960s. They are sworn enemies of America, who's stated goal is to destroy us, Israel and everyone else who does not submit. Most incredible of all to me, is that anyone who has any intelligence and wants this country to prosper, would support this gang of criminals for re-election.
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I disagree - free speech is protected; even an extremely offensive anti-Muslim video.
It's the use of violence to suppress free-speech that must be dealt with. Now, I absolutely do NOT condone another moronic foray into war; but something must be done.
These people? Religious tolerance is a foundation of this country; once we start calling 'those people' 'pigs' simply because of a religious label - we have crossed the line. The extremists, the fundamentalist religiotards that attacked the embassy, those are the pigs.
They are people who through their intolerance idiotically kill Americans who are totally unrelated to the video which so offended them simply because of a label; and here you are basically advocating the same sort of sick mentality. You suffer from the same sickness as they do it seems.
I find it amazing that this attack happened because someone ridiculed their war-mongering, hate-filled, pedophile of a prophet. Islam is NOT a religion of peace and love. The sooner the US realizes that Islam is a political/hate machine and acts, the sooner these middle age hate mongers can meet allah.
OK i hate to point out the most basic plain fact here, that has nothing to do with liberals, conservatives, republican, or democrat. Its that the muslim people in these area's will take any and i mean any excuse, wrapped around there religion to commit acts of murder, and destruction. Never do they protest, in a manner that says in a resonable voice, we are upset and this film is wrong, putting blame on the individual or small group that is responsible for there anger. But instead act out and murder or destroy people that had nothing to do with the film, or statement, or action commited in the first place. This not the behavior of a normal, rational people. Bye letting them commit thiese acts over and over again, we say that it is ok to commit the act of murder and violence, just because we are angry or protesting against, that we find offensive. So based on there views and there actions, the familys of the murdered americans, would this be justified and looked upon with pride, if they in anger attacked a muslim political center or americans stormed there embassy and killed and burned it down, and desecrated there flag.....would this be exceptible?? NO becuase we non muslims and i imagine some normal followers of the muslim faith, would find these acts to be against everything that is right, moral, and exceptable behavior.
What is the saddest thing ive read and seen on here and on the web is not the concern for the base actions of thiese groups, but the finger pointing and political grand standing over who is to blame. Stop pointing the finger at the current president or the party not in power. Instead look to the groups of human beings, commiting the murders, and destruction in the first place.
So what is Obama going to do about this? Any other President would have let them know by now that it will not be tolerated. Obama has made these muslim countries stronger by supplying them billions of dollars in aid while at the same time cutting Israel's defense aid by two -thirds.
It's what I have been saying all along. How much more aid will Obama have to give muslim countries in an effort to buy peace? Doesn't he know that he is the one whose supplying their weapons?
Obama is a weak president and everyone knows it!
In the meantime Iran's centrifuges keep spinning, getting closer by the day to developing that nuclear warhead.
Good job Mr President. Thanks for nothing, but more debt, chaos and uncertainty.
Side note: If Qaddafi was still in power these mobs would not of been out in the street packing heat. Much less anywhere near our Embassy.
Most here derail. This boils down to hate and ignorance, How backwards and out of touch do you have to be to kill innocent Americans over a film they might of known nothing about. This is an act of war as far I am concerned. These countries have allowed our soveriegnity to be violated, and have killed Americans. I would violate theirs by taking a drone to this areas arse. I would take care of every Imam that promoted this violence.
My hopes for these ME countries to use Democracy as a vessel out of the past has all but diminished. They have chosen the wrong path, and will stay poor,hateful,and ignorant because of it. We need to take some sort of action on this.
Sincere condolences to the families of those who were killed in the diplomatic service of The United States of America.
Having said that, it is now time to put a serious hurting on whoever did this.
I thought the USMC was suppose to be guarding our embassies? Really Lybian security forces. Another outsourcing job gone wrong and costing American's their lives, and America her dignity. I doubt a well trained Marine would have turned tail and run leaving defenceless American civilians there to fend for themselves. Thank you Hillary and oh great commander in chief. We need someone to put our Country back together again. God save our country.
And what do you propose? Send troops to Lybia and Egypt guns blazing? Topple and take over their governments like Afghanistan and Iraq so we can have another welfare country to take care of? This happened what....... last night? Things takes time. Expecially when this happened across the world.
If I was president..... I would remove all American personel from those hostile countries, give them the finger and tell them to F the financial Aid. They are on their own and its time to take care of ourselves. Why the F we are over there giving them aid and money when they freaking hate us.
-Iraq and Afghan vet
It is way past the time to alienate Islam. Countries that allow or promote violence in the name of Islam should not be getting so much as a penny of US taxpayer money, and none of their citizens should be allowed to attend schools in this country. We educate them, and they return home to promote violence against us. Their whole being is hatred and violence. Enough is enough, it is time to let that region of the world return to nomads wandering the desert.
GE Booth - one of the most reasonable posts I've seen yet.
That would be totally counterproductive. The whole point of why we are particularly keen on educating foreign students is because they take with them American values and culture. It's a long-term investment in friendlier nations and is one of the few things we have to counter the influence of fundamentalist groups.
Starderup... Does that sound like an apology? It does to me.
Unhappy... an election is coming up. This sorry excuse of a president has to make sure he gets votes out of this situation. What will net him more votes? Military retaliation or an apology to the poor Libyans?... You can bet his main concern here is getting re-elected so he can finish us up. This president needs to go in November!
(President Obama's recent statement regarding the killing of the Lybian embassador):
"First off I would like to apologize to the muslim world on behalf of America......"
Great Job there Obozo, can't fix the US economy and you let Al Queda take over the middle east.
Here's some world unity and world peace...
In English, the Capital G in God means 'One'. It's redundant to say "One God". But accepting there is One God means that everyone has the same God no matter what His name is. Now, of course, there are differences in how we interpret "what God is saying". We also have a new 21st century definition of GOD as the universal quantum computer and further scientific proof of His/Her existence...
"God is good" or to express that mathematically: GOD=GOOD.
GOD=7_4: G is the 7th letter, a circle is 15 or zerO and D is 4. 7/4=July 4th or 7 April 30 AD: Good(7__4) Friday when Jesus(74=J10+E5+S19+U21+S19) the king(74) of the Judeans(74) - the Jewish(74) Messiah(74) - was on the Cross(74). Assigning a number(74) to a letter is called Simple(6,74) English(7,74) Gematria(8,74) where words with similar sums have a connect(74) between(74) them. Jesus(74)/Y'shua(74)/Joshua(74)/IESVS(74) was born on 17/4/748 AUC (April 17, 6 BC). Muhammad=74=M13+U21+H8+A1+M13+M13+A1+D4, Al Quds(74), Sufis(74). Why all the 7s & 4s?
"Anytime an idea(19) is connect(74)ed to nature, it's not only logical - it was inevitable."
Earth has 7 continents and 4 seasons. ('7 seas') 4 oceans, ~74% of planit's surface is water. With naked eye, the ancients could see 7 moving objects(74) in the heavens(74) and 4 don't cast shadows(74) on Earth. The lunar months(74) are 4 phases of 7 days (7.4 days). Lunar year + 7 day week + 4 days = solar year. Venus is .7 AU & Mercury .4 AU from the Sun. Besides Earth, this solar system has 7 planets & 4 trans-Neptunian dwarf planets. Saturn’s ‘4 seasons’ are each 7.4 years long. Human pregnancies are 40 weeks (7x40), etc.
~74% of the elemental mass of this universe is hydrogen. ~74% of everything is dark energy(74). Unified Strings (U21 S19) Theory's 7 dimensions of hyperspace + 4 common dimensions and 7 aspects of regular time + 4 aspects of hypertime.
GOD the 'Grand Architect of this Universe' (G.A.O.T.U.[64]) is real and the spell(64)ing is a Masonic(7,74) Code(4 letters).
I really can't believe people are blaming the film maker. Yes, the film was offensive to Muslims, but get real - that is not a reason to start killing people!
I'm not religious, but I think the comments about "Christians would get mad also" is disingenuous. Jesus has been depicted in unfavorable ways many times (ex; South Park), but I don't see the Christians rioting in the street and killing people to express their outrage.
If the ME governments do not take serious action against the attackers (both in Libya and Egypt), then I say we should end all aid to these countries.
This article mentioned that it was "ultra conservative Muslims" that stormed the embassys...wow, conservative Muslims attacking?...is this a oxymoron or what? I thought that Islam was the religion of peace...
Around and around we go....... Where shall we stop? Nobody knows!
Peaceful Muslims here in the USA need to condemn these attacks.
One more attack here in the USA by Muslims, say against kids, will set off a race war, mark my words.
Blaming a whole country or region for the acts of a few extremists makes no more sense than the attack on the embassy because of a film. If WE are so much more evolved than THEM, why are we clamouring for violence? Do you see Muslims living HERE in the US killing non-Muslims?
With any "Right" comes responsibility. If you own a gun and do not keep it locked up and put away and your kids play with it and kill someone, YOU are responsible. If you let your dog run loose and it attacks other pets or people, YOU are responsible. If you allow an unlicensed person to drive your car, YOU are responsible.
The man who wrote and produced the film has gone into hiding, like the coward he is. He did not make this movie to make the world a better place, he did it to spit in the face of Muslims. He KNEW it would get a violent reaction, like the Koran-burning "preacher"...and is leaving the rest of us to take the fall out, while hiding behind OUR constitution.
Let his butt go back to Israel and make his films....
This country is screwed. Reading all the PC BS on here is making me ill. You people won't be satisified until this country is over run by dirty bomb weilding terrorists, and even then, you'll blame it on someone else and not your lily livered ideology. Do I think we should commit ground troops to Libya or Egypt, hell no !!! In fact, I believe we should bring home troops from throughout the middle east (and close all our embassies and bases). Next step, blow the entire middle east into oblivion. Americans were killed over a movie, not because we hung an ephigy of Mohamed or Allah and burned it. And what does this administration do ? Apologizes for insulting these rag headed, camel jockeys. Am I hate filled ? You better believe it !!! And it doesn't end with these muslim a-holes. It extends to all the dumbasses that make excuses for them.
The words 'conservatives' and 'liberals' when speaking of international sociopolitical ideologies has a much wider scope than what we call "conservative" and 'liberal' here in the United States.
This might surprise you, but groups in foreign countries aren't all Democrat/Republican equivalents either.
For example; the term "liberal" in reference to other groups in foreign countries; and the 'classical' meaning of the word here in the United States is actually someone who is a capitalist and free-market supporter; unlike the slightly socialist bent it has taken on here in America. Liberal, liberation, liberty - a 'liberal' economy in its actual meaning is a free-market economy. Not the weird twisted American variation we use to describe each party here.
Ultra-conservative is used to refer to extreme fundamentalists, traditionalists, nationalists, etc. It doesn't matter what religion a person is, they can still be conservative. Just look at the root words and you get the gist of their meaning.
For example, a 'social-conservative' ideology would be one that coincides with what might be called 'traditional' values. "Fundamentalism" would fit the bill as well. Religious values in particular are traditional, and in some cases fundamentalist... and they are 'conservative' because they 'conserve' tradition and the 'way we do things' or in fundamentalist philosophy 'the way we used to do things' (fundamentals, back to basics, etc).
Ohhh My...
Algeria and Tunisia as well? This ain't looking very good at all.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ALGERIA_US_EMBASSY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-09-12-07-23-29
Libya is not ready for the 20th Century, let alone the 21st. If our Leaders in the United States was equally devoted to God in our everyday lives and government I wonder what we may do in this Country.
Hmmm... Blaming a movie producer for making a movie that people don't like for the murder of 4 Americans in Libya - is like hearing a news report you don't like to hear and going to a news station, burning the news station down to the ground, and killing everyone who was inside. If you feel the Muslims were in their right to murder, then you are complacent to this murder...
The muslim world needs a dose of shock therapy.
Perhaps re-target all the nukes on a single Trident-missle submarine and give the muslim world one and last warning that upon the next outrage of this nature an arbitrarily-selected population center in an arbitrarily-selected muslim country will evaporate. Included on this list of chance-selected centers will be Mecca. So reign in your savages, or all of you will die.
Obama "strongly condemned"? So he didn't just "condemn" - no no no - he "strongly condemned". That is like a man slapped your wife and you say "I'm REALLY angry" rather than "I'm angry". This president is a pathetic and clueless president with no backbone. This was an attack on U.S. SOIL!! No different than militants taking over Wall Street, killing several, and ripping and burning an American flag. And Obama "strongly condemns"???
Has anybody else noticed that the LAST time an ambassador was killed in a U.S. embassy was, you guessed it, 1979 during the Jimmy Carter administration. The LAST time we had a pathetic and clueless president with no backbone. And I didn't think this president could show any more incompetence then he had to date - but I was wrong.
We have Iran STATING they will blow Israel off the map - and the Obama reaction is "oh well"? Have we not learned from history? When Hitler said he was going to exterminate the Jews the world said he wouldn't do that - but he tried. Now Iran says they will eliminate Israel and Obama doesn't stand up for our largest ally? When you have no backbone countries know they can walk all over you. And then we STILL give Libya and Egypt money? Money WE have to BORROW to give to them? Then they attack our embassies and we "strongly condemn"?
Then we refuse to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel only caving when "the polls" show it will hurt Obama? Now Netanyahu wants to meet with Obama no doubtingly to tell Obama Israel can wait no longer but Obama shrugs him off because campaign events and a David Letterman show is more important than the security of Israel and the world.
What a pathetic pathetic pathetic clueless no backbone useless incompetent president we have. How can ANYBODY support this useless president anymore? We are LAUGHED at around the world, economy collapsing, overburdening debt this president cares nothing about, and the world more dangerous than I have seen since the Reagan administration - but this president's golf game is improving. What a useless pathetic president............
we need to stop kissing other countrys ass if they don<t want our help then leave that country and stop giving them our money and the lives of our men and women because they don,t care one dam thing about the usa usa all the way
Thank you Mr Bacile,
Your Shot-gun loaded with hate and disrespect backfired on you, and because of that ,3 American diplomats are dead!
Lybia or Egypt are not occupied Palestine, nor under the command of your puppets Mubarack or Ghadaffi anymore, capish?
This is exactly what is supposed to occur when you oppress, and ridicule other people's religion or race or status Etc etc.
You and your other Israeli cronies who funded your hateful movie Mr Bacile, created this situation, therefore you should be tried at an American Court of Law as being responsible for the deaths of these 3 American Diplomats.
There is another hateful youtubish style movie out there called Obama 2016.
On that film ( Obama ) is depicted by an Indian migrant as basically the antichrist itself ( Muslim, socialist, communist, hateful of rich people, anti-government, anti-business, etc, etc ) and setting the stage for muslims to take over the entire world as we know it.
It is obvious that no person of color would consent to run that film, a white person, would have been to obvious for the task, so the perfect fit for Obama 2016 was a migrant, who was given more breaks and opportunities in America, that our government give our own people here in our own soil!
Now, last but not least:
What party denomination you belong to Mr Bacil?
Democrat or Republican? Huhhhh?
Once again,
Thank you Mr Bacile for being responsible for the murder of 3 American Diplomats, and the destruccion of the American Embassy in Lybia, as well as the attack on the Embassy in Egypt!
I'm sure that the rest of the American People will thank you for it also Mr Bacil.
Yet again, this is another clear example of how not to " abuse " our freedom of expression rights in America, the first one being the disrespectful burning of "Any" flag, including ours.
Pay Attention America, between now and Nov 2nd, just pay close attention.
I hope Mr Bacil gets his day in an American Court sooner rather than later!
Rich spolied Real State Developer from California now goes Hidding?
Yep I'm sure that this will be twisted by Romney as another Obama failure, Right?
Should never have been there in the first place. Now we have to seriously consider sending more troops to war just to save our pride as a country that's losing freedom and liberty to our government every day that we're at war.
All this proves again is the simple fact that Islam the CULT has a very thinly veiled root based on intimidation and killing.. We citizens of America have been forced to accept a quasi police state here for our own protection from the threat of Islamic CULT terror.. Now some sheeple are saying we need to censor our words and media in fear of offending some Muslim goat eater half way around the world.. There is no comparison in extremism Christian to Muslim.. Sure every once in a while some bible thumper looses it and goes nuts but the base teachings of their religion are peace and love.. On the other hand all to often the Peace loving Islamists riot and kill and destroy because the root teachings of their CULT teach hate, intolerance and conquest via violence.. What is worse is they teach it to small children who accept this hard line hate without question.. Hitler did this to the children of Germany, The Japanese did this as well and they had 12 year old children killing for their twisted causes..
Freedom of speech is on the line boys and girls, make no doubt about it.. There is almost none in the land of Mohamed and I for one do not want their disease here.. Remember The Passions of Christ I think was the name.. Sure there were boycotts and even a protest or two but no crazy mobs shooting machine guns and RPGs.. I also recall a series that questioned if God and Jesus were space aliens, Once again no riots and killings.. Are we seeing a trend here yet?? This is not someone screaming FIRE in a crowded theater.. This is another attack from Islam on our freedoms which they can not stand..
Both are to blame, but only one can be rightfully punished - because violence is never called for unless in self-defense.
What we have here is one zealot jackass disparaging the religion which has a high number of other zealot jackasses, all of which feel that THEY are the truly holy ones and that THEY are superior to the other.
Bunch of kids arguing who's daddy is bigger and getting innocent people killed in the process.
If this were my home growing up, my mother would have came in by now and slapped the sh!t out of BOTH of us. Religious bigots are a bunch of man-children.
You know in this day and age , with our technology we could easily set up a defense perimeter around the embassy that would take several full scale tanks to penetrate . Then when some group of nut-jobs tries to gain entry they are killed , simple as that . I remember too well how Carter told our marines in the Iran embassy not to fire on the people coming over the walls that day , I couldn't believe it .
Is it not sovereign soil ? Do we not have the right to defend our embassy ? I would have a few rings of claymores plus computer controlled weapons able to use targeting systems capable of image recognition so someone can select individuals for termination from a screen in a bunker . Then lets see how many of them are willing to make ineffective suicide runs at our embassies after that !
Had obama not of provided support for the arab spring uprising these countries would still be generally peaceful, we wouldn't have used money we don't have bombing Lybia, and countless deaths would have been avoided. Now look what obama's foriegn policy has brought the world that's right INSTIBILITY, and new Gov's that are far worse then what the people had. The same is happening in Syria right now as the terrorists try to overthrow the Syrian Gov..With the hostile muslum brotherhood Gov's. that obama supports running these countries it is clear that WWlll is comming sooner then we may have thought. Do your PATRIOTIC DUTY this Nov. by VOTING obama OUT OF OFFICE.
STUPID beyond words is the moron who wants to blame Presidents for what the people attacking the embassy did.
If you are that kind of person, you are more worthless than the murderer.
Now, back to the topic - Nothing does more damage to your religion than when you kill in the name of it. Muslims, in this case, killing people because they THINK something portrayed their beloved God in a film will only help people think of their religion as a circus. You don't get respect by being such a dope, you lose it. And in fact, you encourage retaliation.
I don't really have that high an opinion about any religion based on a book from over a thousand years ago, but just because others are as bad, doesn't mean Islam gets a pass for any reason.
Another instance of the government pussification of our glorious military
Ahhhh for the days of a free fire zone
Ed said:
No Sam didn't cause the death....those Libyans did. It is the height of thoughtlessness to kill someone who had nothing to do with their issue. Killing that ambassador is going to make everything right.....NOT
No they wouldn't. They would chalk it up to yet another uniformed idiot spewing crap and move on to real life.
Adwaup: You are correct. If they are looking forward to seeing their 72 virgins if slain in the service of God - we can certainly accommodate. Remote control explosive devices, electric fences, and I don't care if we throw in some flame throwers and napalm. You attack U.S. soil god have mercy on your soul - because the United States doesn't give a tiny rat's behind about your soul. You attack the U.S. you die - period. We need a president that at least gives the IMPRESSION he gives a damn................
Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm .... The presidents response was considerate & appropriate.... Fee speech does not allow you to yell "FIRE!" in a crowded theater.
But more importantly, society doesn't allow anyone to start a "fire" responsible for the death of others, and use the excuse you were just trying to stay warm, the theater was to cold.
