Obama's Insidious Lies in Turkey

“We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world — including in my own country[sic].”

So said Barak Hussein Obama in a speech to the parliament of Turkey, and referring (I think) to the United States, not Kenya.

I have parsed his language for several days, trying to peel off the layers of this onion. It is a masterful statement, which includes two lies, one a white lie, and one a truthful statement told for a disingenuous purpose.

Let me start the critique with another quote from his speech: “The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans.” Again, this is a truth told for a disingenuous purpose. It is true that more than one Muslim American has paid taxes, thus enriching the United States. It is also true that more than one Muslim American has served his country honorably in the service of the military. However, there is nothing particular to the fact that they were Muslim that makes their actions enriching to the United States. Paying taxes and serving honorably is common to all major faiths in the United States, except for the Pennsylvania Dutch Amish.

Just for fun, perform an Internet search on “great American Muslims”. The responses are Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan. The adjective “enriching” does not spring to mind.

As to the initial quote, there are three elements to the sentence:1. We [the United States] has a “deep appreciation for the Islamic faith”.2. The Islamic faith has done so much over the centuries to shape the world.3. The Islamic faith has done so much to shape the United States.

One of these elements is a truthful statement not told for a disingenuous purpose. It is true that the Islamic faith has shaped the world over the centuries. Too bad they stopped progressing past the 14th Century.

Now to the white lie about a deep appreciation of the Islamic faith. Clearly he is saying this to be nice and curry favor with people who really cannot and do not help the United States. Most United States citizens do not understand the tenants of the Islamic faith, have never read the Koran, and do not understand Islamic history. What they know about Islam, they do not like at all. And, the mainstream media continues to lie about the so called “Religion of Peace” at every turn, so what Americans might appreciate about the Islamic faith is really not true Islam.

But the third phrase is the insidious lie, in that is the truthful on its face, but is implied that the truth is positive. In fact, Islamists HAVE worked to shape the United States, almost exclusively to the detriment of the United States and its citizens. Here is a little history:

1979
Nov. 4, Tehran, Iran: Iranian Islamists seized the U.S. embassy, taking 66 hostages. 14 were later released. The remaining 52 were held for 444 days and released only after President Carter agreed to pay ransom.

1983
April 18, Beirut, Lebanon: U.S. embassy destroyed in suicide car-bomb attack; 63 dead, including 17 Americans. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Oct. 23, Beirut, Lebanon: Shiite suicide bombers exploded truck near U.S. military barracks at Beirut airport, killing 241 marines.
Dec. 12, Kuwait City, Kuwait: Shiite truck bombers attacked the U.S. embassy and other targets, killing 5 and injuring 80.

1984
Sept. 20, east Beirut, Lebanon: truck bomb exploded outside the U.S. embassy annex, killing 24, including 2 U.S. military.

1993
Jan. 25, a Muslim gunman named Mir Amal Kansi killed two people and injured three others outside CIA Headquarters at Langley in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Feb. 26, New York City: bomb exploded in basement garage of World Trade Center, killing 6 and injuring at least 1,040 others. Islamists Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, Ramzi Yousef, and at least 9 others carried out the bombings.

1995
Nov. 13, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: car bomb exploded at U.S. military headquarters, killing 5 U.S. military servicemen.

1996
June 25, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: truck bomb exploded outside Khobar Towers military complex, killing 19 American servicemen and injuring hundreds of others.

1998
Aug. 7, Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: truck bombs exploded almost simultaneously near 2 U.S. embassies, killing 224 and injuring thousands more. The bombing was carried out by Islamists who had received training at Islamist camps in Afghanistan.

2000
Oct. 12, Aden, Yemen: U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole heavily damaged when a small boat loaded with explosives was detonated alongside the ship. 17 US sailors were killed.

2001
Sept. 11, New York City, Arlington, Va., and Shanksville, Pa.: Muslim hijackers crashed 2 commercial jets into the World Trade Center; another jet was hijacked by Islamists was crashed into the Pentagon. A fourth jet was hijacked by Muslim terrorists and crashed into a field in rural Pa. Total dead and missing numbered: 2,992. The World Trade Center’s twin towers and other buildings were destroyed.

Since September 11, 2001 no successful Islamic terrorists attacks have occurred in the United States, but attacks to US locations and citizens persists overseas.

2003
May 12, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Muslim homicide bombers kill 34, including 8 Americans, at housing compounds for Westerners.

2004
Dec. 6, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Muslim terrorists storm the U.S. consulate, killing 5 consulate employees.

2005
Nov. 9, Amman, Jordan: Muslim suicide bombers hit 3 American hotels, Radisson, Grand Hyatt, and Days Inn, in Amman, Jordan, killing 57.

2008
Sept. 16, Yemen: a car bomb and a rocket strike the U.S. embassy in Yemen as staff arrived to work, killing 16 people, including 4 civilians. Islamic terrorists conducted the attack.


President Barak Hussein Obama may enjoy going overseas to bow and scrape to Islamists and apologizing for the United States offending Muslim sensibilities, but the American citizens do not suffer from such warped thinking. Obama has been one embarrassment after another to the United States. In time, this embarrassment will be shaken from this great nation as the earth shook off the dinosaurs.