Obama's Choices

Today they celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the following text is all over the Internet:

President Obama squeezed in a trip to Copenhagen last month to lobby, unsuccessfully, for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. He plans to travel to Oslo next month to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, an award that even Obama has said he does not deserve. And this coming week, he sets out on a weeklong tour of Asia.

But the president does not plan to travel to Germany to attend the 20th anniversary celebration Monday of the fall of the Berlin Wall, drawing heated criticism from those who say he's ignoring a shining triumph of American-inspired democracy.

Well yes, he does. Is there any reason to be amazed? Given two alternative choices, this president will always opt for the one that is (more) detrimental to America. Besides, this isn't about HIM HIM HIM and that alone is reason enough for He-Who-Walks-On-Water not to be bothered. At least Sarkozy, despicable little attention whore he is, goes out of his way to lie about his attendance 20 years ago.

No Jihadist Is A "Single Perpetrator"

There is a palpable relief in the media that the Fort Hood shooting is "not an act of terrorism" and the murderer "not a terrorist". Yes, maybe -- just maybe -- Islam had something to do with it, mainly in that the man was "mobbed because of his faith", but whatever, it is an "isolated case", the deed of an "individual acting on his own", a "lone perpetrator".

I specifically liked the reaction of American Muslims:

The news that the suspect is one of their own brings up familiar feelings.

Well yes. I wonder why that is so.

Besides fears of retribution, they're tired of sensing pressure to apologize for someone else's 'maniacal brutality.'

So it was just the individual action of somebody with whom they have nothing to do, besides, terms like responsibility or shame (in the way we understand it in the West) are not known to be near or dear to a Muslim's heart. Apart from fearing (baselessly) for their sorry asses, they can't be bothered.

While it is funny (more peculiar than haha) to hear Muslims talk about individuality, they are, in a way, right. Indeed, bringing Islam forward ("jihad") is the only way that allows for individuality for a Muslim, although killing infidels is still the method of choice for that.

When will people BEGIN to understand that jihad IS terrorism.

And now do me a favour and try the same searches with the term "baruch goldstein" instead of "fort hood".

Two Army Doctors Compared

It just occurs to me: Go, compare and analyze the stories of two minority army doctors which appeared, by mere chance, in two consecutive entries at this blog, here and here.

And now tell me what makes their stories so different. Big hint: It is NOT the fact that one is yellow-ish and the other brown-ish coloured.

Why Fort Hood Happened NOW

A lot has been said about the Fort Hood shooting. Islam is to blame, immigration is to blame, liberalism is to blame. All that is right, or at least not wrong. But why did it happen NOW? After all, 9/11 happened 8 years ago and there was little Muslim violence against America since then - on home soil, that is. But there is one aspect that wasn't discussed at all, and if, I've overlooked it.

In the course of an email-discussion about American suicidal idiocy that allows Muslims in the military, Gudrun Eussner writes (and I translate):

During WWII, the Americans interned even perfectly loyal Japanese and Germans because of their ancestry. I recently saw a feature about German-Americans who are still fighting for their only too belated rehabilitation.

Did you see that "major" in the shop, clad in djellaba, white cap, the lot? In a shop at a military base!

Thanks BHO, thanks Dalia Mogahed!

I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her hair is somehow less equal… (Barack Obama)

Only waiters bow at the waist. (George V, 1910 -- 1936)

In the mood for another quote?

Five to six million strong, Muslims in America already outnumber Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and Mormons, and they are more numerous than Quakers, Unitarians, Seventh-day Adventists, Mennonites, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Christian Scientists, combined. Many demographers say Islam has overtaken Judaism as the ccountry's second-most commonly practiced religion; others say it is in the passing lane." (Johan Blank, USNEWS on July 20, 1998)

Below is the video to which Gudrun referred, a convenience store surveillance video. It's from CNN and shows army major Nidal Hasan about 7 hours before he murdered 13 people:

What happened today?

At 11:25 AM, the President addresses the House Democratic Caucus – Cannon House Office Building.

At 2:30 PM, the President makes a statement to the press in which he warned the American public against "jumping to conclusions" over the motives of the shooter. Also, he elaborated on health care – Rose Garden.

At 2:45 PM, the President leaves the White House en route to Camp David where he is supposed to play golf – South Lawn.

God help the US of A. Their President who has -- somewhat stumbling -- sworn to do so won't. Notabene that it was political scientist Dr. Gudrun Eussner as well who identified the botched oath as something of greater and more far-reaching consequences, something which Americans, even "conservative" Americans, are either not willing or not able (or both) to concede.