Bacile & Sadek, with conscious aforethought decided to start this fire, under the guise of free speech, and put everyone else in the world in danger because of their belief that, "Islam is a cancer on the world."
Adolf Hitler thought Jews were the cancer of Germany and promoted and attempted their extermination (the Holocaust) and was repudiated by the his defeat in WW11 ... all should review the propaganda films produced during this period to see the reliance .... and one of these men was a Israeli Jew, knowing full well the repercussions that these propaganda films had on the masses in Germany and the axis occupied territories ... proceeded with a film that :
Respect for others religious beliefs is the very backbone of American social structure ... our culture is made up from the diversity that evolved from this blending;(being next to, people that were different than ourselves) yet had those same human characteristics, that make us recognize, .... we all are the same. These men...Bacile & Sadek ... have for their own reasons chosen to "Disturb the Peace" and "incite to riot" people of a different faith than themselves. This "Overt Act" under the guise of "freedom of speech is unacceptable under any excuse ..
(Please note that according to the story this film played to a empty house in Hollywood ...)
The war mongers are out in great numbers, I see, willing to drag us into another conflict over a few deaths, willing to give up thousands of lives, and divest more of our treasury, to satisfy their ego! I often wonder whose interest they really represent ... it's surely not that of the American people that I know! I wonder if they are compatriots of Bacile & Sadek .. they certainly are similar in their ultimate goal .... get the United States into another War!
Bacile & Sadek need to thrown under the bus .. their "free speech" cry is specious and without merit!
FormerMarineSgt
First, I don't defend what the jackass film maker did. But there can be NO justification for storming an embassy, no matter how pissed off you are. You want to protest ... fine, protest. But when you storm an embassy that is, by international agreement and has been for hundreds of years, YOU have crossed the line. When you kill diplomats that are protected by those laws, you have crossed an even greater line. There is NO Justification for that no matter how mad you are or what someone has said to piss you off. But you should know that or have you forgotten about Yusuf Karamanli and his actions that started the Barbary Wars.
But tell me this; the film was made last year, but the attacks were timed in both countries to happen on the 11th anniversary of 9/11. Hummm, that doesn't sound like a "spontaneous action by pissed off people" but rather a planned event that was no more spontaneous than the taking of the US Embassy in 1979 by Iranian "students".
The issue here is the violation of an embassy by a group of radicals. In order for international law to work, diplomats and embassies must be protected no less than we do not violate the safety and sanctity of the mosque. We do not blow up Mosques or go inside, drag people out, and kill them. The same is true fro embassies. According to international law and the UN Charter, an embassy is soil given to a country to house their diplomatic functions and is considered part of that country.
Get mad all you want but embassies and diplomats are off limits; that is international law and to violate that needs to carry severe penalties.
Another 4 years of O'bama may allow us to defeat Isreal! Allahu Akbar!
RegularJoe; who said this was a justifiable action...no one ever has the right to murder another person. Except for helping the needy - I don't find anything that religious sects do that is justifiable. Just sitting through that Catholic "Lords Prayer" (that lasts for 3 hours) made me want to get up and run out of the church...now I know how they brainwash the willing. It made me start to pray - pray that damn prayer would end in my life time...us normal folks need more than a saltine in order to survive.
Now that's one HELL of an assumption.
Their fault, no his fault, no not him, his fault! What do you want, blame? How about a soultion to the problem?
How about cartoonists from every country, except israel, begin mocking mohammed? It would turn their little world upside down. How about it, when their most hated enemy, is the only one not defaming mohammed? First rage, then numbness, then gradually, acceptance. After a short time, they will be cured.
I will paraphrase, "To fix a machine, you have to be smarter than the machine."
Understand this: This has NOTHING to do with religion on any side- this has ONLY to do with the storming of the U.S. Embassy and the KILLING of 4 AMERICANS- PERIOD!
Anything else is secondary! Unless WE- from the embassy- launched a dirty bomb or opened fire from the window- we DID NOT EARN THIS!
Next step- wait to see how long it will take for Obama to poll test this to see what he will do...
Ah, the gentle, peace loving, democratic,Islamic radicals, noble leader luuuuuuvvvvvvs sooooooooooooo much!To coin a phrase, Obama's chickens have come home to roost.
the cancer is hatred, exemplified by the subject video. it isn't 'free speech', it's blathering feces on a free forum.
Was that Jimmy Obama or Barack Hussain Carter that waited until AFTER the armed MILITANT ATTACK (not protest) to think about providing"all necessary resources to support the security of our personnel" at the Libyan embassy?
SAM...first,how in h@@@@ do you get that the republican party had something to do with this movie?? that is plan stupid...but freedom of speech is allowed in this great USA country. now, that is something that is not allowed else where in this world. now these morons wants the USA to make it illegal to make this type of film!
i took a oath too defend this country when i joined the Marines...and i will with my last breath. let no country dictate how we should run our country or try too tear the constitution from our hearts.
SEMPERFI
DANNY P
RETIRED
Just let us luv you Islam! Gimme hugs! Please luv meee!
Rise up cartoonists, support you fellows! Take it out of the hands of ignorant governments! There is some honor, even among most thieves.
Are you going to bow down to these people?
Rushdie took the first step, where have you been? You trudeau, why have you been silent, is it fear?
Last week the democrat convention booed God 3 times and yet nobody was killed for their actions. Why did they boo? They want reference to God taken out of every aspect of our lives. Can you imagine such a thing occurring in the ME asking for the removable of Muhammad?
Obama began his administration insisting that poor relations with Muslim countries was the fault of Bush. So Obama took the exact opposite approach and refuses to call out the Islamic extremists. Unfortunately the Islam religion won't call out the extremists either and so they go on unabated because nobody is willing to call them terrorists which they are. So instead the entire face of Islam gets blackened because of those extremists.
Meanwhile we have give billions to Egypt and Libya that stand by and allow our flag to be burned and our embassy destroyed. If this happened to the property of Iran they would consider that an act of war.
Obama has made our country weak again just like Carter did. History is repeating itself. If you look at polling in the Muslim world the US is still hated. We have fought wars for them, given them billions, and liberated them, and they still hate us.
Time to cut off aid, and come home and regroup and leave them to fight amongst themselves.
Obama did it! No blaming anyone else this time. Gadafi was no threat. He had not been for some years and had given up all his nuclear weapons. SO, then Obama by-passes Congress to use our money and our weapons to bomb Libya to help those that wanted to over throw Gadafi and THIS IS WHO THEY ARE AND WHO HE SPENT OUR MONEY TO HELP. What do you think of your hero now???
marine 55
You and every other REAL American. We will all stand together on this one! We need to drill our own oil and tell them all to go stick thier head in the sand.
Kornfed; I've been telling you for years all you needed was a hug.
Love, J P/drainbramage.
I think if we toss them enough billions in aid, they may not love us, but will learn to tolerate us more! Wouldnt that be worth it!
This is not Obamas fault. We gave them choice they are obviously making the wrong ones. Clintion says this was just a small group,from the pictures I have seen it appears to be hundreds if not thousands stoking this violence. I would punish the government also for failing to protect our soveriegnity, and Americans.
@7.6;
Your joking right? What you call " general peace" was oppression, order was kept through an iron fist.lol Obama does not support the MBH running these countries. people keep saying this and it just is not true. Obama has been tough as nails on extremist, where you guys are getting this stuff I dont know but none of you can back it up with example or source. Obama helped them to CHOOSE who will run their country. Thousands were dying already. You can not hold Obama responsible for their choice.
The problem is that we were suffering fools, hoping for them to get smart, obviously this is not happening. Clinton should have taken a harsher tone toward the leaders and the people, just because you are not directly involved does not free you from complicity when it comes to alllowing our lives and soveriegnity to be taken away. We need to punish them somehow collectively.
Man up Clinton!!! She says that Lybians were trying to protect them, what about soldiers,and police, sounds like they did nothing to me.
We should not be Kowtowing to these countries over this, we should hold the leaders and Imams accountable. This is an act of war! Period.
Based on the behavior of these Libyan swine, it's no wonder that Islam prohibits the eating of pork. It would be cannibalism!
J_P_PatchesPal_1
Did they ban your other identities? I feel your pain...for that I will let you hug me.
OBAMA: We are sorry that the American Ambassador got in the way of Muslim bullets. This will never happen again and I will fire all those Americans who disagree.
HILLARY: It was the American Ambassador's thirst for Mexican drugs that got him killed.
Shuklack, who gives a crap whether he was a Liberal or Conservative, this is an act of war, quit making excuses for Muslims who riot over anything but little girls having acid thrown in their faces for being educated. It's time to accept that there is no difference from the "Good Muslims" and the "Bad Muslims". We need to cut off all aid and expel their Ambassadors. Thanks to our wonderful State Dept. whose first response was to apologize what a joke
What a joke... It is a crying shame when you see vastly uneducated people react to a video that speaks an abundance of truth about their religeous "general". Um yeah... Muhamed was a General and murderer and all of those things the video claims. In his time he and his followers were expanding an empire based on the conversion of people to islam, the head and "prophet" of which just so happened to be Muhamed, which can bacically be equated to the same thing as egyptian pharohs and the like claiming deity and forcing their "subjects" to worship them. What happens during ancient wars? People are killed, women are raped, and settlements are destroyed or converted. That is historic FACT and that is exactly what started the "peaceful" religeon of Islam. Look I don't care who a person worships be it Muhamed, Yaweh, Jesus, or the great and powerful Hypno-toad, but I do care a great deal when these beliefs are so deluded that they make people forget the historical and very easily seen and shown truths about their "prophet" and then murder on the account of their ignorance to facts. Have these people ever actually read their book or is it just heresay to them spread from word of mouth? In their book alone it describes many campaigns in which "infidels" are murdered, it describes wars fought, it descibes many of the things muslims are insulted about hearing now or seeing in hi-def with dolby digital surround. Sure Muhammed also did some good things and probably had good intentions of unifying the world, but so did Hitler, Stalin, Napolean, King Richard "the crusader", and many other leaders throughout history.
To all these muslim people, we don't hate you, we respect you and you aren't being singled out any more than if any other religeon or political establishment were to show such violence. Were any of you to publically rally to show that you don't support things like this, that you denounce and excommunicate all the extremist activities, we would not be so inflamed against you. The parallel can be drawn to Christian extremist and hate groups. These groups have been disassociated with, taken contol of, and persecuted by fellow christians to the point of obscurity and will continue to be because of the violence and hate they employ in their beliefs. I have never heard of one story or instance where this has happened within the muslim faith. The reason no one believes islam is a religeon of peace is because they let such violence as this be promoted alongside their message.
These folks in Libya and Egypt attacked people who had no connection to the video that so outraged them. The people they attacked most likely didn't share any of the views expressed in the video. Explain why this is a valid reaction to a video made thousands of miles away and posted on a video sharing site that the average person in Libya or Egypt didn't even have access to because of internet filters blocking them or lack of a device to connect to the internet. Explain how this shows that Islam is "the religeon of peace" when its followers react to their "prophet" being painted in a light they don't like remembering by killing innocent people. Looks more like they are simply following in the footsteps of their "general" then practicing any real religeous belief. How I ask is what we keep seeing from this faith in any way peaceful? How does this show love? Before the reaction from a follower comes let me remind you that this in no way exemplifies all followers and some are very peaceful and promote happiness and wholeness for all... it's just that damn majority that keeps holding you all back.
When will it be released on DVD or BLUE RAY I want to see the whole thing.. It stretches a few thing but most are historical fact that the devout Islamists can't stand to hear the truth.. The foolish people here posting that movies like this should be banned make me laugh.. So should a movie about Hitlers evil be banned or white washed to make him look like some kind of savior like they did in Iran?? Islam is a disease and should not be tolerated.. The posters who point out that not all Muslims are radical are correct but any of them who do not stand against the radical Islamists are passively supporting their agenda..
Yes, because extremists represent the whole... that's why they are called extremist.
That's sarcasm btw.

I don't
I was responding to a conservative who did give a crap and was explaining basic political terminology to her (something I have to do quite often for those on the right). So deal with it.
Spoken like a true genocidal maniac.
ROMNEY DECLARES WAR ON BECKYBECKYBECKYSTAN BECAUSE OF THE AMERICANS KILLED IN LIBYA.
Romney demands the president give no bid contracts to Haliburton to fight the war in BeckyBeckyBeckystan!
Romney sends his sons to France to be missionaries among the needy French on the French Riviera, so his sons won't be able to fight the war with BeckyBeckyBeckystan. However he made a statement that he wished they could have all been in the war!
ROMNEY ADVISORS CLAIM THERE ARE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN BECKYBECKYBECKYSTAN!
Romney declares war on BeckyBeckyBeckystan to prevent destruction of United States by BeckyBeckyBeckystan!
Romney says the oil fields in BeckyBeckyBeckystan will pay for the war in BeckyBeckyBeckystan!
Romney has 17 of 24 of his advisers from the Bush/Cheney/Rove tag team of failed policyland. is it any wonder Romney is a warmonger for war profits strawman?
OMG..thanks for the laugh Sam! If we did not stick our nose into everyone else's business you say! I'm really honestly laughing out loud.
Okay, so I can't buy a large soda, or have extra salt on my food, and of course I MUST have health insurance or I will be fined. I can't recite the Pledge of Allegiance with the words one nation under GOD, I can't pray in school, I can't, I can't, I can't.
Hmmm.....who sticks who's nose into who's business. Sticking noses into other's business is the definition of democrats. If they don't like what you say or what you do, then you have to be punished, you have to be silenced, you have to be destroyed. Sound familiar?
Last I checked a group of Machine gun RpG totting people waving a flag was an ARMY, Invading American soil and killing Americans was an Act Of War ??
No No No there protesters ???
Screw invading, lets do this old school, Carpet bomb all of them.
@winker;
These countries people asked for our help,get a clue sir. We do not insult Islam here, all the Muslims in my community have kids in college,good jobs, they are not botherd by anyone, excluding one or two yahoos, that are always in the woodwork Muslims here live peaceful lives so you are kidding yourself to say we are insulting Islam. Muslims in the ME always live in fear of reprisals, mosques are blown up monthly, acid is thrown in schoolgirls faces just for going to school. When is the last time a mosque was blown up in America,Im guessing never, do not put some example of a yahoo throwing something at or painting up a mosque, I am talking the majority of Americans.
They are killing over a movie sir, how can you excuse this? The are the ones that are bringing prejudice against them themselves
We are talking about two countries that asked for our help, we did not invade either of these countries,You know I usually ignore most of these ignorant post,but I am tired of people spouting out falsities, so today I will set some of them straight, because these actions have really pissed me off, when I had hope these countries would start to evolve.Why dont you go live with them winker,and join in their ignorant protest,see how long you last.
You can start by defeating the current pro-radical Islam, anti-American, anti-Israel administration, we have in power now this November. Otherwise, expect more and worse.
4 American's killed, including our Ambassador to Lybia, two Embassies burning... (more to follow?), Iran's crazy leader coming to NY, obama ignores Netanyaho's request for a meeting... but keeps his booking on the David Lefterman show!
Our dear leader Obama has no cajones, but has shown he's a great sidekick on late night TV! What a joke!
Romney/Ryan 2012..... we have no other viable choice!!!
ROMNEY FLIES TO HIS YACHT AND PARACHUTED DOWN ONTO YACHT WITH BANNER MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
Yes Romney considers his mission accomplished to have his followers stir up trouble around the world in order for him to blame president Obama.
Romney declares their will be free people in BeckyBeckyBeckystan wherever that is!
Romney declares there will be no capital gains tax anymore in BeckyBeckyBeckystan!
Romney declares there will be tax breaks for the rich in BeckyBeckyBeckystan and they will be funded by their middle class people!
This man is either an idiot or a liar.
Salmam Rushdie writes a book criticizing Islam and has to go into hiding for fear of his life.
The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten printed cartoons of Muhammad that caused riots for weeks.
And this liar or idiot "said he had not anticipated such a furious reaction"? Give me a break. He made the movie knowing full well that there would be protest and violence probably with the intentions of causing a religious war. He knew that the radicals would take this as fuel to create an uprising that would cause the death of innocent. The blood is on his hands because you don't take a stick and beat a hornet's nest without expecting an immediate counter attack. Stupid.
Now you idiots blaming Obama need to only look at the angry and resentment caused by both Bush presidents and yes even Reagan before pointing the finger at others. They created Osama bin Laden and the Taliban in the days of Afghanistan fighting Russia then angered them in the days of "Desert Storm". Those three presidents did more harm to this country and got more Americans killed in the 20 years they were in office and you idiots want to blame it all on Obama. Those three are also responsible either directly or indirectly for most of the deficit in years past and present. A very high percentage of today's budget is used to pay interest on the deficit they created with their tax cuts and wars. Yet you want to blame Obama. Go figure.
People need to think before voting in this next presidential election because Romney is a puppet for the war hawks that want to bomb Iran. If he is elected not only would we be fighting Afghanistan for the next 20 years but we also would be fighting Iran, Pakistan, Egypt, Libya, and any other country with an Islam population. Yeah, add China and Russia in there too because they aren't going to stand by while the US tries to get control of all the middle east oil.
There's this atheist creedent in these comments who talks of Christian and Jewish hate but, by his comments, he has more hatred then those groups combined. His handle and comments below. Could be a skin-head neo nazi too! Whatcha think?
An army is an organized military force, often directly associated with a state power or political group.
Was it the Libyan army? A rebel army? Loyalists? Terrorists? Or just a bunch of heavily armed protestors..... these sorts of things are good to know before you 'carpet bomb everyone' like a tard.
Seldom.......your source for President Obama ignoring the Nets request for meeting is?????? Your imagination!
Sam.... but he is very good at getting the USA's credit rating downgraded at least once... and from the news we can expect another downgrade next year! Woohoo.... socialism at it's best
With our embassy's burning and barry appearing on comedy TV shows... we can use the slogan 'Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned around him' and no one could call in pandering!
And how ironic.... obama was very proud of his performance and his support for Arab Spring! It is not only Joe Biden who sticks his foot in his mouth!
Please tell us Mr Barack Hussein Obama.... why were you caught flat footed???
The libyan people need to learn a lesson. Mount multiple M-134 centuries around the embassy remote controlled from within the compound so next time they try something like that they will end in a bloody mush puddle around the walls. Im just shocked there was not security there before any of this happened. They better hold those accountable with direct military action. Authorize the drones send them in and make an example.
What a mess. There's a difference between political cartoons and insidious speech. Sadly most of us know the difference but choose to rationalize instead. I sincerely believe that when the Bill of Rights was drafted the 1st Amendment was created to give us the right to........ well like I have to explain this to you folks. What many people refuse to do is be held accountable for their words and expressions. The founding fathers didn't really put that in their now did they?
The Internet has amplified our willingness use insidious speech and demonstrations. You are, after all, relatively safe behind your screen name, in your home or office. Look at the comments above. I didn't count (yet) but I bet that over half are derogatory and mean spirited, no value to the story just designed to make someone angry. (I must thank many of you, I did really well on my Thesis in a Sociology class because of people rhetoric on discussion boards, like this one)
When someone finally gets angry enough they do something "extreme". Then we act first surprised, then very,very indignant. Like we didn't light that fuse. For a nation that is all up in arms over bullying, we sure do miss the boat.
I do not in any way shape or form condone what some of the Libyan or Egyptian people did. I've spent my fair share of time dealing with those types of people in the middle east. It sucks, they are easy to irritate and the can get really, really nasty about how they react to their irritation. Did the guy that released the you-tube trailer, in Arabic, on 9/11, think the Arab world would turn the other cheek? Oh wait! That's the wrong book, isn't it? You knew that there is a larger number of extremists in Middle Eastern cultures. Probably didn't think that American Embassies would be stormed. Probably didn't think that Americans would lose their lives. Probably just didn't THINK AT ALL. Seemed like big fun, posting from the safety of your Californian home. The Marines and personnel at the American Embassy in Egypt probably didn't appreciate the fight you picked for them. I'm almost certain the family of the Ambassador to Libya didn't appreciate it.
I don't know who said this first "The definition of insanity, is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results each time." You know that being derogatory and disrespectful toward Islam always gets a negative response from them. Of course you can argue that that is "your right" under the 1st Amendment. I have to ask, how does disrespectful speech toward Islam (or any belief system for that matter) benefit international, economic or, even educational affairs?
