Obama’s passion for tyranny.

There was a time when the United States stood for freedom and liberty.  There was a time when oppressed people who longed to be free would look to the United States.
 
Those were the days before Barack Obama.

Today we are seeing events unfold that show one thing beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty.  Barack Obama supports tyranny around the world and opposes those who want freedom, especially freedom from Islamic tyranny.

How do we know this?

It is simple.  We know this by the actions of Barack Obama.

Barack Obama helped support deposing one regime after another in the Middle East.  He supported replacing Hosni Mubarak, who was a strong American ally, with the Muslim Brotherhood.  He supported deposing Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi.  Who replaced Gaddafi?  Radical Islamists and do we hear a word from Barack Obama?

No.

Now Obama wants America to support Islamic rebels in Syria who are trying to overthrow Syrian strongman Basher Al-Assad.  Assad is certainly not a good guy but given the track record of not only Obama but also what we know about the rebels, they will be worse.

It is not just the movements Obama supports that show us where his sympathies lie, but also who he does not support.

In 2009 and 2010, Iran was hit by protests that were called the “Green Revolution.”  Deposing the Iranian regime would have not only been good for America, it would have been good for the Iranian people. 

Did Obama do anything?

No, there was dead silence from the White House.

More recently, in Turkey there have been massive protests.

The protests have been directed against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.  Erdogan is a radical Islamist who has been turning Turkey, which had been a secular Muslim state into an Islamic state.

Turkey has been persecuting its tiny Christian minority for decades but under Erdogan, the persecution has reached new levels.  Christian churches are having their property taken from them.  Radical Islamist are demanding Turkey become an Islamic nation instead of a secular nation. 

Turkish citizens who do not want to live in an Islamic republic have taken to the streets.  In scenes reminiscent of the protests in 1989 at Tiananmen Square in China, protestors took over Taksim Square in Istanbul.

Erdogan ordered troops to go in and suppressed the protests.

Did we hear a word of support for those protestors from Barack Obama and the White House?

No.

Did we hear a word of condemnation from the White House about the suppression of free expression by the Turkish government?

No.

According to the AP, the White House has carefully avoided criticizing Erdogan.  In 2011, before he was deposed the White House showed no such restraint with then American ally Hosni Mubarak. 

As freedom wanes in Turkey and Iran, those who seek liberty do not have a friend in the White House.

Unfortunately those who believe in Islamic tyranny do.

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Obama Offends Catholics in UK: Says Religious Schools Divisive

President Barack Obama angered some proponents of Catholic education during his visit to Northern Ireland this week when he told a Belfast audience that towns will remain divided "if Catholics have their schools and buildings, and Protestants have theirs."

An article, which subsequently appeared in the Scottish Catholic Observer, carried the headline, "U.S. President Undermines Catholic Schools After Vatican Prefect Praised Them."

The article said Obama "made an alarming call for an end to Catholic education in Northern Ireland," and quoted from recent remarks of the Vatican’s Archbishop Gerhard Müller, who had said that Catholic education was "a critical component of the Church."

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Dr. Matthew Bunson, senior correspondent for Our Sunday Visitor and author of the new book "Pope Francis," tells Newsmax the president should have chosen his words more carefully, and he pointed to the contribution that Catholic education has made to bringing about the 15-year-old peace in the once-troubled region.

"While I understand the background — the backdrop of his remarks in terms of the painful history of the religious strife in northern Ireland — it is unfortunate that his remarks could be construed by some as an attack on religious education," Bunson explained.

"It's an opportunity I think, though, to make note of the very significant role that religious education — especially Catholic education — has played in ending the strife in Northern Ireland, in particular the role of Catholic educators in helping to raise new generations in Ireland, who recognize the importance of cooperation, of peace, and that is something that’s worth celebrating.”

Conservative website Breitbart.com was quick to label Obama's remarks as a "gaffe" based on the "fact that Obama did not consider the sensitivities of his audience — or that he inadvertently revealed his own anti-religious prejudice.

"To travel to a city troubled by conflict, and to then insult the members of at least one of the two communities, is not only a gaffe, but a serious diplomatic error," according to the website.

Obama arrived in Northern Ireland Monday morning after an overnight flight from Washington.

Following his speech to about 1,800 students and adults, he flew to a lakeside golf resort near Enniskillen, where he met with other leaders of the Group of 8 industrial nations on Syria, trade and counterterrorism.

The president also told the Belfast audience that peace in Northern Ireland is a "blueprint" for those living amid conflict around the world, while acknowledging that the calm between Catholics and Protestants will face further tests.

With respect to Catholic education, Obama said "If towns remain divided, if Catholics have their schools and buildings, and Protestants have theirs, if we can't see ourselves in one another, if fear or resentment are allowed to harden, that encourages division. It discourages cooperation."

Ashley McGuire, a senior fellow with The Catholic Association, also viewed Obama's remarks as an attack on Catholic education.

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"Catholic education is a longstanding tradition and a gift to society at large," she said. "Why the president chose to attack that tradition is beyond comprehension and represents his continuing effort to relegate religion to the private sphere."


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