Uh, your associations are sheriff joe and acebb. Two people who are severely mentally disturbed. To say anything walter posts is "spot on" is encouraging someone who is mentally disabled. For that you should be ashamed
What has guesser posted that is shameful and embarrassing? Because you don't agree with him?
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans serif]"Islam is Peace"[/FONT]
Thank you all very much for your hospitality. We've just had a -- wide-ranging discussions on the matter at hand. Like the good folks standing with me, the American people were appalled and outraged at last Tuesday's attacks. And so were Muslims all across the world. Both Americans and Muslim friends and citizens, tax-paying citizens, and Muslims in nations were just appalled and could not believe what we saw on our TV screens.
These acts of violence against innocents violate the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith. And it's important for my fellow Americans to understand that.
The English translation is not as eloquent as the original Arabic, but let me quote from the Koran, itself: In the long run, evil in the extreme will be the end of those who do evil. For that they rejected the signs of Allah and held them up to ridicule.
The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war.
When we think of Islam we think of a faith that brings comfort to a billion people around the world. Billions of people find comfort and solace and peace. And that's made brothers and sisters out of every race -- out of every race.
America counts millions of Muslims amongst our citizens, and Muslims make an incredibly valuable contribution to our country. Muslims are doctors, lawyers, law professors, members of the military, entrepreneurs, shopkeepers, moms and dads. And they need to be treated with respect. In our anger and emotion, our fellow Americans must treat each other with respect.
Women who cover their heads in this country must feel comfortable going outside their homes. Moms who wear cover must be not intimidated in America. That's not the America I know. That's not the America I value.
I've been told that some fear to leave; some don't want to go shopping for their families; some don't want to go about their ordinary daily routines because, by wearing cover, they're afraid they'll be intimidated. That should not and that will not stand in America.
Those who feel like they can intimidate our fellow citizens to take out their anger don't represent the best of America, they represent the worst of humankind, and they should be ashamed of that kind of behavior.
Thank you all very much for your hospitality. We've just had a -- wide-ranging discussions on the matter at hand. Like the good folks standing with me, the American people were appalled and outraged at last Tuesday's attacks. And so were Muslims all across the world. Both Americans and Muslim friends and citizens, tax-paying citizens, and Muslims in nations were just appalled and could not believe what we saw on our TV screens.
These acts of violence against innocents violate the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith. And it's important for my fellow Americans to understand that.
The English translation is not as eloquent as the original Arabic, but let me quote from the Koran, itself: In the long run, evil in the extreme will be the end of those who do evil. For that they rejected the signs of Allah and held them up to ridicule.
The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war.
When we think of Islam we think of a faith that brings comfort to a billion people around the world. Billions of people find comfort and solace and peace. And that's made brothers and sisters out of every race -- out of every race.
America counts millions of Muslims amongst our citizens, and Muslims make an incredibly valuable contribution to our country. Muslims are doctors, lawyers, law professors, members of the military, entrepreneurs, shopkeepers, moms and dads. And they need to be treated with respect. In our anger and emotion, our fellow Americans must treat each other with respect.
Women who cover their heads in this country must feel comfortable going outside their homes. Moms who wear cover must be not intimidated in America. That's not the America I know. That's not the America I value.
I've been told that some fear to leave; some don't want to go shopping for their families; some don't want to go about their ordinary daily routines because, by wearing cover, they're afraid they'll be intimidated. That should not and that will not stand in America.
Those who feel like they can intimidate our fellow citizens to take out their anger don't represent the best of America, they represent the worst of humankind, and they should be ashamed of that kind of behavior.
[h=1]Former CIA director says Obama is 'scared' to call ISIS terrorists 'Islamic' after FBI director wasn't invited to extremist summit – but Russia's secret police chief was![/h]
Former CIA director James Woolsey said Thursday that President Obama 'looks scared' to called members of Middle Eastern terrorist groups 'Islamic,' just hours after the conclusion of a White House 'Countering VIolent Extremism' summit that studiously avoided pinning terrorism on Islamists.
Sitting FBI director James Comey was not invited to the event, but his counterpart from Russia – Aleksandr Bortnikov, the director of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) – attended.
The FSB is the post-Soviet successor to the infamous KGB.
Woolsey told a CNN audience that Obama 'looks scared. He looks as if he's afraid of using the adjective "Islamic" to describe the terrorists' from ISIS, al-Qaeda and other international terror groups bent on mass-murder and global destruction.
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Former CIA director James Woolsey told CNN that President Obama 'looks scared' to describe terrorists as 'Islamic'
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The White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism at the State Department was a three-day event that put diplomats in the same room as 'community organizers' but never denounced ISIS as an Islamic group
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WELCOME COMRADE: Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) director Alexander Bortnikov (right)was welcomes at the State Department despite the White House's stated opposition to incursions into the Ukraine by president Vladimir Putin (center)
The president, he said, is the 'world champion of political correctness, and I think that he's let it really run too far here.'
Obama said Thursday during the conference that ISIS and other terror groups 'are desperate for legitimacy, and all of us have a responsibility to refute the notion that (they) somehow represent Islam.'