The Libyans and Egyptians that attacked US personnel and interests are extremists that need to be dealt with in swift and sudden fashion. But the guy that released the you-tube video, again in Arabic, should be the guy that has to go to the families and say "I made them mad and they took it out on your loved one." You want to exercise your 1st Amendment then be accountable for what you say and do.
If your 'embassy' is actually a fortified castle..... you're doing the whole diplomacy thing wrong.
It must be interesting to live in an alternate universe. What's it like Mark?
wtf is a creedent?
Romney managed to piss off England , our number one ally, during the Olympics so how in the hell does anyone think the clown could deal with any international matters. Romney just showed he can't handle the responsibility of being a world leader just like Bush Jr. What do you expect when Romney has Cheney, Rove, Norquist and 17 of 25 of his advisers from the Bush Cheney Regime.
When Romney asked what is his plan was for Libya he replied...."COSTCO shirts come 3 in a pack!"
ROMNEY/RYAN /BUSH/CHENEY FOR A WORSE TOMORROW TODAY!
"The events appeared to underscore how much the ground in the Middle East has shifted for Washington, which for decades had close ties with Arab dictators who could be counted on to muzzle dissent."
More of that "Change we can Believe in" that Obama promised us.
Respect for the United States is at an all-time low under Obama, who is always finding a way to 'apologize' for America for our success.
If Obama is re-elected, even he projects that we will have a crippling National Debt of $20.4 Trillion by 2016 - more than double the $9.986 Trillion at the end of fiscal 2008 (these figures are from Obama's official 2013 Budget). Link is below - See Table 7.1
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals
@shuklak;
This was a lynch mob who were motivated by Imams to violence. They are the ones we need to target. The governments are ultimately responsible to protect our embassy,and the people involved with it, as it was empty when it was attacked. I would simply call them murderers.
The question on my mind is-- are we to be made to live in fear of these people? These people being the radicial element of Islam. The same group of people who are destroying their own religious heritage?
No one in the world should have to live in fear of someone's radical view of their religion. There are people in that religion who believe since the 7th century, that it is their mission to convert the world.
Take a long hard look at the world map. That is exactly what they are doing. Religion at the end of a the Sword.
No one can answer for this atrocity but I suggest they start looking in mosques. The people whose neck is in noose of the radical elements of Islam, don't have any choice. We have now, less choice than we had yesterday. We can't as a free nation be denied our freedoms by a group of radicals that insist we abide by their religion.
This is a huge wakeup call for the us and the rest of the world. No amount of diplomacy is going to change these people from their terrorists threats and the slavery of their own people.
Get a clue douche they do not want us there & the mentality of this region is based around 1100AD
What a sad day for America to lose this patriot.
We need to stay out of this @!$%# hole and concentrate on America.
RIP my condolences to the family.
ROMNEY AND RT WING CHRISTIANS PASTOR TERRY JONES ARE TRYING TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE TO GET ROMNEY ELECTED! Jones streamed a 13 minute video on U tube that set the people off!
ROMNEY ACTING LIKE THE POLITICAL ARSONIST INCITES FOLLOWERS TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE.
Romney and followers create hatred of the United States then blame Obama for not putting out the fire with missles and bombs. Romney and rt wingers create hatred towards Americans then run after they set fire to our relations with the world.
Romney wants Americans to be killed just to blame President Obama for not reacting fast enough to bomb the world.
Romney cheers the actions of those rt wingers (pastor Terry Jones) who caused the murder of Americans.
Vote Obama/Biden 2012 Protect the world from Romney the political arsonist!
@startsailing-
Better than Obama apologizing about the "Bad Americans for getting in the way of all those bullets" and not doing anything about it- even to Beckybeckybeckystan who was obviously harboring fugitives from Libya that launched the attacks on the U.S. Embassy!
Shuklak: I appreciate your explanation regarding the word conservative when applied to Islamists...my instincts were correct when thinking that there was "more to the story" regarding this rhetoric...that being said, yes, I'm a conservative...and even though you have a pre-conceived notion about what conservatism represents, I am most willing to hear and understand the complexities of foreign policy as well as domestic policy and proceed to make my own judgements.
Obama just spoke and of course there was no mention of the removal of the US Flag and replacing it with a Muslim Flag at the US Embassy in Egypt. No mention of Egypt.
Do not listen to the Obama admin. This all falls on the Islamist extremists only plus the fact that Obama had a hand in removing Mubarak. He was our ally and now in his place Egypt has the Muslim Brotherhood. Go figure.
A report out of Egypt states that if Mubarak had been in power this would not have happened.
Jose V.,
Wow! How evil of you. You've made quite a judgment of 1 billion+ Muslims and have proposed quite a sentence for them.
"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get" - Jesus, Matthew 7:1-2
Therefore, by the power(77)* vested in me by GOD as His Christ(77), I hereby rule that 9/12/12 is your Judgment Day - you FAIL F. You've been found guilty of promoting mass genocide.
Sentence: 'very bad luck' for the rest of this life, then 666 years reincarnated as beef cows for this one offense (you have many more).
If you were to truly repent, put that in writing, and do many hours of public service, if's possible that you would be forgiven and this sentence may be reduced or commuted.
- Brad Watson(77), Miami
author of There Are No Coincidences - there is synchronism: the 74-page "book/scroll sealed with the 7 seals" ('beyond Einstein theories) prophesied in The Revelation 5:1-10:10
*power=77=P16+O15+W23+E5+R18
c.c. http://7seals.yuku.com
If these attacks were a reaction, how about holding the attackers responsible for the murders and attacks? This artice is set up to politically divide this nation and cause strife on US soil. Democrat or Republican, do you believe these murderous attacks are the fault of the film producer, the US, Obama, or the protesters that committed these acts? A particular group's reaction to anything on earth is their own responsibility. These radical attackers are so sensitive and just looking for any miniscule reason to be set off. These damn political discussions need to be geared toward bombing the crap out of these regions and leave them to ruin before they do it to us.
So we should go back to supporting dictators?
I just went to the website of the Libyan embassy in Washington, D.C. and there is not one word, no mention, no apology, no condemnation, no sympathy about the killing of U.S. diplomatic personnel in Benghazi. As a United Nations member nation, Libya should step up and do/say the right thing(s) in a time like this.
As for those saying this attack is an act of war, perhaps they don't understand that acts of war can only be committed by people representing a government, not protesters or criminals. It doesn't matter that the consulate is considered U.S. territory.
Finally, when will humans wake up and realize that religion (all religions) are based on superstitions, fantasies, control, and lies? This conflict is just another example of people claiming their magical man in the sky is better than someone else's. What a farce. The most peaceful humans are atheists.
@ linof
Yeah those damn Democrat telling women what to do with their body concerning abortion. Telling them that they must be subject to an ultrasound examination before having an abortion. Telling people of the same sex that they can have a union that has the same privileges as a union between a man and a woman. Telling the EPA that they should not protect the water I drink or the air I breathe. Oh wait...that's the Republicans saying that. Oh never mind. Yeah we live in a free country unless you happen to live in a homeowners association.
We cannot have a society without rules that govern how one person treats another but those rules such as regulations of businesses are objected to by Republicans because they claim it restricts freedom. On the other side of the equation the Republicans want to regulate how people live their lives with laws that restrict their freedom. You don't want to be forced to buy health insurance but I'm sick and tired of paying higher premiums because of people like you that get free medical care by not having health insurance. I'm also sick of my tax dollars being used to fight needless wars because Republicans enjoy flexing their muscles with other kids/peoples lives. And I'm sick of Republican lies and whether you believe it or not I'm a registered Independent. It's just that the last 12 years have taken a toll on my like for what used to be a grand old party I used to vote for.
so.. your saying you should not have adequate security given the hostile nature of its location? thats like saying we dont need to have armored cars for our diplomats because it may hurt the feelings of the host country if their population cant decide to murder them. Hell yes it should be a fortified castle! its in the middle of hellvill full of terrorist. Yes "terrorist" not "protesters" protesters carrying rpg's etc mounting an attack on US soil is terrorists. Ok fine then forget just M-134's put in CIWS around the walls. The protection of our personnel and citizens should be the most important thing.
Lloyd....THERE WAS NO APOLOGY BY WHITEHOUSE OR PRESIDENT OBAMA! BIG LIE!
From Politico
The White House is disavowing a statement from their own Cairo embassy that apologized for anti-Muslim activity in the United States.
“The statement by Embassy Cairo was not cleared by Washington and does not reflect the views of the United States government,” a senior administration official told POLITICO…
“Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a Tuesday statement.
Then again Lloyd....America land of religious freedom or not? How many people have been killed in the name of their god?......All religions have the same theme, only their religion is the true religion.
You can bet Obama, the Blunderer in Chief, is kicking himself now, for his earlier support to the rebels of Arab Spring! Here's a suggestion for you Barry, the egomanical narcisst.... stop ignoring and start listening to the advice of your own advisers and our allies... got it buddy?
The middle east is in worse shape than ever now, Americans have been killed and obama condemns them....lol Next he'll be apologising to them for our bad Hollywood movies!
It's not a pre-conceived notion. That's what it means (among other things) in a political context.
Conservatism (Latin: conservare, "to retain") is a political and social philosophy that promotes retaining traditional social institutions. A person who follows the philosophies of conservatism is referred to as a traditionalist or conservative.
n.
1. One favoring traditional views and values.
2. A supporter of political conservatism.
3. Conservative A member or supporter of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.
4. Archaic A preservative agent or principle.
adj.
1. Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
2. Traditional or restrained in style: a conservative dark suit.
I'm saying an embassy exists for diplomatic purposes. Dressing it up as a castle ready to mow down anyone that might encroach upon it makes it a fort. Forts, castles, etc are used for warfare and occupation of territory. That's not the diplomatic purpose or mesage of an embassy.
If it's too dangerous to have an appropriate embassy - then we should not have an embassy.
Starsailing: Your incompetent leader Obama who has never run so much as a lemonade has damaged our own economy. Now it is clear he couldn't protect a pizza from a homeless person.
This president is incompetent and the world is as dangerous as it has ever been. Iran has nuclear weapons and PROMISED to use at least one to annihilate Israel. Israel is on the verge of having to do SOMETHING to protect themselves since the LAST time they didn't protect themselves (from Hitler) it didn't work out so well. So Nentanyahu asks to speak with Obama (yes, THAT guy, who took out the recognition that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel until the polls told him it should go back in) and Obama doesn't have time - campaign events and the David Letterman show is more important.
Now we have not one but TWO embassies attacked and several killed including a U.S. ambassador killed on U.S. embassy soil (BTW, that has not happened since, you got it, Jimmy Carter in 1979) and where is Obama? Is this like "where is Waldo" where nobody can find the wimpy spineless president? What is he waiting on? Another poll to decide what to do? Weakness begets weakness and this president is as weak as a wet newspaper.
And your response is how Romney is reacting and somehow the "right wing" is responsible for the world problems? Do you realize how ridiculous that makes you look? I guess not - because you still spew nonsense and irrelevant comments.
Let me help you out so you know what is going on - our country was attacked yesterday. a U.S. embassy is considered U.S. soil. No different than militants who take over Wall Street, kill a few people, then remove and desecrate our flag. This is an attack. And our president is apparently waiting on a poll to tell him what to do. What a useless spineless incompetent president we have. Don't try to deflect topics or blame. We have been attacked and this president is in hiding waiting for SOMEONE to tell him what to do. Pathetic trash - that is what this president is: Pathetic trash.
@ chris 382117
You keep talking all this trash about Jimmy Carter, Why is that? In 1980 Mr. Carter authorized a rescue attempt in Iran that failed or I guess you have a selective memory. If you want to talk about a president who screwed Americans, then you can look directly Ronald Regan!
Do you remember Oct 23, 1983 Beirut Lebanon? The Marine Corps Barracks where we lost 241 American lives. Regan left us hanging, he did not even allow us to put magazines in our weapons! So before you continue to talk trash you better take a look around. But then Vietnam wasn't about the "Commies" coming it was about making money (you got screwed to), and Iraq Just another maney making scheem.
Semper Fi
This is merely another example of Obama's FAILED PRESIDENCY ... decided to attack Libya without congressional approval, spending about $1 billion in Cruise missiles, only to find out these morons will spit in the face of U.S. and KILL our ambassador (and others) because of a 17 minute film !
Obama is either a closet-Muslim or he is a muslim sympathizer. He has changed the mission statement of NASA to now focus on "muslim relations". He has criticized Israel suggesting they go back to borders of 1976 ... or whatever year the 6-day war occurred and he has pledged $5 billion in U.S. aid for Egypt ... who burns our flag and has threatened U.S. citizens.
Shut down our embassies in those countries and throw their ambassadors out of our country ! Eliminate ALL foreign aid to Libya and Egypt !! Let these radicals sink or swim on their own without U.S. support.
ROY WILSON-336103
Who invaded Iraq again?? Who was asleep at the controls when the twin towers were attacked? Who had more than enough warning this country would be attacked but ignored it? Who by invading Iraq created more terrorist and hatred for the US?? I'll give you a clue...it wasn't Obama.
I got news for you. Respect for the US is higher now than it was 4 years ago during the "decider's" regime.
Democracy can only be established in a civil society. There is only one civil society in the ME and that is Israel. All of these attempts to Democratize the ME are a waste of time, money, and American blood. Let the primitive savages have their crappy little countries. If they try to get Nukes we just blast them back to.... oh never mind.
starsailing is really a nut job! Slams Romney for something out of his control... how can you possibly blame Romney's work with Bain for what's happening in Libya and Egypt? lol... what a silly, silly little boy you are!
They spent 5 mil on this piece of crap? Instead of killing the American people, they should have gone after the dumbazz producers that made this crappy film.
Innocence of Muslim
It IS the Arab Spring that is at works in Libya and Egypt - they're now democracies, just like Bush and the war monger part of America wanted, Remember how much some Americans rejoiced when the leaders in these 2 countries were ousted/killed (much like some did when the US military killed Saddam Hussein) - the 'regime change' policy backfiring already!
WHAT WAS ROMNEY'S PLAN?...What is Romney's solution to ANYTHING?......He has none!...He can lip off , smart off, but when asked what is his plan, he has none. When asked for his plan he walks away!
Like the class clown who sits in the back of the room making smart ass comments now and then in front of the class. When the teacher hails the kid up in front of the class for his answer....DUH! The class clown only critizes because he does not know the answer!
Here is a link for all of you to see him just before he died not sure if it will work but it's from the NY POST .. Please tell me why we should not destroy these mother@!$%#ers for what they did I say we kill them all and let god sort these monsters out.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/american_ambassador_others_killed_uvtJF2mvUd6CzlMsrh169K
How did you come up with this news?
The State Derpartment's comment about the "Muslim Brotherhood radicals" at our Egyptian Embassy yesterday sets the stage for Mr. Obama's next "Apology Tour".
Wait a minute......lots of folks are looking at putting Mrs. Hillary Clinton on the 2016 Presidential ticket. Uh oh.......same failed party, same failed policies, and same "failed" apologies.
Mr. Obama and surrogates response to what is happening in the Middle East with their support for "Arab Spring" ? Blame it on Romney or Ryan.....since blaming it on Bush won't cut the mustard anymore.
BTW: Romney isn't the President YET, but will be. Suck it up Progressives.
Romney-Ryan 2012 to take back America from the Progressives and the Radicals.
As an American I am seething about now 8( I work in an office and everyone is pissed off and out for blood.
Big Al: The link DID work and makes me even MORE FURIOUS!! We were ATTACKED yesterday and our president simply "condemns"? I guess he is waiting on a poll to decide what to do next.
It is not a coincidence that the LAST time a U.S. ambassador was killed in an embassy attack was 1979 during the Jimmy Carter administration. Who would have thought this country could EVER elect a president even more incompetent than Jimmy Carter - but we did in 2008 when the uninformed elected Barack Hussein Obama. What a pathetic spineless clueless and incompetent president we have.
I found another picture by just doing a bing search ambassador Christopher Stevens...
You will find another image of this great human being trying to help the world.. 8( Hmm instead he is murdered by Muslim fanatic bastards. This is a extremely sad and horrible day for the families and mothers fathers who lost there loved ones.
I wish we had a President with Balls who would send a nice message by bombing the @!$%# out that dust bowl and sending a clear message that if you attack us we will @!$%# you up.
For better or worse, we live in a country where one can express one's views about religion, politics, pretty mc everything under the sun.
The problems occur when idiots like Jones, Sadek, whoever this guy "Bacile" is, and that whack-job ultra-religious anti-everything cretin in Florida spout off their anti-muslim views on the global stage. OK, know what? Fine. You view Islam as a cancer, or whatever. Great. You live in a country that gives you the freedom to think and speak as you choose on the subject. BUT when you promote these views to a global audience it will eventually make it's rounds to the people whose religion you are ridiculing.
The question I have is: are you too ignorant to realize that your views can, and in this case, DID incite a large segment of the global population to violent outrage against our country and it's citizens, OR did you do it on purpose, and to hell with anyone who gets hurt or killed?
And another question: since when was Christianity supposed to be about hate and intolerance?
starsailing.....
Your Progressive ship is sinking fast.
Want to deflect everything to Gov. Romney or Congressman Ryan ? Here is some deflection for you:
Just think, about January of next year, our military will probably not be able to defend one Embassy anywhere in the World when the budget cuts takes place and hammers our DOD. Thanks to your party's Democrat Senator Murray for ensuring the budget commission went nowhere. Of course there is Mr. "Veto" Reid who has pocketed all the House bills/legislations.
Watch for the "bump" Mr. Obama just received in the polling to sink with your ship.
Romney-Ryan 2012 to take back America from the Progressives and the Radicals.
ProBusiness (pro- Ronald[6 letters] Wilson[6] Reagan[6]: the "1st Beast who was ruler of the world, lied to all nations, and was wounded yet lived"),
"Choose between God and Gold".
Choose GOD or GOP.
Jesus was the BIGGEST liberal in history!
"The Christian Right is neither!"
Jimmy Carter vowed in '74 that he would never lie to the American people and he never did!
ProBusiness, by the power(77) vested in me by GOD as His Christ(77), I hereby rule that 9/12/12 is your Judgment Day: you FAIL F.
Sentence: 'very bad luck' for the rest of your life, then 666 years reincarnated as farm-raised pigs for this one offense (you have many more).
If you were to truly repent, put that in writing, do many hours of community service, and ask for forgiveness, you may receive a lesser or commuted sentence.
- Brad Watson, Miami
GOD's judge of all humanity
http://7seals.blogspot.com
OK! Who gave them the guns and the RPG's in the first place?
Liberals said that the people in these countries ( Libya & Egypt ) were to well educated to allow the Islamic extremist to assume control, the MB said they would not allow this to happen , they would be more liberal and adjust to the times, they said they would protect all the people not just the Muslims. we will see, we will also see how well they respect and honor the peace treaties or how long, we had allies in the region when Obama assumed office, now we do not, and as much as Obama pumps money into that part of the world and claims that they are our friends, they show us that they are not, while holding out their hands for more aid, this all will backfire on us in a short amount of time, we should have allowed things to happen at there own pace and in their own way, we never should have turned our back on Mubarak, he knew he had to rule tough because he knew his enemy, he just never dreamed that his enemy would strike at him through Washington, DC. just like all the rest of the Muslim countries any attempt at freedom will be hijacked by the fundamentalist, that is a given, that is a fact, the people ether go their way or bad things happen, Cleric'sreserve the right to kill anyone that does not accept their wishes, how do simple people compete withthat, what is freedom worth when someone walks up to you and says if you don't openly support us we will have to kill you and your family, those people are the ones that Mubarak put in prison, those people are the ones that Arab spring set free. those people will become a threat to everyone because we helped set them loose with a vengeance, they control the population through threats of violence, now how many of you are aware that our president other then belonging to the radical left wing Rev Wrights church was raised as Muslim, well he was its mandatory in Indonesia where he spent his childhood and got his early education, so you would think he would know better. Thomas Jefferson owned a Koran and when asked why? he replied you must "know your enemy" now! if a 18th century man knew that then why can't Obama figure it out. Individuals aside" Islam is bad and will be instrumental to the destruction of man kind or the world as we know it, you can't fight a ghost. I really don't think this is the time for cutting our military back, and its no time to worry about being Politically Correct. its time to lay down the law. draw that line in the sand and stand firmly behind it, not wimp out. they are ether with us or they are not, everything is at stake. and while he is at it he should tell the UN to find a new host country, and stop soliciting the US. put a big sign on Bedloe's Island that reads No Solicitors. tell me again my friend you don't believe we are on the eve of distruction.
