Posted on 09/13/2012 1:26:57 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
Egypt is ever so sorry about their people attacking our embassy, burning our flag and replacing it with the al Qaeda banner.
But:
Kandil says the attack was “regrettable” — but not because rioting over a film is barbaric. Rather, it is “regrettable” because “the people who produced this low film have no relation to the (U.S.) government.” So rioting against the filmmakers is fine, and if there were any nexus to the government, rioting at our embassy would be fine, too.
. . . Which brings us to the second part of Kandil’s statement: “We ask the American government to take a firm position toward this film’s producers within the framework of international charters that criminalize acts that stir strife on the basis of race, color or religion.” Translation: We’re not holding the American government responsible … yet — but if it fails to punish the filmmakers, then all that “regrettable” stuff might not be so regrettable.
They want us to criminalize speech that insults Islam.
But Obama would never do that…right:
It is no secret that Islamic law brutally punishes what it regards as blasphemy — any insult to Islam or its prophet, no matter how slight. Yet Obama has raised the expectations of Egypt’s government that he stands with them on this principle. In fact, in 2011, his State Department went so far as to host the OIC’s “High Level Meeting on Combating Religious Intolerance.”
Perfect.
Yes, thank you. (Wish we could edit our posts.)
Likewise.. I can’t count how many times I made a typo and didn’t notice until right after I hit post (and even if you cancel before the page change, it will still go through >.<) :p
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