'That is a falsehood that embraces the terrorist narrative,' the president insisted, saying later that 'the notion that the West is at war with Islam is an ugly lie.'
But hours later Woolsey alleged that Obama is not 'taking a stern position in the Middle East and elsewhere, that are causing huge problems.'
'You have to fight effectively – and he's not doing that,' he claimed.
And meanwhile, 'ISIS is doing what it is doing, murdering people, burning them alive and trying to expand into a caliphate that covers – has a state – covering the Middle Wast and beyond, in the way it happened in Muhammad's time.'
The White House pushed back Thursday against the idea that FBI Director Comey should have been present for the conference's discussions.
'While the FBI works tirelessly to keep the country safe, this conference was not centered on federal law enforcement.,' an Obama administration official told The New York Times.
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NO ROOM AT FOGGY BOTTOM: FBI Director James Comey was not welcome at the White House conference, but Attorney General Eric Holder did attend
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'The notion that the West is at war with Islam is an ugly lie,' Obama insisted
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Woolsey said Obama is the 'world champion of political correctness' and seems 'afraid' to engage ISIS in terms of Islam
The conference, the official said, was premised on the idea that 'community leaders, local law enforcement, private sector innovators, and others' could embrace a 'bottom-up approach' at countering terrorism in American communities.
Comey's boss, Attorney General Eric Holder, was present during portions of the event.
Officials told the Times that Bortnikov, the Russian spymaster, was sent by the Vladimir Putin regime after the State Department extended an invitation for Russia to send an emissary of its own choosing.
'Bortnikov will inform the participants of the forum aboutthe national system to counter extremism that is functioning inthe Russian Federation, stressing the importance of the role ofthe state in countering the ideology of terrorism,' the FSB said in a statemet earlier in the week.
- James Woolsey told a CNN audience that President Obama is the 'world champion of political correctness'
- White House conference heard from 'community leaders, local law enforcement, private sector innovators, and others' but not the FBI chief
- Aleksandr Bortnikov, the head of Russia's post-Soviet KGB, was allowed to attend
Former CIA director James Woolsey said Thursday that President Obama 'looks scared' to called members of Middle Eastern terrorist groups 'Islamic,' just hours after the conclusion of a White House 'Countering VIolent Extremism' summit that studiously avoided pinning terrorism on Islamists.
Sitting FBI director James Comey was not invited to the event, but his counterpart from Russia – Aleksandr Bortnikov, the director of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) – attended.
The FSB is the post-Soviet successor to the infamous KGB.
Woolsey told a CNN audience that Obama 'looks scared. He looks as if he's afraid of using the adjective "Islamic" to describe the terrorists' from ISIS, al-Qaeda and other international terror groups bent on mass-murder and global destruction.
+6
Former CIA director James Woolsey told CNN that President Obama 'looks scared' to describe terrorists as 'Islamic'
+6
The White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism at the State Department was a three-day event that put diplomats in the same room as 'community organizers' but never denounced ISIS as an Islamic group
+6
WELCOME COMRADE: Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) director Alexander Bortnikov (right)was welcomes at the State Department despite the White House's stated opposition to incursions into the Ukraine by president Vladimir Putin (center)
The president, he said, is the 'world champion of political correctness, and I think that he's let it really run too far here.'
Obama said Thursday during the conference that ISIS and other terror groups 'are desperate for legitimacy, and all of us have a responsibility to refute the notion that (they) somehow represent Islam.'
'That is a falsehood that embraces the terrorist narrative,' the president insisted, saying later that 'the notion that the West is at war with Islam is an ugly lie.'
But hours later Woolsey alleged that Obama is not 'taking a stern position in the Middle East and elsewhere, that are causing huge problems.'
'You have to fight effectively – and he's not doing that,' he claimed.
And meanwhile, 'ISIS is doing what it is doing, murdering people, burning them alive and trying to expand into a caliphate that covers – has a state – covering the Middle Wast and beyond, in the way it happened in Muhammad's time.'
The White House pushed back Thursday against the idea that FBI Director Comey should have been present for the conference's discussions.
'While the FBI works tirelessly to keep the country safe, this conference was not centered on federal law enforcement.,' an Obama administration official told The New York Times.
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NO ROOM AT FOGGY BOTTOM: FBI Director James Comey was not welcome at the White House conference, but Attorney General Eric Holder did attend
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'The notion that the West is at war with Islam is an ugly lie,' Obama insisted
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Woolsey said Obama is the 'world champion of political correctness' and seems 'afraid' to engage ISIS in terms of Islam
The conference, the official said, was premised on the idea that 'community leaders, local law enforcement, private sector innovators, and others' could embrace a 'bottom-up approach' at countering terrorism in American communities.
Comey's boss, Attorney General Eric Holder, was present during portions of the event.
Officials told the Times that Bortnikov, the Russian spymaster, was sent by the Vladimir Putin regime after the State Department extended an invitation for Russia to send an emissary of its own choosing.
'Bortnikov will inform the participants of the forum aboutthe national system to counter extremism that is functioning inthe Russian Federation, stressing the importance of the role ofthe state in countering the ideology of terrorism,' the FSB said in a statemet earlier in the week.