Yeah Shuklack I'm a genocidal maniac, spoken like a child in a sandbox. These were Muslims from a country known to be a friend of the US so what exactly did I say that wasn't true? So asking for all aid to be cut off and expelling Diplomats is genocidal? To think one time I actually thought you showed some intelligence even though at times I disagreed with you
ED-2874315 "Sam Bacile has caused the death of a US ambassador and dispite his claim that he didn't anticipate a furious reaction, he must have known that calling Islam a cancer would incite muslems to violence. Terry Jones threat to burn a Koran in 2010 caused deaths as well."
Ed, Sam Bacile wasn't firing at the compound and Terry Jones didn't kill the Ambassador. The Turner Diaries inspired much of Timothy McVeigh's actions, but we held McVeigh responsible for Oklahoma City. We didn't absolve him of the murder of over a hundred innocent. By excusing the militants' actions you are actually patronizing them and saying that they are simple people who have no control over their emotions. If your house or shop had been burned down during the LA riots, would you have been angry with the Rodney King jury or with the group of hoodlums carrying the torches? One would hope that you would be pissed that someone had targeted you for what you represent when you had had nothing to do with the jury decision. Would you forgive the looters and blame the jury?
"If a jewish filmaker depicted Jesus having sex with his mother, the fundamentalist religious right would loose their minds. Violence is always close to the surface where frevent religious are involved."
Again, there was an exhibit called "Piss Christ" which depicted a crucifix immersed in urine. This was very insulting to me and fellow Catholics, however, no one rampaged through SoHo and indiscriminately beat up "artistic" looking people. There were protests and Congress became involved over the funding of this so called First Amendment expression, however, Catholics didn't blow up the museum.
The 15min "movie trailer" might have been the source or excuse for violence in Egypt, but in Benghazi, Libya...the "hometown" of Qaddafi...there was already a plan to raid the consulate on the anniversary of 9/11.
Mr Bacile's "movie" is not "free speech", it is tantamont to shouting "fire" in a packed movie theatre. He should be arrested and charged as an accessory to murder in the deaths of our citizen employees who were peacefully representing our country overseas.
The terrorists/extremists are no less responsible for their actions and should be hunted down and brought to justice, in Libya, by Libyans, with or without assistance from our "intelligence sources".
All this carrying on about who's responsible for the attack...Democrats or Republicans, Americans or Libyans, whoever made the movie dissing the great Muhammad...misses the point big time. The blame lies squarely on the knuckle-dragging religious zealots who are still living in the middle ages, and freak out whenever anyone makes fun of their beloved Muhammad in a movie, a cartoon, you name it. To these whackos, it's more than enough reason to mindlessly kill anyone they think is even remotely responsible for portraying their god of all gods in a negative light. It's particularly galling for Libya's Interior Minister al-Sharif to suggest that Americans were at fault for not evacuating their embassy when this movie was released. So we're expected to leave our embassy whenever there's a possibility that some fanatic faction of nitwits might attack us due to a cartoon or movie they don't like? It's you, Mr. Interior Minister, who needs to reign in these nut jobs before they freak out again.
While this action could be considered an act of war, I'm not convinced that is the right action. But I have NO PROBLEM closing the Libyan Ebassy in Washington, closing our Embassy in Libya, ending any aid, and no longer doing business with anyone in Libya. They have their right to their errant thoughts, doesn't mean we have to support them in any way. Let them rot.
Shucklac: conservatism is more than the definition of the word conservative...but I think you already know that..posting the definition must have been very satisfying to you in your attempt to minimize me as a person that follows politically conservative principles...which, for reasons that I cannot fathom, have been demonized by the mainstream media.
Gee, Brad Watson, Miami -
Thanks for thinking of me.
Horrible fact that cannot be covered-up: The 'attitude adjustment' in the two nukes on Japan in WWII deed indeed sped-up the end of the war (and quickly), and saved, into the millions, Japanese lives - not to mention our own. It was the most important factor in eliminating the ingrained martial-military ethos in the Japanese culture. Significant Japanese even grudgingly admit to this.
The West, East, North and South need to post on YouTube 3 to 5 second or less Films of Allah. See how they react when the world hates on them.
Romney has flip flopped his position in Libya FOUR TIMES in the last SIX months. Romney has NO CLUE who he is or what he stands for.
Romney commented on events and times that never happened in Libya. Jumping out in front of fast moving story without facts! McCain and most repubs are jumping down Romney's throat for making statements that are wrong on the attack on Libya! TTTTTOOOOOOOOOOO Funny, even repubs are appalled at Romney's mistakes again!
So much hate so little time
Mohammed was a pedophile, he advocated killing anyone who disagreed with him. He was a religious fanatic as are his followers.
I do not speak arabic or I would translate this for them. Somebody has to start telling it like it is, sometime! It might as well be me. If I could draw I would make a cartoon of him.
**********REALLY F**KING SAD I EXPLAINED THE DOCUMENTED TIMELINE*************
At post#1.57.
Anyone that knows anything KNOWS that this was a PLANNED Attack by one or more of: Al Quada Saudi Arabia (AQ), Al Quada Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Al Quada Syria (AQS), Al Quada Yemen (AQY), Hezbollah, Al Quada Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) aka the New Libyan Government, etc.
starsailing,
Are you really a Demoncrap or are your posting just to Discredit all Demoncraps.
If you are not posting to Discredit all Demoncraps the Repugnants should pay you for doing so.
Wow newsvine, you haven't collapsed my post or deleted it as yet? Don't you understand that the radicals can use it as an excuse to come after you, as well as me?
Oh, and hey obama, if the feds are on their way to my house, tell them that there is no need to break down my door, it is unlocked.
Just think about it, rushdie the new guy and me, history being made right before your eyes!
MSN has softened it's images for the sake of the incumbency. Should any of you herein have the stomach to look on the real life and death images, you'll find them here, today, this minute: The front page of www.foxnews.com
If you have the stomach.....
A young man being dragged by a mob of animals (humans?). Was Mr. Stevens still alive? Was he dead (it would be more merciful). And then, before you make comment, look again, and think very carefully of what you say.
I am sickened. It's going to be a rough night.
I do not believe that mohammed was a prophet any more than I am, nor was joseph smith, nor was any of the jews. Prophets do not exist and never have existed. I might as well stir every one I can think of, as long as I'm at it.
Let me add that I do not believe there is or ever was an allah or any other god. If there ever was let him or her strike me dead! Are they so powerless, that some else has to do their deeds?
we were attacked on our soil in 2 different embassies on the day we were attacked on own soil within our country 11 years ago and all most of can do is fking sit there and blame everyone else other than the p.o.s. trash that did this. obama cant even stop himself from campaigning when 4 americans are murdered. where are the armed guards!?!?! fking sick!!
there is no excuse for murder and any excuse is the same as acceptance.
You can always count on a peace loving muslim "terriost"to blow something up or kill somebody. @Chris-382117 if you are what you say then you must have selective memory like a lot of people have. My memory says Carter tried. The weather was supposed to be perfect for the raid and a freak sandstorm blew in crashing copters and blowing the whole thing. Then big shot reagan made a deal with them(check the history channel)to hold them until after election so he could get elected and he would give them what they wanted for their release. They did just that and so did he. Him and his gunning running buddy oliver north traded and got them the weapons they wanted. Lets face it Carter was no Peach but reagan was a dirty crooked lying sack of @!$%#.
For all that have been holding their breaths, it has been an hour and I am not smitten as yet. I am going to tak a ride on my bike.
Not dead yet!
Kornfed; I asked for the name change to honor the Greatest kids show host ever to exist - if you grew up in the Pacific Northwest you would know J P is legend. Since tyler is also from the PNW - he got my desire to change my name.
njofaustin; don't confuse frustration with haters for being hate - we have tolerated your desire to make us just like you since religion began. All I'm saying is put your backbone where your mouth is - don't ask for trillions of U S $$$ to fight your imaginary demons.
How is Terry Jones not in prison? I thought it was bad enough to die in the name of Jesus...but Terry Jones WTF? Actually those killed by Terry Jones right to free speech - weren't even willing.
njofaustin; why do you assume I'm an atheist? I'm more spiritual in my way of looking at my faith than you are in yours. I don't need a book to tell me how to be spiritual any more than I need a book to tell me how to brush my teeth or walk down the street. You on the other hand need a manual to tell you how to be spiritual. Spirituality is something that comes from inside you - external forces can't make you spiritual any more than going into the garage can make you a car. Religion and spirituality are not the same thing.
My opinions won't kill anyone (unless I go Terry Jones on the world) - so what is the body count up to for disagreeing with religion?
Drivel spouting Republicans "shoot before aiming", and open big mouths first before thinking!!! The buffoonish clown, Romney, did exactly this on his first, two of three stops, overseas this past summer during the Olympics. If you want someone lacking in sensible diplomacy and willingness to start more Bush Wars (without the money) everywhere, then Romney's your man. Then proceed directly to the military sign-up board in order to know what life is really like.
Shuklack,
Dude, really, its time to get a job. This is the second time that you have apparently spent hours typing a response to one of my posts with comments that are not even tangentially related to my original post. Clearly you have too much time on your hands, lack reading comprehension skills and really, really like to hear yourself talk. Best of luck.
Fanatical
(even moderate) religion has always and still does produces hate , genocide,
evil, prejudice, and wars !!! This will continue until some human, religious zealot ignites
the nuclear holocaust that is inevitable and will end all humanity.
NOTE : Most all religions are guilty of atrocities,
for a few example:
Catholics who
said and did nothing while 7 million jews were exterminated during WW2 ! And
gave protection to hundreds of Nazi war criminals after the War (THIS WAS THE
WORST IN MY OPINION)
Catholics
priests who have preyed and raped young boys (and females) probably for
hundreds of years since they weren’t allowed the basic human right to marry !
Catholics who
practiced genocide against the North and South American Indian “heathens” for three centuries!
Christians who
practiced genocide against the North American Indian “heathens” for two
centuries !
Mormons who
slaughtered 200 men, women, and children
wagon train in the 1800s traveling
through Utah
territory.
Mormons who
have raped young girls and held (and still hold) them as sex slaves probably since the
beginning of their cult/religion .
Muslim Sunnis
and Shiites bombing, raping, murdering each other (and others) for Allah !! for
centuries (and still do) !
Protestants
and Catholics who killed each other for years in Ireland because of the hate
fostered by their leaders !
Muslims who
bomb and murder Infidels all over the world TODAY in the name of Allah !
Fanatical
(even moderate) religion has always and still does produces hate , genocide,
evil, prejudice, and wars !!! This will continue until some human, religious zealot ignites
the nuclear holocaust that is inevitable and will end all humanity.
NOTE : Most all religions are guilty of atrocities,
for a few example:
Catholics who
said and did nothing while 7 million jews were exterminated during WW2 ! And
gave protection to hundreds of Nazi war criminals after the War (THIS WAS THE
WORST IN MY OPINION)
Catholics
priests who have preyed and raped young boys (and females) probably for
hundreds of years since they weren’t allowed the basic human right to marry !
Catholics who
practiced genocide against the North and South American Indian “heathens” for three centuries!
Christians who
practiced genocide against the North American Indian “heathens” for two
centuries !
Mormons who
slaughtered 200 men, women, and children
wagon train in the 1800s traveling
through Utah
territory.
Mormons who
have raped young girls and held (and still hold) them as sex slaves probably since the
beginning of their cult/religion .
Muslim Sunnis
and Shiites bombing, raping, murdering each other (and others) for Allah !! for
centuries (and still do) !
Protestants
and Catholics who killed each other for years in Ireland because of the hate
fostered by their leaders !
Muslims who
bomb and murder Infidels all over the world TODAY in the name of Allah !
Fanatical (even moderate) religion has always and still does produces hate ,murder, genocide,
evil, prejudice, and wars !!! This will continue until some human, religious zealot ignites
the nuclear holocaust that is inevitable and will end all humanity.
NOTE : Most all religions are guilty of atrocities,
for a few example:
Catholics who said and did nothing while 7 million jews were exterminated during WW2 ! And
gave protection to hundreds of Nazi war criminals after the War (THIS WAS THE
WORST IN MY OPINION)
Catholics priests who have preyed and raped young boys (and females) probably for
hundreds of years since they weren’t allowed the basic human right to marry !
Catholics who practiced genocide against the North and South American Indian “heathens” for three centuries!
Christians who practiced genocide against the North American Indian “heathens” for two
centuries !
Mormons who slaughtered 200 men, women, and children wagon train in the 1800s traveling
through Utah territory.
Mormons who have raped young girls and held (and still hold) them as sex slaves probably since the
beginning of their cult/religion .
Muslim Sunnis and Shiites bombing, raping, murdering each other (and others) for Allah !! for
centuries (and still do) !
Protestants and Catholics who killed each other for years in Ireland because of the hate
fostered by their leaders !
Muslims who bomb and murder Infidels all over the world TODAY in the name of Allah !
it is apparent that winning their hearts and minds have not worked I understand why we have a interest in th emiddle east but think we need to distance ourselves as much as possible-
"If you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow." ---Charles Colson
denver bill 2: Theodore Roosevelt said that, not Charles Colson. A simple google search of the words brings that up. You might think about checking your facts before you post.
I heard that is how Teddy trained his horses - check the calendar - it's 2012.
Obama will keep working on "winning their hearts and minds", afterall, aren't those bombers the descendants of those highly intelligent folk who brought civilization to the world? (not my sentiment, Obama's).
They are the descendents of such people; perverted by centuries of cultural and intellectual isolation brought on by a revival of religious fundamentalism.
Quick Obama! Run to the middle east and kiss someone else's aZZ before anyone else gets hurt.
A little kissing and bowing fixes all boo-boos, right?
Winning their hearts and minds???????????????????? WTH is wrong with this statement/thought process?????
It is about as stupid as trying to talk common sense to some one as vile as HITLER was!! UTTER STUPIDITY!!! To the tenth degree. OMGosh, WOW, gimme a break from AMERICANO GOV'T stupidity.PEACE LOVING, BACON eating Moo-Hummuddy Followers, are the worlds biggest IDIOTS in the world, NEXT to USA POLITITIONS!!!
The idiot that made this piece of hatred is in hiding. He describes himself as an "Israeli Jew".
Arrest him for inciting a riot, etc., and if he is not a US Citizen, deport him! Yes, we have Freedom of Speech but there are and have always been limitations on that!
Withhold all US Financial Support to Libya and Egypt, etc. until those responsible for murder and destruction of US property are caught and convicted.
And if that jerk in Florida comes up with anything new to further incite Muslim hatred, arrest him too!
I'm as sick of these jerks who are intentionally provoking attacks against the US with their inflammatory propaganda, as I am of the RADICAL ISLAMIC JIHADISTS that take their bait!
It is inevitable that something very gruesome is going to happen. Someone is going to push that button or flip that switch and POOF there goes a neutron bomb or worse yet the next biological weapon. Do not think nuclear folks, too messy.
The concept of winning 'hearts and minds' goes way back. Sun Tzu spoke of the concept, but not in that phraseology. It's just a basic strategy of war if your objective is occupation and control of a territory while maintaining the indigenous population.
The phrase itself was first used in the context of war during the conflict in Vietnam, though.
In fact, the original author is in dispute. Some say Theodore Roosevelt, with apocryphal evidence. I know that Charles Colson had a plaque on his office wall with that saying, and I choose to give more credence to the notion that the phrase became widely used during the Vietnam War era, after a Democratic congressman proposed that we needed to "win the hearts and the minds of the people."
While you are googling, here's another one for you:
"Everything you read on the internet is true." ---Abraham Lincoln
Islam is nothing but hatred and violence. There is nothing redeeming about Islam, except that it is a disease that should be wiped from the face of the earth. Not one penny of US support should be going to these Islamic nations, and none of their citizens should be allowed to step foot in this country. They educate their young to hate, and they have shown no capacity to ever change. Let them return to the life of nomads wandering the desert killing each other. Buying their oil is blood money.
Hey Sam, go swap spit with your mentor Debbie Wasserman Shultz. The two of you have a lot in common.
"GOD bless America and all nations"
When have you ever heard that? Secretary of State Clinton just gave an excellent reply, yet she - like President Obama and Governor Romney - ended her address by saying, "God bless America". This alone implies that Americans are asking GOD to bless America while forgetting about the other nations. What kind of GOD would that be? I propose that all Americans say, "GOD bless America and all nations".
Hey pres. Obammy....stil waiting on that "change"you said was coming,or is this President Bush's fault too? Obammy your brothers of islam are all morons,guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!
Obama - "These upset honest Muslims did not destroy the embassy in Libya on their own or murder the Ambassador and three others!, they had help from Me." Mr President - You supported the overthrow of our friend Mubarak in Egypt, and murdered and bombed Libya so they submitted to your Muslim Brotherhood. Qaddafi was neutralized and you still killed him.
Why have embassy guards! They can't even fire warning shots, shoot bean bags or even make faces at the marauding terrorist
Islams teachings are the problem not the movie.. If you don't like don't watch it but once again peaceful Islam is showing its true face.. A Christians faith is based on love and comes from the heart of the worshiper.. A Muslims faith is based on symbols of devotion and hate.. This is why they are so easily brought to violence which is the underpinning of their CULT.. I for one applaud the writer/director for once again giving us more proof with another example of the seething hate built into the self reinforcing and violent CULT of Islam.. This CULT should be illegal here in the USA because it promotes hate and violence.. Several time funding for violence abroad has been linked to radical Imen here in the U.S. collecting money at the Mosques from those peace loving Muslims..
I personally don't give a damn about hearts and minds. I have no interest occupying territory in either Egypt or Libya. The more appropriate response would be poisoning the wells and salting the fields. Since we're into cliche battle tactics from antiquity.
And Old Jerry Curl and the Kleptocrat are being missed pretty bad right now, hurm? Secularist Dictators beat out 'Democratically elected' religious nut jobs any day of the week.
We'll all sleep better when Mexico has colonizes the United States.
roadrunner on one point I will agree with you. All religions are Cults. Google top 10 signs that your religion is a cult, then come back and argue this point.
Hint- it's all organized and unorgainized religions.
(a bunch of) Croc15,
You've gone on the record for being opposed to and being disrespectful to Pres. Obama and have wrongly accused him of being Muslim (which is not a bad thing). You have also attacked "all Muslims as being morons". You are on the record for supporting George(6 letters) Walker(6) Bush Jr.(6): the "2nd Beast". (Ronald[6] Wilson[6] Reagan[6]: the "1st Beast" and United(6) States(6) Dollar(6): the "mark of the Beast that everyone must have to buy and sell with".) Therefore...
By the power(77) vested in me by GOD as His Christ(77), I hereby rule that 9/12/12 is your Judgment Day - you FAIL F.
Sentence: 'bad luck' for the rest of your life, then 77 years reincarnated as farm-raised turkeys for this one offense (you have many more).
If you were to truly repent, put this in writing, and do many hours of public service, it's possible that you would be forgiven and your sentence reduced or commuted.
- Brad Watson(77), Miami
GOD's judge of all humanity
http://7seals.blogspot.com
For better or worse, we live in a country where one can express one's views about religion, politics, pretty much everything under the sun.
The problems occur when idiots like Jones, Sadek, whoever this guy "Bacile" is, and that whack-job ultra-religious anti-everything cretin in Florida spout off their anti-muslim views on the global stage. OK, know what? Fine. You view Islam as a cancer, or whatever. Great. You live in a country that gives you the freedom to think and speak as you choose on the subject. BUT when you promote these views to a global audience it will eventually make it's rounds to the people whose religion you are ridiculing.
The question I have is: are you too ignorant to realize that your views can, and in this case, DID incite a large segment of the global population to violent outrage against our country and it's citizens, OR did you do it on purpose, and to hell with anyone who gets hurt or killed?
And another question: since when was Christianity supposed to be about hate and intolerance?
