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Obama tosses US citizens Under the ICC Bus while giving Muslim Terrorists USA Constitutional Rights

Recently President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder made the controversial decision to bring 9/11 Islamic terrorist Khalid Sheik Mohammed along with four other muslim terrorists (currently held at Guantanamo Bay) to New York City to face civilian trial. The decision is seen, by many, as pandering to the Democratic Party's lefty leaners by a President whose once phenomenal popularity is sinking faster than the Titanic.

Many Americans believe that this will only place the safety of the residents of New York City in jeopardy as well as cause the survivors and family members of the victims of 9/11 to face years of 'in your face' memories and testimony while the trials slowly progress through the US judicial system. Then there are at least three other problems:

* Military commissions are the appropriate venue for trials of unlawful combatant. The US military seized these terrorists on foreign battlefields -- and so didn't read them Miranda rights. The evidence against them was collected by soldiers under war-fighting conditions -- not with sterile gloves and clear plastic bags. And much of the best evidence against them is classified, because making it public would compromise the sources and methods of US intelligence gathering.  In short, these cases do not fit the mold of a typical murder trial in a civilian court.

* The administration is again blurring the line between ordinary crimes and acts of war. Likening terrorists at war with the United States to common shoplifters is wrongheaded. These are not members of our society who refuse to obey our laws: They are enemies of the United States, engaged in war against America and all that it stands for.

* The administration has offered no clear criteria for deciding which terrorists will be charged as criminals in federal court and which ones will face military commissions. Attorney General Holder, in announcing the decision, suggested that the five cases were appropriate for civilian trial simply because the evidence against the terrorists is so strong that they'll surely be found guilty. SOURCE

Despite the above concerns Obama and Holder are insisting upon giving foreign Islamic terrorists the Constitutional rights of United States citizens.

Now comes the news that Pres. Obama is not so interested in the reverse - in preserving the Constitutional rights of US citizens in other countries. In fact he is in the process of negotiating a treaty with the International Criminal Court  (ICC) to give the Court jurisdiction over American citizens who commit certain crimes by 2010:

"President Obama has dispatched a delegation this week to The Hague to explore issues involving the United States' possible participation in the International Criminal Court, an organization critics charge could be used to prosecute Americans under international legal standards for actions that are not crimes in the U.S. 

Additional explanation of how this could affect Americans:

"Supposing the U.S. engages in a military action and that action results in civilian casualties. We do an investigation of the matter and find no guilty party. If we are a member of the court, if we are a party to the Rome Statute, the ICC at that point has the opportunity to second-guess us," he said. "They may be able to use evidence and they may be able to pursue routes of trial that would not be portable in the U.S. because of the different standards established in the U.S. legal system and the rules set forth in the Rome Statute."

His warning is that the ICC could, "in essence … come and prosecute U.S. citizens, U.S. soldiers, U.S. officials for actions the U.S. deems entirely lawful." SOURCE

Yes the is the exact same treaty which former US President George W. Bush refused to sign - or in essence unsigned - for obvious reasons.

So there you have it - President Barack Hussein Obama is more than willing to toss US citizens under the ICC "bus" by placing Americans under the jurisdiction of the international court and thus preventing these citizens from accessing their Constitutional rights. 

But sitting securely on the top of the bus we find Obama - in full dhimmi mode and twisting himself in judicial pretzel knots - to ensure NON US citizens/ confessed muslim terrorists will be imported into the United States and given Constitutional rights and defenses even though doing so places actual US citizens lives at risk and will cost - the already financially strapped US taxpayers ---multi millions of dollars.

You couldn't make this up - nor would you want to. Sure as hell infuriates me!
 

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Price - For What?

"OSLO (AP) - President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.

The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. Obama's name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president" SOURCE

When I saw the above news - at first glance I thought it was a joke - and when I realized it was for real my next thought was:

 

FOR WHAT??

 

Clearly the neophyte President Obama and his untested international policies have produced NOTHING - no substantive results upon which they can be judged. So now the Nobel Peace Prize is given for fledgling ideas? 

