Wednesday, June 03, 2009

It's The Context Stupid!

Barack Obama made some comments on his last European apology tour that raised some eyebrows. In Turkey, a secular Muslim democracy where the killing of priests and the tormenting of Christians is not a rarity, Obama said

[we Americans] “do not consider ourselves a Christian nation, or a Muslim nation, but rather, a nation of citizens who are, uh, bound by a set of values.”
It was a typical comment of pure Obama malleability meaning many things at once and therefore meaningless in any context. It was a comment designed for the Muslim stage, a seemingly innocent way for The Obama to pander to an important Muslim ally by plausibly denying an obvious Christian association.

Now Obama is once again headed back to foreign soil. While speaking to a French reporter just before his departure he decided to spin it a different way.
“And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world,” Mr. Obama said. “And so there’s got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples.”
So here we have it. Our president has vocally determined in one interview that America is not a Christian nation but in another interview has also determined that America could be considered one of the largest Muslim nations on Earth.

In the proper context, to this president, anything is possible.

h/t Power Line

1 comment:

stonehands said...

If it were not for my faith in The Almighty God, Jehovah, these events / comments would terrify me. The United States is handed for some very dark days.

Thankfully, I know God is still on the throne and His will shall be done!