Once more a Jewish provocation leads to Americans being killed in the Middle East. US should stop all support for Israel and deport that bastard Jewish film maker to Israel. There is a difference between protecting free speech and yelling 'Fire!' in a crowded theater. The guy who made this movie clearly wanted to provoke Muslims into acts of violence against America. It was just another example or religious hate propaganda. He should be held accountable for what happened. But of course the Jewish friendly US media will make him into a 'victim' and the brainwashed Americans will only blame Muslims for the harm caused to America...
"The events appeared to underscore how much the ground in the Middle East has shifted for Washington, which for decades had close ties with Arab dictators who could be counted on to muzzle dissent."
More of that "Change we can Believe in" that Obama promised us.
Respect for the United States is at an all-time low under Obama, who is always finding a way to 'apologize' for America for our success.
If Obama is re-elected, even he projects that we will have a crippling National Debt of $20.4 Trillion by 2016 - more than double the $9.986 Trillion at the end of fiscal 2008 (these figures are from Obama's official 2013 Budget). Link is below - See Table 7.1
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals
I sure hope President Carter sends a strong message to the world that he won't tolerate this!
On another note. I don't ever visit Libya and get sick or injured. Looks like they treat their trauma victims pretty rough when they take them to the hospital.
Max,
Exactly. The Jew is responsible for the deaths. The Muslims are just doing what they do. It's not their fault.
who cares about the film. The film did not kill and murder anyone stop redirecting the blame to the film the blame is put squarely on these in-bread extremist. As for the elected in-term president an apology is not enough! Every single person who was in any way involved in the "protest" or terrorist attack needs to be charged with terrorism.
This is a cowardly attack that was done on the anniversary of 9/11. The movie is just an excuse. America needs to respond very strongly. The Muslims who did this only understand one thing...a bullet to the head. Not all Muslims, mind you. Just these slime worms who still live in the 12th century. Obama doesn't get it. Being apologetic is considered a sign of weakness. America needs to find out who these guys are and go in and kill them. That embassy is America and innocent Americans were slaughtered. This is an act of war!!!
Oh Yea Thanks Barry & Hillary........Peace and Stability Brought To Libya By Al-Qaeda In Another UN War Paid For With Our Tax Dollars In The Name Of UN Freedom!
Talk about a Gruesome Twosome.....Now These Same Clowns Want To Use The Same Al-Qaeda Fighters To Do The Same Kind Of Thing In Syria?
Talk about lacking the judgment to serve as commander-in-chief of our country. This Is What We Get For Allowing Bumbling Barry To Claim I got bin NOBODY to Wiggle Out Of Impeachment Over Libya Last Year!
Forget The Election DEMAND POMPOUS OBAMA'S IMPEACHMENT Over Libya and The Obominations Refusal To Obtain Congressional Approval Before Destroying Libya and Now Our Embassy!
It's time to kill a town and make it as bloody as possible. An example to these dogs demands it so the whole Islamic world sees how vengeful a Christian nation can be. And I want everyone invited to the party, no one is to get out unscathed from this. Take one town and destroy it completely to dust. I do not want to hear this crap, "We are investigating it." There is nothing to investigate, kill the whole town! Not even a dog should survive the destruction. You fight barbarism with barbarism when you dealing with these filthy animals. These animals are going to start going after all our embassies and staff now that they set the precedence to do so. This is what it gets us to be sensitive and polite to these little bastards feelings.
The Insane Racist Party....Member!
Why is your Kind of Nasty always Avoiding the Facts and trying to point your fingers instead of Accepting Failure and making the changes needed?
Never Odumba Always Someone else who doesn't matter and didn't do the evil deed!
Oh well what else can you except from a Racist Bigot?
Vines Moderators Please Delete The The Insane Cracker Party account for using an Overtly Racist Nickname!
@MUW, Odumba??? What's with all the childish name calling? Your part of what's wrong with this country. The republicans are good with name calling, Nobama, ObamaCare, Death Panels, etc. No matter what happens, they have a childish name for it.
O'Bama needs to be a man and start protecting the interest of America and stop making re-election a priority. I forgot, he hasn't allowed foreign countries to vote in American elections yet, he'll try that when he starts to loose. He allows them to sue American States in court and allowed foreign to dictate U.S. Laws. Any country that attacks American interest should face an "immediate & forceful" and forceful response.
Yeah this was a terrible movie. Almost as bad as drawing a picture of the prophet in a comic strip. We are very sorry about our right to free speech. Anybody who hurts anybody else's feelings should expect for a US ambassador to get killed.
And remember, if you say religion is evil then you are including Islam in that statement and the next ambassador killed will be your fault for insulting Islam.
lynseypug:
Good post.
If one didn't know better the conspiracy theory on this would emanate from the "need", although contorted, to do whatever we have to do to engage in another armed conflict in the Mideast.
They? Who ever they are, apparently want to take this to the next level, and involve us in another World War. What the heck? they say. WWII got us out of the last depression, why not just have another one? What an economic boost....and what a way to revisit the budget when it comes to the military industrial complex and sequestration.
Are they? setting us up? Listen closely and read everything you can get your hands on.
Get someone to start the flame with some "b" movie made to incite others and then stir the cauldron and beat the "chickenhawk" drums of war.
Gov Romney, with all due respect you can say what you want in the realm of "politicking", because that is the season we are in. Remember....simply remember....you don't represent us or our will yet. Present your policy suggestions in a clear and concise manner. Will you reinstate conscription should we go to war, or will you suggest others do the deeds you would suggest be done?
And the filmmaker....bless the hell out of the "arts" BS. He ought to be the point on whatever excursion he/she and backers, want to lead us on.
Enough said. We are a sad lot of humans, are we not?
During my travels to Africa on business a few years ago, I started to leave my hotel for a walk. I was stopped by the hotel manager. He stated that it was not safe to walk the streets. He said if anything happened to me, that "Bush would have Marines parachuting onto his hotel property in less than an hour and the 7th Fleet would be off shore in one day"... He was serious.
Today, there is no mention of any support for American business travelers. That feeling of US protection no longer exists.
I understand there is a lot of sentiment to avoid supporting an international placement of US Military personnel, and very clear position of support for American outside the USA, but this makes all business travel difficult. It is this travel that brings foreign money into the USA to purchase products. It is what we do.
Hearts and minds, yeah; unless it's the code phrase for oil and any other resources.The military is out there, (all over there) and that's a sign of violating the region, not distancing from there.
What's wrong SpcTorres a little thin skinned?
I assure you President Obama Has Been Called Much Worse and I can Only Assume Obama Supporters Are Still Unwilling To Face The Facts That Once Again a Dumb Mistake From Obama Has Needlessly Cost Americans Lives.......Hence "Odumba"!
But Honestly I have a Policy Against Responding Nicely To Macho, Nationalist Patriotic Or
Militaristic Nicknames for Invariably they are Merely UN Patriotic Political Partisan Trolls and a complete waste of time!
In Your Case I'll Grant you a Temporary Exception!
Psst And I Call Layoff Romney Exactly That.....I Don't believe he would be ANY Different But I Refuse To Reward Wall Street Corrupted Incumbent FAILURES with Re-Election!
Not Even For President Obama For He Too Has Failed All Of US!
Same kind of god that needs to be told what should be done by creatures of, apparantly, his own making. How 'bout leaving your instructions to god out of these news comments - it's us who get to read it, not your god
Several thing's are truly puzzling to me, if the Libyans were trying to protect us why aren't we hearing about any of them being injured or killed? When I read the post's that say Obunghole is our savior and the person that made the video should be prosecuted, aren't they contradicting everything they claim to believe in? Personally, I am so sick of these "peaceful moooslumps" burning our flag so for every flag they burn, I also have the right to burn 10 kookrans!!!!!!!! I am very sorry I am to old to get back in the Army cuzz I'd really like to show those turds what a good shot I am!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAiOEV0v2RM
Judge for yourself, here is the movie.
U.S. THINKS there might be militant link?!?!? On 9/11 anniversary a country led by the Muslim brotherhood chanting "we are Usama bin Ladin" attacking a U.S. embassy and killing 4 while shredding and destroying our U.S. flag MIGHT be linked to militants?!?!? Is our "apology" president waiting on the latest poll to determine if that is the case or not? Is our president waiting on a poll to determine how to proceed? What a pathetic and useless president we have..........
Ironically the LAST time we had a U.S. ambassador killed at a U.S. embassy (which is considered U.S. soil) was in 1979 with the Jimmy Carter administration. Is it only a coincidence that the most incompetent president now in U.S. history (Barack Hussein Obama) who took that title from Jimmy Carter ALSO had an ambassador killed and Obama's initial response was that he "strongly condemned"?!?!? WHEW!! I thought Obama was only going to condemn but he STRONGLY condemned!! What a useless pathetic spineless and incompetent president we have in Barack Hussein Obama!!
TKO..... Save Your Energy To Keep Your Oath To The Constitution Of The United States And To Teach The Young Of America Because We Are The Final Stop On These UN Globalist Wall Street Banksters & Their Demo/RepubloRAT Political Minions War On America (oops Terror).
Psst.... And If Burning a Koran Is What Makes You Tick I'd Say Save Your Money And Spend It On Supplies Before It Is Too Late!
Soon We'll Need All The Help We Can Get!
TKO:
Ha! We too wish you weren't to old to rejoin and take some of the pressure off of our kids.
How about we insist that us oldies but goodies be considered as replacements for the upcoming generation? We could all go out in a blaze of glory and perhaps leave our children and their children a better world.
Most of those who have served are at the forefront insisting that everything possible be done prior to engaging in conflict. Most of those also believe that freedom of speech brings with it a responsibility that their speech is not used to incite killings and war, although they certainly have the right to do so, I guess.
I don't personally know many folks who have fought for this country that won't go to the wall for peaceful resolution of conflict, prior to finally engaging in the inevitable.
If we engage....then everyone's kids should have to stand the line. Not just volunteers. I only suggest that because I want the policy makers to consider the "risk" and I want the "risk" shared.
Benghazi should cease to exist. We should launch 100+ cruise missiles into the city and level it.
I get so tired of this crap. "we are sorry that we offended you and made you go on a murderous rampage".
They do not care. The only thing they know is force. Pretty much everyone there is to blame. They are either an extremist, or they condone or support the extremists. There is no such thing as a moderate Muslim in the middle east.
We continue to tip toe around them, refusing to condemn them for fear of pissing off even more. Well, I for one, am real tired of it and want to show them what happens when you poke the tiger.
Nobody and I mean NOBODY needs to explain the risks of war. The price we pay for the freedom's we have......... You may knock on my door and I will proudly invite you to admire my families history in the military. Just a small description would be #1, my younger brother arrived home from Desert Storm and died 9months later from an unknown attack on his nervous system. V.A. said Lou Gehrig's, private Dr's said chem. weapon's exposure. #2, my older brother served 23yrs. Was getting ready to retire. Had to have surgery and the V.A. surgeon hit his spine. He is 100% disabled. #3, I was active Airborne Inf. from 85 to 89 then reserves for 2yrs. #4, my Son served in Iraq and did his part for our freedoms. And most important is #5, We would all do it again for OUR GREAT COUNTRY!!!!! Even for the filth that thinks its Okay to desecrate and burn OUR FLAG.
Good Day to you all.
This is not the same as yelling fire in a crowded theater. Yelling fire in a crowded theater (or anywhere) results in people responding out of a fear of losing their lives. Making a movie, writing a book, painting a picture, etc, should never, ever, ever result in a violent response. The fact that it does is not an indictment against the film maker, but against the people who are violent because the film offended them. This is an inherent problem with religion and Islam in particular. "Believe what I believe the way I believe it and never criticize it or I'll kill you." If prominent Muslim leaders world-wide would publicly denounce these types of acts when they occur maybe the world would feel differently about Islam, but we hear nothing, so we have to assume they're all in agreement. If they are too fearful to publicly denounce this, then maybe there really is something to be said for the opinion that Islam is violent.
****************************AND NOW THE BULLSH!T STARTS........POLITICIANS SAVING THEIR ARSES****************************
First, the US did not "Liberate" anything. The US And US Allies Overthrew a Former US Ally, President Gaddaffi that was considered a Collaborator to the Christians, Jews, Unbelievers (Death Penalty High Treason for Islam) since he: a. Cooperated with the CIA (provided Intelligence); b. Had President Obama's Guantanamo Islamic Jihadists in his Prisons; c. Had his Libyan Military go after the Islamic Jihadists in Libya; d. Denounce his pursuit of Nuclear Power, and turned over his WMDs (Chemical Weapons) to the US; e. Produced his "Green Book" Contract to the Libyan People of his Stated Libyan Citizens Rights. As praised by the UN and UA (African Union), this Inflamed the Fundamentalist Islamic World, especially the Fundamentalist Islamic Arab League of Nations because of Libyan Women's Rights; f. Increased the Libyan Oil to the US European Allies after President Obama lost the Iraqis Oil to the Allies of the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran, the Chinese and Russian Federation due to President Obama's March 2009 Iran Policy; g. etc. to lift the UN, US, US European Allies Embargoes and Sanctions against Libya.
Second, Life of Libyan Citizens under President Gaddaffi:
Loans to Libyan citizens were given with *NO interest*.
Students would get paid the average salary for the profession they are studying for.
If you’d be unable to get the employment the state would pay the full salary as if you were employed.
When you got married the couple got an apartment or house for free.
You could go to college anywhere in the world. The state paid 2,500 euros plus for accommodation and a car.
The cars were sold at factory cost.
Libya does not owe money, (not a cent) to anyone. No credits.
Free education and health care.
25% of population with a university degree.
No beggars on the streets and no homeless (until this bombing).
Bread costs $0.15.
Gasoline was $0.33 per liter, during the Revolution $0.66 per liter. After the Revolution, none available.
Third, during the "G" Meeting at France attended by SOS Clinton, the European Oil Corporations demanded the Overthrow of President Gaddaffi to stop his Declared Nationalization of Libyan Oil that would effectively take away control of the Libyan Oil from the European Oil Corporations of BP (Britain), Total, Elf (France), Eni (Italy), OMV (Austria), Statoil (Norway), etc.. So instead of these European Oil Corporations hiring cheap Libyan Labor then keeping all the Profits, with Gaddaffi's Resource Nationalization, they would get almost nothing and the majority of the profits would remain in Libya. So in anticipation of their Governments Military Actions to Overthrow Gaddaffi to stop his Resource Nationalization, "Non essential" personnel were evacuated Februrary 21, 2011.
Fourth, Prior to the "Libyan Civil War" the Al Quada Saudi Arabia (AQ), Al Quada Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Al Quada Syria (AQS), Al Quada Yemen (AQY), Hezbollah, Al Quada Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), etc. gathered at Benghazi their first target killing the President Gaddaffi Libyan Military Guards at the 60-bunker Hight Razma facility on the eastern outskirts of Benghazi to seize weapons, ammunition, etc. from the warehouse sized "bunkers". They then went to the 35-bunker facility on the eastern outskirts of Ajdabiyah.
As previously trained in Asymmetric Warfare (Insurgency) by the Special Forces, Quds, of the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran, they Fundamentalist Islamc Jihadists listed above started to incite the Foreign Workers brought in to do the work the Libyan Citizens refused to do; as the Foreign Workers did not get any of the Entitlements and Libyan Citizen's Rights that the Libyan Citizens had in accordance with President Gaddaffi's Green Book.
Their Strategic Goals: a. Overthrow Gaddaffi the Collaborator to the Christians, Jews, Unbelievers; b. Release President Obama's Guantanamo Islamic Jihadists held in President Gaddaffi's Prisons; c. Obtain President Gaddaffi's Weapons, especially the 20,000 portable shoulder launched anti aircraft SA-7 missiles to shoot down US (Civilian) aircraft "to cripple the US Economy" since their other attempts failed (shoe bomber, underware bomber, laser toner cartridge bombs, etc.), and possibly the few remaining Redacted Weapons that were at Redacted that were not turned over to the US; d. The Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran and Islamic Jihadists gets a closer location to attack the US European Allies (Crusaders, and no they did not forget nor forgive that, their defeat is in the Ramadan Celebrations); e. Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran gets another Mediterranean Port for themselves, their Allies the Chinese and Russian Federation; f. The Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran gets the Libyan Oil for the Ally, the Chinese as negotiated by the Islamic Nation of Qatar; g. The formation of another Fundamentalist Islamic Nation indebted to the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran.
Fifth, President Obama as US Military Commander In Chief violates US Law that limits his Presidential War Powers, 1973 War Powers Resolution (Act). Because of this violation US Congress did not Appropriate Funds; so President Obama uses Discretionary Spending.
Before this article was "updated" (censored):
Shows just how much people at the US don't know Shiite (plural of Fundamentalist Islamic Shia). Someone needs to drop this "Middle East" expert into the middle of Cairo to live with the local families for a few years. Before any of you say some baloney about my not knowing read post#1.57.
Dear Honorable Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
Please read your Classified and Unclassified US Department of State Reports.
These US Department of State Reports did require the cost of Human Lives to obtain the Information from Intelligence Assets;
That Information was later independently verified by the US Military Asymmetric Warfare (aka Special Warfare) Forces.
Please do not do the "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" thing; as your "I ask myself, how could this happen?"
Thank you very much,
PS Don't send us to fix this screwup. Have the Libyan Government hunt down and turn over to the US those Responsible.
Oh, yes, unlike most that do not know anything, we know that this was a Planned Attack by one or more of those that I listed above. Also they are the Majority and not some Marginalized "Radicals" or small numbers.
"Innocent Before Proven Guilty"? What?
Let us all AGREE that it WAS the Islamist Terrorists!---who else would be in Libya to kill the Ambassdor Consulate to the US, and 4 other people. The Islamists are after Western Society, number one priority--eradicate us. Was it another opposing Tribe?---Al Qaeda has strong links to their signature on this one.
I vote for the Terrorists-- the Tribes who belong to Al Qaeda are Tribal.!
I see Israeli fingerprints on this one. Netanyehu is mad because the U.S. will not agree to a joint attack on
Iran, so why not piss the American people off against the Arabs, maybe then, we will come around. Never
underestimate the brilliance of the Israelis, who have survived ,surrounded by enemies, for many years.
Big Boy:
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That is what you "want to believe". Earth calling Big Boy, Earth calling Big Boy---is he there?
Big Boy: And I guess the United States federal government also imploded the twin towers on 9/11................
Who cares about the filmmaker, hell we need more of them making more films. I will not give up my freedoms cause some else wants them.
Do you honestly think this would not have happened anyways, they hate us, THEY HATE US !!!
IF you Want to GIVE up your FREEDOMS go ahead but YOU will NOT take mine.
I previously posted my intent of my posts; being a written record, just in case I do not survive this time.
We are just waiting to be diverted from deploying back to Afghanistan.
The way things work from my collapsed post at#1.57.:
Anytime a US President opens his mouth, what is said becomes US Policy and the gears start to turn; especially at his Executive Intelligence Agency, the CIA. If the President "Green lights" something then the CIA's SAD/SOG get involved; if requested then we are attached to the CIA's SAD/SOG and become a "Civilian Entity" and not US Military "Boots on the Ground". The Director of the CIA then directs these Missions with pre approved Delegated Presidential Authority, so that in the event of a Mission Failure the President has "Credible Deniability" to save to Office of the President, those involved are then charged with "Exceeding Authority" and become the "Politically Expedient Scapegoats/Sacrificial Lambs". These "Politically Expedient Scapegoats/Sacrificial Lambs" cannot defend themselves or they will be also compromising "Classified Information" (beyond US Military "Top Secret" of the US Department of State and the US Intelligence Agencies).
This is why we learned the hard way from our predecessors to document EVERYTHING so that our arses are not hung out to dry as "Politically Expedient Scapegoats or Sacrificial Lambs" to be slaughtered. The first time that you are hauled into a "Closed Door" US Congressional Hearing and threatened with life imprisonment, then you get the idea.
President Obama's very short speech, just "Green lighted" the above.
Most of us that looked at the pictures knew that this was a planned coordinated attack.
@MUW, I'm thin skinned? Jus because I believe that people should be able to have a decent conversation without childish name calling? This is basic stuff that we teach our kids. No lying, no name calling, work hard, etc. But yet somehow those into politics tend to have skipped those lessons. Also, I'm proud of my military service to this country. I don't quite understand what your getting at about me and other service men/women being a part of the UN patriotic partisian trolls?
Precious'sMom,
Read posts#6.1 thru 6.12.
got to go we are leaving
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Carpet bomb every Muslim and Islamic country. Lets be done with this.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. - MLK
Why do you advocate the killing of men, women and children who don't have anything to do with this incident? All that carpet bombing will do is lead to another 9/11. It only 19 extremists who are well financed and well planned.
I feel we should storm their embassy's around the world and say that a video sparked the unrest and see how they handle it.
No - really it is time to put them back into their tents and tend to their camels.....take their oil and pay them a modest sum for it and end this mess once and for all. If not we will be facing a holy war (aka as the Crusades)...and it will take years to root them out and put them back into those tents.
This is an act of war when they attach soverign American soil - which is an embassy.....send in the drones, troops and whatever it takes to secure our emabassy's around the world and if anyone gets close -SHOOT them and send a message that we will not be messed with any longer....it is time we show that we are the - "Big Dog" and not someones - "Lap Dog"
We need to get our citizens and troops the hell out of that hell. The middle east will either destroy itself or finally figure out how to live peacefully. Either way we do not belong there.
"take their oil"
Bob, isn't that the dream of any GOPher? "Take their oil" as we took the land here in the US from the indigenous people? While we're at it, can we "take" the kangaroos from Australia, the tea in China, and all the precious metals we can steal from South Africa?
Buying their oil from them is what has empowered them in the first place....I only say take their precious oil and cut off the billions they have coming in and let them fend for themselves without all of our help.
The main comment is - if we don't start putting them in thier place soon there will be a Holy War and many innocent people will die....they have no right to storm our embassy and kill our ambassadors....they need to be taught a lesson and it should be tought now rather than later......stop being so laid back and liberal about things.....as stated before we need to be the "big dog" and not a "lap dog" to these third world itdiots !!!! Get over yourself and come to reality.
Our reaction should be swift and devastating we need to send a message to the world that you do not kill our ambassadors and embassy . It is time to stop playing by the Queens rules annilate a couple cities and those freaking Muslim scum will get the message that America is not a country to be fracked with.
Sure mass murder solves everyone's problems. /sarcasm
Bob - you only missed your calling by 1000 years - live with it. Why don't you form your own private army - why should the USA fight your fight for you? Talk about wanting something from the government for free.
Michigan...and what did that thinking get MLK?
Idiot!!!! Don't you have any national pride...???? it is not 100 years ago...it is now - I was in the service during Nam and saw what happened and how we were treated coming home from overseas....You misguided liberal idiot!!!! Not being pushed around will put the bully back in their place...they think they can push us and push us....it is time that the "Sleeping Giant" awaken again and put them in their place and let them live the way they want to live...but step on our toes and we take off their foot.
Hate, anger and retaliation should be the last thought.
I need to know more about this film and the film maker.
LMAO @ Bob; I must have missed the role religion played in Vietnam....seek help for your PTSD.
American pride and religion are not the same - get over your self. Christians will choose Jesus over the USA every time...talk about stomping something out - lets start with all religions in our FREE country.
Wow you really are an idiot....I said nothing about any religion at all.....I said it is time we stopped being pushed around by everyone who think that they can......you bring a knife I bring a gun....end of story. You attach our embassy and you kill an ambassador....wars throughout history have started for much less. You stupid stupid person or should I say - CHILD like attitude.....read what is said and then make your comments.
Yes let's create an entire generation of haters by bombing them. I think we should just cut off the money flowing into the Middle East, including Isreal and see what breaks out.
Bob; you can't even connect your own dots - you want American action for something religious nuts did.
toodamnbad
Nice Christian statement. Kill them all? Genocide?
Jesus taught that one should turn the other cheek if someone hits you. This scemes this has been expunged from American Christianity.
Bob; I just reread all of your #3 posts - in post 3.5 you are asking for U S military action to prevent a Holy War. So what did I miss? Chill dude, you got issues.
BTW; I find both liberals and conservatives to be offensive - it's called living a balanced life. Logic doesn't side with a political party.
You might also want to refresh yourself on the Sin of Pride.
ED... For some countries, "turning the other cheek" would only invite more violence.
WOW,J.P! How about American lives being taken over a film they had npothing to do with? Religion may have been the spur for them, but it's the lives of Americans that should spur us. That would fall under American pride wouldn't it? You appear to like history, maybe you should read back a bit and see who some of our founding fathers were and why they came here.
Bob 90209
I agree with you exept on on point. We need to treat them like it was 100 years ago or even a 1000. Fight them with their rules and show no mercy. That is the only thing they understand.
You liberals if this was one of your family members you would want blood, but you are to cowardly.
This was an attack on American soil wich is an act of war. I would sent them package from a drone now. I would not demand justice I would deliver it.
I would cut all funding and aid now, close their embasy and send them packing.
JP....if you love them so much....buy a tent and go over there and live in the dessert with the rest of them...people like you do not belong in my country.....have some pride not only in where you live, but in the masses that have lost their lives to protect idiots like you.
Bob; your anger makes it impossible to converse with you - you argue just to argue.Part of being Human is the right to think for your self - no military action can give you that...I'd die for that right before I ever let a country tell me how I should think or what I should have pride in...survival and free thought pre dates any country.
JP - I guess I need to apologize...I should never have entered into any kind of debate with a complete moron. You really should pack your bags and head East as fast as you can....they are the ones that will accept you with open arms and you can really have some impact then..
Have a nice day - Jerk
too damn bad - I sure hope you start figuring stuff out soon. Your glass is empty.
Bob; how has shouting down and name calling of others worked out for you so far in life? I bet you don't even allow free thought in your own family - that is if they haven't all already distanced them selves from you.
Where did I ever defend people from the Mid East - a religious nut is a religious nut no matter where they live...but thank you for your assumptions, it helps me understand you better.
Boony; why do we have embassies in these rat holes in the first place - it's time we stopped building empires and fixed our own @!$%#.
OK - a Jew residing in America makes an obnoxious and historically inaccurate propaganda film in order to provoke Muslims. Predictably, the ignorant Muslim fanatics react and kill Americans. Jews rejoice because one more time they managed to drag us into their dirty politics of never ending expansionism in the Middle East. And the ignorant dumba$$ pseudopatriots keep waving American flags and pledging support for Israel. WTF are you people smoking?
Your Avatar is perfect - clown picture for a clown idealist......families fine 41 years married....4 grandkids..etc...how's your life so far - out there on the left???/
Pretty much this conversation is over.....I will not change my thoughts about striking back and being prepared to strike harder if they pull something like this again...enough is enough..we have been pushed around far to long and it is time we stand up and say - "NO MORE" !!!! Talking and paying them off has done no good....they hate us and that hate will not go away at least in our life time.....so maybe it is time we stand up and fight back....the time for words is going away quickly....now it is time for some kind of action to let them know they cannont commit an act of war and get away with it....both countries that pulled their stunts yesterday...ironic it was on the same day they attacked us 11 years ago....so far diplomacy has really worked out for us.
"Walk softly but carry a really big stick" !!!!!!
I've been to Libya before, sign me up and I'll go back again.
Bob; thanks for asking about the family - I'll call my son tonight, who just graduated from the #1 medical school in the nation and ask him how the grand-daughter and wife are doing. I'm going through my second divorce - seems they didn't much care for free thought and the right to pursue happiness...lol. Wife #2 converted back to being a Catholic - so now she thinks she is better than me...gotta love religion.
You still want to mix politics with religion - like I said - if you hate them that much then form your own army, keep my tax money out of it. It wasn't a government faction that attacked Americans - know who to fight before you run around half cocked....oh, but you conservatives will take every roundabout way you can find to find a reason to say it was government backed - love conspiracies.
Care to check my voting record - you won't find any more liberal votes than you will find conservative votes...Mr. Assumption maker.
Islam teaches hatred and violence. As long as Islam exists, so will violence. Until or unless Islam is wiped from the face of the earth, nothing will ever change. So at the very least the US should alienate all Islamic nations, and none of their citizens should ever step foot in this country.
Then I guess you don't mind while America waste another couple of trillion on a useless war eh? You guys haven't learned from Iraq debacle. Best move is to leave that hell hole and stop aid/money immediately. Of course, you guys rather rant "war, war, bomb them all" mentality while America goes bankrupt. Iraq alone will be well over 3 trillion dollars.
I guess I better invest in Blackwater, Triple Canopy and KBR stocks.
-Afghan and Iraq vet
J_P YESHU'A
JP, Your tax dollars are already in use over there. Obama just gave the muslim brotherhood a billion dollars in Egypt. Buying off radicals does not work. That is the root of stupidity. These people take the money, buy weapons, and attack us (while laughing at us). The only thing these a-holes understand is violence. Diplomacy DOES NOT WORK !!!
Way to go Obama! You wanted Egypt's leader to step down so the Muslim Brotherhood could take over. What was worse? Muslim Brotherhood is nothing but a bunch murdering animals-not human and their agenda is to take over our country too. Goes to show you who our President stands with-as he has said before he will stand with the muslims over his own country. The US is givng these terrorist animals millions of dollars to fund terrorism and our soldiers are dying to stop it-makes a lot of sense doesn't it. Not another penny of OUR money should go to this country anymore. At least Egypt was an ali of America before the brotherhood took over. Bunch of stupid idiots can't see that it is not democracy these people in these countries are fighting for-they are taking over for their islamic cause to kill the infidels and take over the world-oh but let's just put our feet up and sleep behind our desk while they are doing it because according to out gov't and those who believe in this ignorant Obama gov't we have it's just not true-they are not going to do that to the US-WAKE UP PEOPLE-it is already happening right under our noses and so many are too stupid to see it.
An attack on an American is an attack on an American, period.. They don't want us there.. FINE, take all of our money in aide and supplies AWAY from these people.. We need an authority less worries about foreign relations and more worries about AMERICANS.. We have STARVING, HOMELESS, UNEMPLOYED people here.. Gauraunteed if you take that aid were sending overseas to MANY different Countries, and pour it into the economy and the livility of our own people instead of lining the pockets of these monsters, America WOULD recover, and be stronger.. You know what causes weakness? Destitution, hunger, lack of faith in government, unemployment, etc.. The time of generousity is over.. We don't "have it like that" any longer.. These monsters laugh in our faces as they kill Americans.. Then of course we got some empty suit telling us "Our hearts go out to the families".. REALLY?? So where is the justice?
The United States Embassies and Consulate's are considered sovereign land, and to attack one is the same as attacking us here. We need to free our people guarding those embassies to use whatever force is needed to protect them. If a few crazy Muslims die in the process, then so be it.
It is time we act like the power we are. If you do not like what one of our citizens do then mind your own business or we will get into yours in a not so nice way. If the governments will not back us up on this then cut off all aid on the spot and tell them to go to h#ll, if they do not like it then toss a few bombs at them that will motivate them along. Still want to fight we will cut off all funding here, and stop all trade, still does not work then a massive bombing attack will send them back to the stone age.
Enough in enough, in WW2 we did not apologize, we kicked butt and took names. It is time we put the people that are crying about being civilized and spilt blood on notice that this is what war is about. It is not nice, clean, or bloodless. In fact make it so terrible that no one will mess with us or look at that glass parking lot, that is what remains of the last country that did.
Russia wants to complain, tell them all aid is off the table, now deal with it. China wants to complain, then tell them to go kiss off or we will forget the debt to them.
Problem solved.
Dragon; read my post 3.26; I say pull every last American and all the aid to all the rat holes in the world - time we took care of our own and not oil interests.
I'd actually love to see these rat bastard countries nuke another part of the world - the retaliation would end this crap once and for all - but I'll be damned if we should ever put another soldiers boots on their soil. @!$%# or get off the pot...but what we do now only serves the war profiteers and Wall Street.
To all those denying a religious connection, one name; Terry Jones.
A tragedy that should never have happened. All over one piece of media.
My thoughts are with the families off those killed at this difficult time.
Phucking bobbin q'tips
For better or worse, we live in a country where one can express one's views about religion, politics, pretty much everything under the sun.
The problems occur when idiots like Jones, Sadek, whoever this guy "Bacile" is, and that whack-job ultra-religious anti-everything cretin in Florida spout off their anti-muslim views on the global stage. OK, know what? Fine. You view Islam as a cancer, or whatever. Great. You live in a country that gives you the freedom to think and speak as you choose on the subject. BUT when you promote these views to a global audience it will eventually make it's rounds to the people whose religion you are ridiculing.
The question I have is: are you too ignorant to realize that your views can, and in this case, DID incite a large segment of the global population to violent outrage against our country and it's citizens, OR did you do it on purpose, and to hell with anyone who gets hurt or killed?
And another question: since when was Christianity supposed to be about hate and intolerance?
That large segment that decided to turn violent on innocent Americans deserve to die. I don't care about the film. I do hate and do not tolerate violence towards innocent Americans. Does that make me about hate and intolerance? As an American should i tolerate violence and murder of Americans? or of any other innocent person? if that makes me a hater or whatever then so be it.
johngis
What about American violence against innocent Muslims? From two wars that Dubya started but had no idea how to finish? Oh wait, from your post it would appear that in you mind there are no innocent Muslims.
Never mind.
"and in this case, DID incite a large segment of the global population to violent outrage"
So everyone puh-lease quit voicing your opinions about Islam, just bow your heads in obeisance and let other, more violent people control your thoughts. How dare you stand up and speak against someone or some institution with which you do not agree. You should not be so obstinate as to form your own opinion, and if you are so ignorant as to actually voice your vile opinion, then it is YOU who is responsible for the resultant violence, not the fools who commit the violent acts.
Oh yeah, if you find that you just can't control yourself, then only ridicule Christians, because you know their "turn the other cheek" attitude won't result in riots, looting, and death. Cower meekly to the islamists, because the only cheek they're going to turn is one of yours.
(And for you geniuses that can't tell, this post is an attempt at sarcasm to my2cent$ oral diarrhea.)
CC GWRider
Thanks for proving my point that you do indeed have the right in this country to say anything you want, no matter how much of an &$#@% you are.
"What about American violence against innocent Muslims? From two wars that Dubya started but had no idea how to finish?"
Everyone regrets that innocent people die in wars, but they weren't killed because someone half way across the world made a video. Or someone drew a cartoon in a newspaper thousands of miles away. Sorry people of your ilk can't understand the difference.
It is not the individual Muslim that I blame, but the whole philosophy that a non-believer should be killed or otherwise injured for saying something against a "god" or "prophet" which they don't even believe in. With all the anti-Christian/anti-God rhetoric in this country, imagine the s71t storm that would fall on the heads of the new intellectual non-believers if Christians decided to follow the Muslim lead.
"My ilk"?
My point was don't poke a stick at the hornet's nest, or else you could get stung. What's so hard about that for you to understand?
Why is it types like you and the cartoonist and videographer you refer to seem to get such pleasure form deriding others' point of view?
2cents-less,Your opinion is as far left as Obama's birth certificate. Over 3000 miles left (of the U.S.A.)
Crawl back under your rock you sand monkey. Bet it has never crossed your narrow mind that some of us hate to see our flag burned but haven't swarmed innocent people and murdered them.
It's easy to be a proud American but you get allot more attention offending us!
No TKO, I just get pleasure offending YOU PERSONALLY.
Also, I'd argue that I love this country more than you do. See, unlike you, I believe in my right to say whatever I want, especially if it pi$$e$ off small-minded haters like you.
TKO:
My Lai.
And to make it completely clear.
I don't blame any participant, (forgive us all as a Nation) as much as I blame whomever suggested they be there for some proud American ideal.
What utter folly.
my2cent$,
You are comparing Islam to a hornet's nest to draw your comparison. See the implication in that?
Some are on the side of freedom of speech even if it offends the delicate sensibilities of someone else. You would be hard pressed to argue that one has a right not to be offended.
Some, like you it seems, argue that one should temper, restrain, or simply not speak because others will be offended, and their offense may lead to consequences, as in this case.
Looking at the two sides, personally, I lean on free speech rather than censored speech.
Freethink
Please, OH PLEASE, point out to me where in my post did I say free speech needs to be curtailed? Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, is it?
Below is THE VERY FIRST LINE of my initial post, #4.2. Try to read it this time.
NOWHERE in my post do I say anything about curtailing free speech, in fact I'm a huge fan of it.
Now you are trying to have your cake and eat it, too. Apparently, neither tact nor the overall themes or subtle nuances of one's written argument - that often speak louder than directly SAYING it - are not your strong points, are they?
The implication between on one hand your championing free speech but on the other your saying that the same free speech you are a "huge fan" of will "incite a large segment of the global population to violent outrage against our country and it's citizens" is this: One should curtail free speech, or at the very least choose NOT to exercise that right because sensible Muslims will have their feelings hurt and kill over it. You are siding with Muslim sensibilities over free speech. If you fail to see this connection then do whatever you can to raise your nominal IQ.
Freethink
Good circular argument.
Have you ever heard of self censorship? Basically it's about not spewing out the first thing to come to mind, but rather to think it through first, and then having weighed the possible consequences of your statement, say it or not say it. The people who made the film in question chose the former rather than the latter. It's about exercising proper judgement, which these clowns didn't do.
People abuse their free speech rights all the time, as these yahoos did. You can't just go around and say stuff (or make movies) that could be potentially offensive to others just for the sake of offending them.
However, I don't expect you to grasp the nuances of such a concept.
You are implying that I used circular reasoning? Exactly how did I commit this fallacy?
You are siding with propagators of Islam and attempting to point out logical fallacies in others? Really?
Yes, I have heard of self-censorship. Please tell me - on the basis of what and whose parameters of censorship should film makers, lecturers, cartoonists, authors, and the like abide by as they censor their self? According to your arbitrary definition of what is proper? According to an Islamist in Saudi Arabia? Or maybe another Islamist with a different perception of truth in Libya? Or maybe even another in Egypt who is even more easily offended?
You strike me as being consumed by modern day political correctness.
Ri-i-i-i-ight! Only a troll would make such an outrageously false assumption.
Um, no. According to one's own definition. Yours could stand some redefinition as well.
You strike me as being consumed by modern day
politicalfoot-in-mouth disease.They attacked American soil, we should retaliate.
Well Larry suit up and jump the next plane, if you want a war fight it don't sit there behind that computer and let others fight a War you want. It's so damn easy when it's someone else that gives their life right. I feel pissed as HELL but what F..ing Moron start that mess some dumb azz Republicans that made that film, you Dumb azzes think freedom of speech is free well it sure as hell isn't is it. Now We have four Americans dead and We all can thank you dumb azz Republicans.
IDIOT !!!!
-MLK Jr.
You cannot declare open war on a country just because of a few cavemen. All you'll do is kill more innocent people. Find those who did this and punish them, I'm all for that, but not rushing into another Iraq.
Sam627556...I agree with your comment about Larry but on your first comment you are showing your one sided political mind..and you are right when you said you cant fix stupid but were you looking in the mirror. no where in the article does it say anything about democrats or republicans or our next president Mitt Romney
again sam what republicans. this was from an israeli in california. should we offer him up as a sacrifice to settle this matter.
your hate filled diatribe is getting old.
you can't fix stupid
Sam....That is the most horrifying comment I have ever read. When I first heard this story. The thought of Democrat or Republican never crossed my mind.
We should but we wont. That's Obama's Brotherhood. Clinton's friends. It was a poorly made film that had truth to it. Then some say if it was done about Christian's there would be an up rise too. It's been done! Monty Python and the Holy Grail. No one died over it. We need to at least stop sending our borrowed money to those animals. Let them kill each other if that is what they want. Good luck. And those that are here and are opposed to that need to go back to where they came from. My God! You hear of all these honor killings here in our country. They murder their own kids for becoming westernized or should I say civilized after moving here. If that is honor then I want not part of it and we shouldn't have to stand for it in our own country. I saw a picture of a sign somewhere that read...Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing it's idiot. LOL Hey BHO, that would be you!
I agree with Larry. He doesn't have to suit up. Both of us are fully capable of pushing a button.
Ah ... the Religion of Peace strikes again!
And yet we still believe we can eventually be at peace with these savages.
Well I see Sam is a stupid democrat,still trying to blame Obammy's screwed up White House on President Bush.
Retaliate against whom Larry? If you know who and where the perps are then share with us. So- then what? Attack Bengazi? Bomb Cairo? WMD Bagdad, you know just because WMDs ?
Only idiots would start a war because of the actions of a few criminals. I guess spending a trillion+ and 7K soldiers lives on the LAST time we did that didn't really sink in with you folks, did it?
If Obama's administration gets actionable intelligence regarding the perps you can bet there will be a smoking crater there soon. That's justice, not retaliation, and its what we need.
Larry:
You go for it. As Sam suggested...why not just suit up, lace up the boots and possibly "chute" into the area you wish to clean up.
No one here stopping you.
Push a button ! , Let there precious gods sort them out !!
I'm not blaming Egypt for the actions of a few extremists...
I'm blaming Egypt for the in-action of the many to stop this and speak out against it.
Step 1: Pull all our people out of the middle east.
Step 2: Stop sending any country over there "aid" money.
Step 3: Switch over most electrical generation to solar, nuclear, and wind
Step 4: Switch cars and trucks from gas to electric.
Step 5: Tell the middle east to screw the next time there is a revolt/earthquake/famine/etc...
That is a great idea but it will not happen. The oil companies own the US government, so as long as there is oil to make a profit from there, our military will be there.
Also, the oil companies hold many of the patents for the high tech needed to make renewable energy truly useful. Is it any surprise that we keep being told that renewable energy won't be "ready" for around 30 years, approximately the same length of time they are saying "cheap oil" will be attainable?
That's what I love about reading these comments... Every situation is black & white and easily solved - usually by nuking, executing or throwing the bum outta office. Every event is self-contained. No such thing as the domino effect. Too bad real life is so much more complex.
Dear ScubaSteve.
While I empathsize with your sentiment towards muslims who kill in the name of Islam (the supposed 'religion of peace'), I have to point out that many of your technical fixes don't work. Step 1 and Step 2...well...OK those kind of work. Step 3, very little electrical generation now uses oil in the US, so this isn't going to help. Plus, it would take years to build enough solar. nukes and wind to supply enough electricity to drive our huge power needs. Also solar and wind are really expensive and impractical for large power gen needs. Step 4 - Consider that we have well over 100 million cars and trucks in the US with the average age of aurtombiles being over 10 years old. If 100% of this years production went to all electrically driver cars then it would take a decade, at least for us to approach getting rid of gasoline driven cars. Not to mention the refueling 'issues'. Step 5 - I knid of like this idea too. 3 out of 5 ain't bad.
WowReally,
I never said this would be quick or easy. It'll take 10-15 years but at the end, it'll be far cheaper than continuing to fight wars in the middle east.
step 3 and 4 might take longer than just sending in the marines....
Yes, lets nuke all of them... then sit back and watch the ensuing world war over who gets the oil rights.
Best thing Ive read so far! The best way to fix their asses is to pull out of there, leave them high and dry. We spend so much money on them and saving everyone from the extremists. Time for the U.S to start fixing ourselves.
I asked you before, maybe you will respond this time:
Long time Strategic Goal of the Chinese and Russian Federation, get the US and US Allies out of their Backyards (Resources) and Strategic Locations.
Does that include our few surviving US Allies.
And where are you going to get the resources to do that, all that was already lost to the Chinese and Russian Federation.
What are you going to do about the already lost resources to make the batteries. The Chinese and Russian Federation is not going to let the US and US Allies do a "Do Over" to get back all the lost Resources.
Are you saying that the US is finally going to get out of the United Nations, especially the UN Humanitarian Assistance Missions, Nation Building Missions, Police Actions, Peacekeeping Missions, etc. mostly paid by the US Taxpayers as funnelled thru the US Department of State.
If you've asked me before, I must not have seen it. To answer your questions:
1. First off, if Russia and China were setting up puppet governments in Canada or Mexico we'd be flipping out. Second, think of all the resources we are expending over there trying to secure those resources. Resources which, by the way, the Chinese have already bought mining rights for.
2. I suppose that depends on the situation. The closest thing we have to allies in the Middle East are Israel and Turkey. I would support sending them temporary assistance after a disaster struck, but no more everlasting streams of money to corrupt governments.The money ends up doing more harm than good.
3. We have enough Thorium reserves in the US to meet 100% of our power needs for centuries. Wind and Solar would have to play more supplementary roles as they are less efficient.
4. Most current electric car batteries use Nickel Metal Hydride. Our buddies up north (Canadians) are the #4 Producers of Nickel and #5 of Cadmium. I think they'll still sell to us.
5. We'd still be part of the U.N. but we wouldn't be the ones spearheading all those "UN Humanitarian Assistance Missions, Nation Building Missions, Police Actions, Peacekeeping Missions" and we'd most certainly stop spending as much on it. We aren't the world's police. We tried doing that, and it doesn't work. It's too expensive and the people we try to "help" invariably end up hating us and coming back to attack us.
Now I'll ask you a question: What do you think we should do about the Middle East?
No response David? Even after calling me out like that?
C'mon buddy! I wanna hear your awesome ideas.
Sorry about that, I had to play the bad guy and cancel everyone's R&R, Leaves, etc.. And start our recalls, issue a warning order, etc.. We were supposed to be off Mission on the board. I was running all over the place cramming crap into bags, since we just got back less than a month ago, I still did not finish washing all my stuff.
The saying goes, "Your lack of prior planning is not a valid excuse to make us jump thru the arse".
Got to respond real quick I got to issue a frago, if I make typos or spelling mistakes.
1. Mexico and Canada, as I previously stated are in a world of hurt also as far as oil is concerned, that is why the Canadians are using the expensive environmental disaster of strip mining and the very expensive process of extracting a few barrels of oil from oil shale. In 2011 the Mexican Government stated that they were expanding their oil explorations, deep water oil explorations, similar to the BP Disaster.
2. US Ally Saudi Arabia, as long as we don't continue to piss them off:
US Ally Saudi Arabia, "President Obama gave Iraq to Iran as a Gift on A Golden Platter". This put an enemy of US Ally Saudi Arabia too close. The US Ally Saudi Arabia's bluff was called as to just how much oil they actually have, so they started deep sand desert oil explorations as they too were doing oil laundrying of Iraqis oil since before the Iraqis oil embargoes before the first gulf war.
3. Having taught Nuclear (Weapons) Physics before, I have been a longtime advocate of Thorium Nuclear Reactors; however, there have been many initiativesto stop this. Especially, by this Administrations previous removals of the Federal subsidizes that were then given to the coal industry and their supposed (not real) clean burning coal (thanks to VP Biden, his Pennsylvaniacoal constituents). just like President Obama's removal of the federal subsidizes for the Brazil alternative fuel iniative, with the subsidizes then going to his Illinois corn lobby.
4. I am not talking only about current battery technology, I am talking about the future. LiOn, versus the down sides with NiMh, and Cadnium. Why do you think most "high tech" uses LiOn and not NiMh, or Nickel cadnium anymore.
5. That is not going to happen unless the US completely gets out of the United Nations as a protest until the Chinese and Russian Federation do their "Fair Share".
Most of my previous suggestions to our Politicians are too late, as they refused to even listen and did their mistakes anyway, so now here we are, our arses going to fix their screw up
just in case I don't make it back, something you might want to know, rape then murder not smoke inhalation the libyans posted on youtube was also on libyan tv us had it removed i downloaded a copy before they removed the video valid because the libyans would not have time for a staged production
One again the love of Islam is centerstage for all to see. open your eyes people and look at what it is all about. From overseas to right here in the US.
You are talking about the religion of peace aren't you?
All major religions share one common central tennant: Treat others as you wish to be treated.
It is also the first thing to be forgotten when religion is taken to the extreme or fundamental.
I say we flood youtube with more movies about the stupid muslims. carpet bombing should make them think twice.
ED...wrong. Islam has no moral equivalency to any other religion. It preaches hatred, death and conquest. It is purely political. It is a cobbled together fantasy of some mysogynistic pedophile. Read it. Mohammed's midnight ride from mecca to jerusalem to heaven on a white donkey has about as much basis in fact as santa claus and his sleigh. I judge the people of a religion based on the nonsense they allow themselves to believe. I have no respect of Muslims, nada...none. Their ignorance makes the average Christian or Hindu look like rocket scientists. Islam is at war with the world whether we want to believe we are at war with them. They hate us. 11 years ago they danced in the street around the world rejoicing at the blow delivered against the US. We should consider all these savages as our enemies and treat the accordingly. The attack on the embassies was an act of war. Jimmy Carter set the presedence of impotency and Barry will follow suit because they are both junkless. They don't have a complete set of balls between them. So it will go on and on. Muslims only understand brute force. Israel illustrated that lesson, as did the Indians. We need to kill 10 of them for every American they kill. The US embassy guards should have machine gunned the first ones that crossed the wall. The US once again has been demonstrated to be gutless and powerless in the face of a savage mob of Muslims.
I am a white, Christian woman, non-denominational. Our family is of Scottish descent. My parents have four grown kids and they raised us to be free thinkers and I am glad they did. We did go to a Methodist Church every now and again, but then I discovered NFL football and church was over for me. My parents were cool with it. Now I have my own personal relationship with God.
I tell you all this because recently, the youngest of us four and the only boy, converted to Islam. He had researched Christianity for several years and Islam for several years and he chose to become a Muslim. At first I was mad but then decided to support him. I went to his conversion ceremony and met his friends and they are not devils with horns. They are nice, normal people, most of whom were born in America.
BUT, today's events have me so angry I can't see straight. I told him, before he left for work, that his religion is @!$%#ed up and how can he be part of it? He is NOT A RADICAL AT ALL. Let me get that straight. He is a wonderful human being, peace loving and he is the sibling I am closest to. I was not going to pray for his return to Christianity because I figured that was between him and God. But after this, I will pray for him to return to the dove of peace. Mock my religion. I've heard it all before. Peace and GOD BLESS AMERICA.
Let’s see now, the president helped these people to overthrow their leader, spent taxpayer money to remove the man in an internal revolt, not a war.
So now I wonder just how Mr. Obama and Washington feels about that, our ambassador had nothing to do with the making or showing of the film, but these a$$holes kill him anyway.
I wonder if the president will simply “condemn” this action, he said that, “We will work with the Libyan government to bring those responsible for this to justice”, yah, right, like they will even try to find out just who did it.
Maybe Mr. Obama will help another group of Islamic fruitcakes overthrow another government so they can turn around and kill some more Americans.
I think tomorrow I am going to invite my small community to see the film, I am going to buy a Quran, and put in in the front yard on the ground then piss on it, and after it dries, I am going to burn the damn thing, film at 11.
U.S. THINKS there might be militant link?!?!? On 9/11 anniversary a country led by the Muslim brotherhood chanting "we are Usama bin Ladin" attacking a U.S. embassy and killing 4 while shredding and destroying our U.S. flag MIGHT be linked to militants?!?!? Is our "apology" president waiting on the latest poll to determine if that is the case or not? Is our president waiting on a poll to determine how to proceed? What a pathetic and useless president we have..........
Ironically the LAST time we had a U.S. ambassador killed at a U.S. embassy (which is considered U.S. soil) was in 1979 with the Jimmy Carter administration. Is it only a coincidence that the most incompetent president now in U.S. history (Barack Hussein Obama) who took that title from Jimmy Carter ALSO had an ambassador killed and Obama's initial response was that he "strongly condemned"?!?!? WHEW!! I thought Obama was only going to condemn but he STRONGLY condemned!! What a useless pathetic spineless and incompetent president we have in Barack Hussein Obama!!
time to blow a glass bowl in the sand!!! Tell all that are Americans' in the country they have just three days to vacate. the country is about to disappear. the surrounding counties will have to pick glass out of their turbans!!!
flick them in the nose hard enough like cracking the mantle beneath their feet. Really!!! crack the mantle!!!! leave a permanent witness mark as to never do what you are doing again!
Jim, Don't worry, Oblamer is already promising Libya a couple extra billion to dig up a few corpses, have a photo shoot and claim he once again, single handedly took care of business and saved America.
Mudrake2
You proved my point.
Religion is the weaponization of faith.
Under Bush jr....12 embassies were attacked.........where is your outrage righties?
Now we have to watch as this screwed up country, government, and it people start killing people that have nothing to do with the problems in there country because it's the governments that do it all!
"Israeli filmmaker living in California and was being promoted by an extreme anti-Muslim, Egyptian Christian campaigner in the United States."
Yep, I'm not surprised. People act like it is only Muslims who are barbaric, but if Jesus was portrayed in a similar light, I bet a number of Christian would pretty livid too. There is no good organized religion folks, it is a dangerous thing of the past that is past it's expiration date.
We would express our displeasure, its a right we enjoy as Americans, we would not destriy property and kill people who has nothing to do with the insult. Your empty headed lobgic failed.
And yet somehow I don't think there would be very many American Christians storming the embassy of a Muslim country and killing the ambassador, livid or not.
I'm sorry, but what you're saying doesn't hold water, and can't even possibly begin to justify this attack on American diplomats on American soil.
OMG you have got to be kidding. Jesus, Buddah & many others have been portrayed horribly and you don't see anyone in the US acting like a bunch of animals and taking human life because of it.
7 BILLION people in the world, all with different cultures, & these people jump up & down like a bunch of apes screaming and killing over something someone else did, how pathetic. With this many people, you could search every single day and find someone who will be mean to you or your religion and you could kill them too, but you would never get around to living your own life, which IS the real self imposed punishment.
Sure, we see this behavior out of Christians and Jews all the time don't we?
Gosh, I'm even afraid to drive past a Christian church or Jewish synagogue in my town.
It's not organized religion, it's THIS organized religion practiced by fundamentalists who want to set civilization back 700 years.
Arguing a hypothetical with a hypothetical tends to not work as an argument. What I am asking for is evidence to the contrary of my claim. Have any?
And how can you know for certain what any other person may or may not do in anger? You probably wouldn't do anything like this, but projecting what you would do onto other people is simply impossible.
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Notice how I specifically never said what Christians would do? I never said they would act like these idiots out in Libya and Egypt. However, the important part is that it was a Christian who started this incident.
Have you ever seen South Park? Jesus is lampooned in almost every episode. But no one has killed anyone about it. But draw a cartoon of Mohammed and the death threats aren't far behind.
I agree. I feel I ought to state, for those who are singular-minded, that though I agree, it doesn't mean I feel it is okay for ANYONE to kill ANYONE, because they are angry or offended. I do, however, feel their anger is warranted and Secretary Clinton should be making a statement about the disapproval the U.S. as a people have over the actions of this Isreali filmmaker and Anti-Muslim/ CHRISTIAN group. CHRISTIAN behavior, indeed.
Matthew 7:1-5 ESV / 1,664 helpful votes
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
In Michigan 90: Christ and Christians have been displayed in an unfavorable light by a variety of mediums (art, movies etc) and you do NOT see us killing over it. All societies throughout history have had religious institutions. Your crazy idea is an idea democrats are spouting everywhere these days including their national convention: GET RID OF GOD. How stupid. Our nation was sought out and founded FOR religious freedom. Not freedom of God in government but freedom of choice for who we choose to worship.
Islam as a religion that is inherently oppressive and needs to be exposed. The reaction from these people prove how violent their religion is and how dumb they are.
Oh, you dumb ass..............................Jesus is regularly portrayed in a spiteful and unkind way by much of the left in our own country. You don't remember the "artist" who displayed a painting of Jesus smeared with human feces in New York City a few years ago?? We christians were disgusted, perhaps outraged, but as I remember it nothing was done about it. Bill Mahr finds it humorous to denegrate Jesus and christians pretty much all the time on his T.V. show and we are expected to accept his "humor" without protest. Muslims are banal and the coming confligration between Islam and the west is inevitable.
East is east and West is west, and never the twain shall meet.....
Yea right in mich, I don't see to many Christians strapping bombs to their waist an blowing themselves up.
And as far as odumbos' foreign policy is concerned it just sucks.
Michigan-90: Who said the filmmaker is a Christian? Sure, whoever wrote this article did, but where did the writer get that from? It also says in the article that Bacile is an Israeli Jew. That is completely different than being a traditional Christian. So honestly, your attempts to try and blame this all on Christianity are worthless and untrue.
Also, I think everyone clearly understood your opinions on religion the 1st time you commented. No need to keep writing comments that all say the same thing in different forms. It's annoying, but mostly it just makes you look like an extreme leftist.
"...Arguing a hypothetical with a hypothetical tends to not work as an argument. What I am asking for is evidence to the contrary of my claim. Have any?..."
How about the fact that christians have not killed when certain "art" exhibits degrade Jesus. Oh, and there is nothing hypothetical about your failed logic.
"... However, the important part is that it was a Christian who started this incident...."
Ahhh,no it wasn't:
"...Sam Bacile, a 56-year-old California real estate developer who identifies himself as an Israeli Jew and who said he produced, directed and wrote the two-hour film..."
Someone who identifies themself as an Israeli Jew is not a Christian.
"...Sam Bacile, a 56-year-old California real estate developer who identifies himself as an Israeli Jew and who said he produced, directed and wrote the two-hour film,.."
The film was made by "Sam Bacile, a 56-year-old California real estate developer who identifies himself as an Israeli Jew"
The film was promoted by "Morris Sadek, an Egyptian-born Christian in the United States known for his anti-Islam views, told the AP from Washington that he was promoting the video on his website and on certain TV stations, which he did not identify."
Obviously you have no knowledge of what the Coptic Christians in Egypt have to endure as parts of their daily lives under dhimmitude. You don't know what that means either I gather. They have to endure violence, rape and murder on a regular basis, as they are considered to live in a subservient state of "peace" by the leave of the Muslims. For any offense imaginable, the Muslims can change this to a state of war, burn their churches, kill, or rape. Coptic girls are routinely kidnapped and forced to convert and marry Muslims. This is today, not 600 years ago. Muslims are savages by any measure. They are at war with EVERY other religion. It is at their core, it is in thier teachings. The Quran is a fantasy written based on the ramblings of a mysoginistic pedophile. At their core, Muslims are jealous, their first adherents came from a shiite hole and expanded outward taking, killing and conquering. That is their goal today as well. Most of what is considered the "Islamic Middle East" was once predominately Christian. Read you history. The Crusades was not to conquer the Muslims but to protect the then Chrisian Lands of the middle east from Islamic conquest. Read your history. Constantinople was Christian and its lands former Roman provinces of Syria, Egypt, North Africa, and Turkey were Christian. I pity ignorant idiots like yourself.
In Michigan........... people like you deserve a bullet. Stupid logic, or should I say lack of.
Probably never. We are more tolerant. Would probably just pray for these poor, misguided people. You also overlook the fact that Jesus is revered in Islam as a prophet; they do not reject Him completely. Therefore, your point is pretty much moot. Also, our govt. did not produce this movie. In fact, a Christian did not produce this movie. It was produced by a Jewish real estate broker in California, who is in hiding. He's really taking responsibility for his actions, isn't he?
Wow Coach, get some help before you hurt yourself (or worse, some one else). It's just a website for posting. Get a grip. Crazy.
Please realize that some people in every faith identify themselves as being of that faith but it doesn't mean they have a belief or relationship with the diety. There are Jews who are ethnic Jews and Jews who are religious Jews. Ethnic Jews pushed for the formation of nation of Israel when the Ottoman Empire fell while religious Jews went on record as being opposed because God took it away and if He wanted them to have it back, He would give it - for example. There are Christians who identify with it but never engage in a relationship with God. Just because someone says they are this or that doesn't mean they are. And no one is perfect. Those on a spiritual path of faith learn and grow every day and it takes time to shed old habits.
However, regarding "Judge not lest you be judged." it is one of the most misused and misinterpreted quotes in the Bible. Jesus is not saying we should not call out evil, or tell someone what they are doing is wrong, he is simply saying you cannot truly help someone when your own house is not in order. Same thing with "Cast not the first stone." He is saying apply Grace. We are called on to let people know what is right and wrong and help them work though problems. In the end they make their own choice. People in many faiths have killed others in the the name of their diety, but for core religions this is no longer mainstream. Islam points things out, but often if you do not agree, it is seen as a direct hit on allah or the prophet that they must take into their own hands for his honor. If they cannot kill the perpetrator, they will kill someone the same nationality. While it is not all Islamists who think this way, it is a large enough to continue sensless killings. To be a good Muslim you must agree with this according to the writings. That is the difference. Other faiths can be zealous for their diety, but they do not feel the need to kill as they belieive that their diety will sort it out.
The US needs to pull out of the Middle East. Enough bloodshed. While our troops and others have helped make life better for many average citizens, ultimatley each nation and culture has to decide what they want for their country and rise up for it. If they choose to kill each other, that is their choice. This situation is different than World War I and World War II.
Coach:
What part of Libya are you from?
People with differing views deserve bullets? That's a sad suggestion.
Lots of fake Christians here screaming for blood at least and some for genocide. You're no better than the islamic nuts that did this.
We supported their revolution and now they attack us; this is a very clear depiction of what these people are like, they are basically sub human animals who will turn on us in the blink of an eye over something we don't even understand. Why must so many American live be wasted on these kinds of people? Must be money to be made some where, some how.....
Well, there are those in this country that want the US to get directly involved in liberating Syria, so that Assad can be replaced by something new.
After all, Iraq, Libya, and Egypt are working out real well for us.
Gotta love American mideast policy........
Hey chief
We don't want syria liberated, we want them defeated.
I had no idea this movie even existed until the Arabs got their rags in a twist over it. They have virtually guarenteed that ever American will go out of their way to see it.
There is no god but Obama, and Hillary is his messenger!
Several of the respondents feel that nuking is the answer. They didn't hear the question. It is scary and disturbing that such ignorance is allowed to freely mingle with the rest of us.
Obama needs to be tried and sentenced as an accomplice to the murders of these Americans who served their country. He put these terrorists in charge knowing full well the depths of their hate of America.
Sto(oge)American, have you ever heard of reason and logic? You are not using your brain very well.
We need to think, not react from illogical and unreasonable premises that have no basis in fact.
Tapme
The fact is obama, with the help of his islamist allies, installed these terrorist regimes and he should be held accountable.
Sto America
You appear to have a bad case of Foxitis, see your doctor.
HEEEY, >>> FYI, - - - OUR Meximerican Gov't has BANNED/outlawed "reason & logic", because Americans never have used it for the last 50-60 years or so. We keep the same old LYING do-nuthing, Bullshytturz in office year after year, after yearssss, aka: for all eternity. AMERICANS are a little shorttttt in the brains department. Just stop funding these damnned Ishaaaaalaumikk FOOLS & their Dikkk-taturrz & our troubles will/wud become muchhhhh less. WOW, letzz get REAL, for a change!!!
WHERE do these damnned fools come from?
Yes, it did Justin and unfortunately regardless of how many lives are lost we will still provide aide and services.. It's pathetic, really.. I would not allow this slap in the face by people as a Country are supposedly "helping"..
Ahh,Yes. The Arab Spring and more of the peaceful religion of Islam. Beautiful.
killing people over a movie!!!! these people are animals! they do not care about life, animals kill for little or no reason! We need to leave this region of the world, as far as our interests (oil) we can drill our own right here in this country. In a couple of decades they will have wiped each other off the planet then we can take the area over without an issue.
Animals kill to eat. Not over a difference of opinion.
Human beings are animals. Duh. Cougars kill for sport, just like humans.
"Thou shalt not kill", remember? Everyone, remember?
Treat people as you wish to be treated.
Turn the other cheek.
Or are those central beliefs too Christian for you?
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Remember tapper, ed.
While we are biologically animals, we should be civilized enough not kill someone over a difference of opinion. And yes, cougars kill for sport. It is a skill they develop for survival. To eat.
Sto
That's Judaeism, Christ rejected that philosophy.
Its in the christian bible and Jesus did not reject any of his teachings of the old testiment.
Read the Four Gospels. Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John.
You have turned to the Dark Side Darth Sto.
Sto, Jesus wasn't in the Old Testiment.. Try again.. Jesus DOES NOT preach to kill others just because they kill.. He actually preaches tolerance and forgiveness.. So, not sure which "Christian-Bible" you're reading.. You need to get a King James Version and do a little research..
"I come not to abolish the Laws and the Prophets but to fulfill them." Indeed, Jesus did not reject the law. He made people not beholden to it for salvation because no one is perfect on their own. He paid the price. He set the example for the best way to live and deal with things. However, turn the other cheek does not mean passively allow people to kill innocents in all circumstances.
Laulaus - Jesus was in the Old Testament. He has existed from the beginning of time according to the scripture.
"...Laulaus
Sto, Jesus wasn't in the Old Testiment.. Try again....."
Jesus was God in human form, God is in the both the new and old testiment, or don't you realize they are one in the same?
Jesus was God in human form.. Hence the reason he was in the Old Testiment in theory.. Jesus' (In the form of God's son) teachings are ALL in the New Testament.. In red lettering..
Matthew 5:38-48
New International Version (NIV)
Eye for Eye
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’[a] 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. --- Jesus Christ
To dam bad I agree, In Michigan-90 it is only Muslims that think that all nonmuslims should be dead. Go live with them and you might change your mind! i did and I will never go back or trust another muslim
^^^^ I knew we should'nt have supported these animals......these people can only be civilized by the use of power . Saddam and qadaffi controlled these subhumans.
All men are created equal, remember?
Thatz obviously bullshytt!
The ignorance is amazing with some of these folks. They say the Muslim religion is all about killing us, and then they say we should nuke them, and one of them even tries to cite the Bible as justification. Eye for an eye. Our God can beat up your God. Wow.
Do you all see why I harp on education so much? It is staggering how little thought process is going on here.
whatever ...its clear you spend to much time reading that propaganda they teach in schools instead of doing your own fact finding mission .... yes war is hell but you can not stand by and let some one p!ss on you and say its raining ....
WEAVERNIN, that's exactly what the gov is doing to you right now!
Who is this developer who made this movie that he HAD to know would cause rage?? One thing we DO know is that he's an anti-mislim bigot, much like many on this board.
Who were the morons who supported the people who are now attacking America, killing Americans. The Obama admin, knowing exactly what these killers would do. And now we see why he doesn't step in in Syria, we see why he is allowing Iran to produce nukes. Its all part of his plan. The traitor OBmama nees to be put on trial now. Who produced the movie, who cares?
I suspect that after these events there will justifiably be a lot more anti-muslim bigots. For some reason I don't think this is "peaceful" religion. They've got me convinced to be anti-muslim, it's bad enough that I don't even like our Islamic President!!
There is no excuse for killing the US Ambassador - none. I don't care if this movie portrays Mohammed as a part man, part monkey hermaphrodite.
This is a barbaric religion threatening the world. If you don't understand that, I would suggest you talk to the Christian minister in Iran who only missed execution because of international pressure. His crime? Converting from Islam to Christianity.
calling someone an anti-Muslim bigot is like calling someone an anti swine flu bigot.
Sto, Mompant, MOMin, Terry
You have forgotten how to be Christian.
Ed, you've forgotten how to be a man.
Well now then. You must think about this a little. IF yu were an Isshaaalamist bacon eating yeeehawdisst Muushalim follower of Moohummudd (peaceful rheelidgion, uno, - - - NOT killurz) then yu shud understand why they kin/do call'um anti-muzzlihm bigots. ( I mean uno that there is not much else) "NO LEGS to stand on" that they cud use descriptively speaking.
My deepest sympathy goes out to the Stevens family and to the familes of those brave Americans who died at the Libyan consulate. President Obama, who is giving you advice on foreign affairs? If Romney were to select Rice or Powell for secretary of state you are going to lose the election. Your foreign policy is leading the world to the brink of World War III. China and Japan are sabre rattling, the Middle East is on the brink of a fire storm, the Taliban will retake control of Afghanistan once the U.S. leaves and Russia is once again stock piling weapons. Gee, I wonder if Iran might be the reason??? Many people told you to stay out of Libya, but you would not listen. Now you have a mess on your hands. Who are you going to ask to help you, the Muslim Brotherhood? Good luck and remember December 23, is only three months away. Maybe the prophets are right about you and that date.
Christianity is not manly then?
An intelligent comment. OMG! Get a grip all you crazy nuts out there.
we better retaliate or you will be seeing more of this from cowards all over the planet that think America will not do anything to them.
Ed - Jesus would tell you straight up that allah and the prophet are not the way. Pretty obvious. It is not un-Christian to say so. God doesn't make anyone believe in him, they have free will. Even Jesus got zealous in the temple with the vendors and moneychangers and knocked over a few tables. The difference is Jesus wouldn't tell His followers they need to kill people who disagree. He shook the sand off his sandals, took his message and works and left people to their own devices. Check out a few of those entries in the New Testament. The koran says that all who disagree are infidels and are to be killed. Big difference. Balance Christian values so that they do not become so diluted that you believe He is just one of another choices.
Islam is not a religion so much as it is a political system that brings it own religion with it. It has not changed significantly in hundreds of years, its members behave much like other religions did 500 years ago. It should be reduced to cult status like Nazism has been and marginalized the same as the Nazis and other cults are. And we need to get the hell out of the middle east.
Freedom of religion. Remember?
if we fear and destroy and not set the example of peace, how can we be the greatest country in the world when we are being the bully in the playground.
How can we do anything as the world's doormat? Your logic fails in that you believe other cultures share your views, obviously islamists don't and the countries that use them to disguise their war on America don't.
Yes, Freedom of religion but peacefully. God does not condon killing so anyone who does, should be held accountable. That is ANYONE.
Obama, how are you going to handle this?
Are you going to overreact because you're running for office, and have a need to show some spine to the American public?
Or are you going to underreact because you're running for office and you need to pander to your base?
Are you going to stand up for free speech in the US despite what radicals may say or do around the world?
Whatcha gonna do Barry?
He's in trouble with the muslims anyway, they don't support gay marraige and he does. This is the only point where me and the muslims agree.
You know he's sitting there in the oval office scratching his head right now...... "How to make this work for my campaign?? HHmmmm"
Republicans blaming Democrats and Democrats blaming Republicans in 3...2...1...
Here's a novel idea...How about blaming the Islamic religion for being the religion of universal non acceptance or understanding?
How about blaming the killers ?
How about our government not just talking about it and just condemning these acts and actually DOING something about it?
No more warning shots. No more turning the other cheek.
The BS tip-toeing with these religious fanatics and nut-jobs needs to stop and stop now.
Innocent until proven guilty. Remember?
Innocent until P?G??? WHAT ISHAAAALAMIKK cunnntree do yu hail from??? THEYYYYYY killed, NOT the other way around yur a fooel ! REMEMBER THAT THEN.
denk095 - can you translate that into English? Kind of hard to read your entry and I don't take time to take phonetic attempts to figure it out.
Mandate production of Alt. Energy to the point of not needing Oil to heat Americas homes. Produce our OWN oil just for our machines for now. Rid our dependence then on foreign oil. Then LEAVE that God forsaken region and let them kill each other off...like they have been doing for hundreds of years anyway. We don't want their oil! Or THEM.
They asked for it now, wipe them off the face of the Earth. Let their Bodies BURN
Due process of law. Remember?
Tranth
Do you call yourself a Christian?
Perhaps it's time that you read the four Gospels.
Ed,
Go read them yourself. Your are not the judge, remember?
Due process of Law! You a freaking idiot! The legal system is the VERY reason that we cannot protect ourselves. Ooo, we might infringe on their rights.
You might want to remember that the lawyers are the first to go and there is a reason for that! With statements like that, I certainly would not be a lawyer, I would be a contributor to our society rather then a LEACH!
No, I don't like lawyers "Ambulance chasers and oh so intelligent ones". Common sense when used eliminates the need for lawyers like you.
So the last time a Christian protest like this was? Stop lying as well.
I agree with Trantham, and by the way, Ed287, I'm not Christian, as a scientist, I gave up believing in the invisible guy and his "son" after I became educated. Islam is a perverted, violent, intolerant belief that has no place in a civilized world. But then, I'm not sure that the earth is very civilized. Maybe it is time to start over!
Any person or institution that strikes out in violence and murder for criticism is one of fear of being found out.
If the person, institution and even religion is so insecure as to live in anger and hate is simply showing the obvious of it's lack of foundation. Why the fear and hate ? Sadly, Islam is full of fear, hate and murder.
There is no reason for murder other than self defense.
Yep... There's that religion of peace for you. How's that working out? I'm not sure what's sadder; The people who are so deceived by this hate filled life or the ones who will defend it and say Islam is a religion of peace.
I know, I know. It's our fault. We are to blame for "inciting" this behavior. I wish people would would realize that they hate America and everything we stand for. That will never change. Their goal is to change us.
They have already changed our values, from looking at these posts. I have never seen such blanket hate resulting from a criminal act. Are you people all crazy? Have some common sense and rational behavior.
Hey tapper
It wassn't a criminal act, it was an act of war. No court needed, only battle.
So, I'm sure you will be FIRST in line to sign up for the armed forces right? Somehow I doubt it. Just like all of the other war-mongering civilians on this blog you want a war as long as you don't have to serve on the front line.
Words of insanity from another keyboard warrior who'd pee their pants in an actual military conflict.
You sound like an Ishalamisst, Moohammudd follower, a faithful one too.
Hey sayit,
I served twenty plus years, vietnam, panama, grenada and desert storm. How about you?
I would very much like to be able to go and defend our nation, how about you?
Lock and Load,Lock and Load
Ranger Up
Iraq alone cost well over 3 Trillion. Don't you think that money would have been better served at home? Improve our economy and aging infrastructure instead of enriching private contractors like KBR, Blackwater, etc?
-Afghan/Iraq vet
Maybe we can get China to fund another war.
Four killed in the Mideast and the calls for nuclear weapons is raised.
A shooting in Aurora kills 12...and the calls NOT to do anything are rampart.
We can't meet the costs of the last two wars let alone another one.
Good thing we supported the Arab Spring, freedom is a wonderful thing, as long as your not freeing the inmates in an assylum for the criminally insane!! Maybe now we'll learn to leave the dictators who control these nuts in place. We're 3 for 3: Sadam who didn't have any bombing and killing problems, Mubarek who's country enjoyed a peacful but impoverished living based on tourism, and the Libyans who've been under quiet control for years. Now they're active hotbeds for Islamic malcontents with the rats about to break out of the rat's nests. Sonner or later they're going to need to be dealt with before the other "freed maniacs" in Iran develop a nuclear capability. I suspect this is why Barak's leaving the Syrians alone.
Too late to deal with this mess now, they're reproducing and spreading. I suspect our best bet is containment - keep the nuts in one place. Afghanistan is teaching us that fighting a committed a public armed with sticks and stones using conventional means isn't a good idea. Sonner or later we'll have to deal with these fools in a much grander manner, like elimination.
George Bush's neoCons freedom agenda that started in Iraq coming home to roost. Romney = Bush/Cheney neoCons Act II on steroids.
dls-387641 Your just another jerk off
dls-387641 is just another TYPICAL uninformed, uneducated Honey BooBoo-worshipping, freeloader who lives for his gub'ment handout from the WORST president (if you can even call him that...) in history. The Vactioner-in-Chief, AS USUAL, is a day late and a (6 TRILLION) dollars short. Gov. Romney beat Blowbama to the punch, AGAIN, in condemning these horrific attacks. I think that Jokebama really didn't want to say anything because he was too busy kissing people's A$$ES, and it was against his Muslim brotherhood, but since (president) Romney said something, Oblame-a wanted to look more like a leader...what a pretender dufus...You wanna be friends with the world, MISTER Obummer? Go back to Chitown and STFU, azztard.
Not our job to police the world. We can't afford it and never have been able to, and the folks in those countries resent our presence. On the other hand, a properly funded UN peacekeeping force, funded by all member nations, might just do the trick of being a neutral military presence. All nations will have their internal problems. It is our responsibility to stay out of them.
'Innocence of Muslims' Trailer [HD] - Egypt Protest Film - YouTube
Dear Mr. President: It is not time to be simpatico with murders . . . its time to hunt out the killers!!!!!!!!!!
Oh wait a minute, your father is a Muslim isn't he?
I'm so glad we "extended our hand" to these barbarians. Too bad they didn't "unclench their fists".
Obama is so clueless. He lives in this fantasy land where if we are nice to these people they will be nice right back. What he doesn't seem to understand is that freedom - of speech, the press and religion, is not compatible with what Islam has turned into. Sure "hope" we don't have another "man-made disaster".
Look out Jordan - it's about time for an "Arab Spring" in your country and if Obama does what he has done to our other middle east allies I would say the King and his family should pack their bags and get out now.
no obama is a muslim and he is taking over using his million man army and all they want is for ALL the world to be muslim ... look into the history records ,,, they started all the holy wars ... thats why the christians stood up to them once ,,, now its time for every one to do the same .... obama was put in office to tear this free country down and bring it under muslim law .....
Radical Christianity (Republican Party) and radical foreign Islam are in bed with one another. Praise be to God for the Holy War; but not in my America. The Tea Party - the TEA stands for Taliban Engulfs America. Holy War is good for business, not so good for human lives. But the TP GOP love money more than life.
Muhammad's gay, child molesting ass can lick my testicles. There I said it. Does this warrant more Americans getting killed? Christianity <> Islam. Do some research before you start saying stupid things.
DLS.....You are an f#%king idiot!!!!!!!!
Well, I would say we need to STRONGLY word our distain/outrage and anger in multiple phone calls to them! That will really make them stop. WTF, really, anyone thinks that a strong worded phone call has ANY impact on their protests, yea a protest?
You take a life, you need to pay the consequences, PERIOD! That isn't just US law, it is all nations law. The consequences vary but there is a consequence and so Libya should have stopped this and if not, we need to step in and show some cahonas. Other nations think of us as simple paper tigers.
Pretty sad that a powerful nation such as our is hamstrung by our own stupid politicians. At some point, we need to say "Enough is enough; if another citizen of America dies, we will react with force no matter where it takes place"!
WEAVERNINE - WTF? Crusades were started by Muslims?
dls-387641, you are on cocaine? There is no such thing as radical Christianity. There is no concept of a holy war in Christianity. Religion is a protected right in the United States you communist!
The Tea Party stands for the Boston Tea Party you moron and is about taxation without representation! Learn some history!
Tommy Gunn,
Do some balanced research on Islam and the spread of the Islamic world. Not all Arabs were Muslim. Many great Scientific strides were originally made by Islamic Scientists, Philosophers studying the Greek greats, etc. When they visited or settled in other countries they analyzed and assimulated some ideas. But then fundamentalism took over and decided that they were going to far and nothing before the delivery of the koran was of any importance. It shut down. There is nothing wrong with Scientific inquiry, for example Scientists who were Christian used the Bible to discover many things. Science and religion are not diametrically opposed. There are many things we will never be able to fully answer and will remain theories. But the Muslim world shut down.
When Islam first formed they lived peaceably with other people of the Book, i.e. Jews and Christians. Later Mohammed got pissed off and everything changed. They were granted permission to live in the lands, but as serfs who were charged taxes and tributes they could not afford and discrimated against and not considered real citizens. Every few years they were required to give up sons as tribute who were hauled off, indoctrinated and put into the military among many things. Some of this still goes on today in Egyt where people of other religions are kidnapped and forced to marry Muslims and supposedly convert.
As the Muslim world pushed into other countries it was no longer travellers exploring other countries, it was total conquest at the point of the sword. Eventually they began to attack travellers to the Holy Land killing them. It took years before the idea of the Crusades came to being in response. Eventually the Muslim conquest was defeated as they pushed all the way into Europe. It was a humiliating defeat that has never been forgotten to this day. The Muslim world does not like to admit that their conquest resulted in a backlash. So the Crusades, right or wrong, were a response to the Muslim conquest.
It really does not matter this History you are noting in your posting. We have to look at today, not yesterday. They are animals, and act like animals, and will not stop until something is done in a big way. We have freedom of speech in this country, but they are trying to take it from us by using fear. We say or do something here they don't like, they kill us somewhere else. I think we need to give them what they give us, when they say something we don't like, well....... We can not allow these animals to keep us afraid of talking, or doing anything in this country. Now if we go to their country and talk like we do here, well what ever happens happens. Going there and doing the things we do here would be disrespectful to them, and we should be punished. Sort of like those girls over in Russia, they almost got what they deserved. You should not go to another country and talk or do things that are against that country, or its people.
I'm all for an eye for an eye type situation, but it's time to Flex our muscles... drop a few awesome bombs and show the world who we are and what we can really do.... just a thought, not rational but a thought. OR, do to others as they have done to you