 

But there are things about Obama that would appeal to these European elites:

 

1 He bashes America - so do they - including American writers competing for the Nobel Prize for Literature

 

2  He apologized for America's supposed "past sins" and arrogance - that's what they want to hear - He apologized AGAIN and AGAIN so much so that the British media begged him to stop as they feared in his doing so Obama was weakening America.  But he didn't and when he and his wife Michelle flew to Copenhagen, Denmark to try and talk the Olympic Committee into awarding the 2016 Summer Olympics to Chicago...........he bashed America again.

 

3  He praises Islam - and their despots - and he grossly overrated muslims numbers and importance in American life -so do they.

 

4  He bowed and showed subservience to the Saudi King/Islam even as the Saudis are funding the worldwide Global Caliphate  and terrorism

 

5  He refuses to point the finger directly at Islamics for causing terrorism worldwide -  in fact the elites along with some European leaders think one musn't even put Islam and terrorism in the same sentence (sound familiar)

 

6  He bashes Israel and makes them the 'bad guy' in the Middle East - so do they

 

Thus Obama talked the RIGHT talk and bowed the RIGHT bow----------------and has been prematurely awarded with a prize that should be given for results not lofty rhetoric.

 

I'm sure the Obama's are ecstatic and will be opening a celebratory bottle of champagne - perhaps in doing so they should ponder that  -for most -  one needs to first grow and pick the grapes then make the wine and let it age to perfection before being rewarded with the bubbly results.

 

 

A WARNING LETTER TO AMERICA

From my friend Gandalf over at UP Pompeii:

Dear Mr and Mrs America,

I am writing this letter to you in the hope that I can draw to your attention the dangerous route your country is taking,

 I am naught but an ordinary Englishman who is seeing the danger signs springing up in the country where my children live, below is what I see happening in America, and I would not like to see the USA going down the same disastrous route that the UK has been taken by its government.


Many years ago, just after the small argument that America and Britain had over taxes,people from all over Europe migrated to the New World, they came for a new life and a new start, they did not come as French Americans, Dutch or German Americans or even English Americans, they arrived and became "Americans" , they signed up to the American way.

These people remembered their old country but were committed to their new one, its values principles and practices were the bedrock of their being in America.

These people set about building the most powerful country on the planet, they had a common aim, a common belief and a common will, that will was to build America for their children.

These people endured much hardship and privation but they did not give up, they were determined to build America.

The foundations of your country was built by these people, the ideals of your country are steeped in the sweat and blood of these early Americans.

Alas the sacrifices of these people appear to be slipping into history, they are being relegated to folklore.

The  foundations that were laid are being eroded and there is a great danger that America will no longer be American unless a change of course is made.

The Balkanization of America could happen, Multiculturalism has reared its destructive head in the USA.

Multiculturalism is an invention of  socialist dogma, its main premise is that all cultures can live in complete harmony in the same space without surrendering any of their cultural beliefs and practices.

On the face of it that is true, indeed Europe has many cultures on its land mass but they are all in their own space these spaces are called countries, each country , as you know has its own unique culture.

It is precisely that concept that multiculturalism dislikes intently, multiculturalism states that you can have  significant populations of other cultures, practicing their culture,  living in Germany for example and there will not be any conflict of cultural ideals, provided that the host country - in this case Germany makes concessions to the other culture.

Multiculturalism does not tolerate the concept of a united nation state, united in the sense of its own culture being predominant within that country, this is a big no - no.

The multiculturalist concept fractures countries and leads to the partition of those countries, Kosovo is a prime example of this happening.

When the "guest"  cultures grow bigger the demands upon the" host" country grow stronger, inevitably the host country has to surrender more of its own values, principles and practices in order to accommodate the wishes of their guests - not to do so would be seen as racist or Xenophobic.

Islam has now taken root in the USA, Islam will not surrender any of its beliefs and practices, Islam will demand that the USA accommodate all of its wishes, Islam will demand that the USA introduces legislation that makes it unlawful to criticize Islam, Islam will demand its own Sharia legal system, Islam will demand its own food (Halal), Islam will demand its own schools (Madrases) Islam will demand its own governing body

Islam will grow in the USA, the birth rate of Muslims is very high, when sufficient numbers are reached they will eventually demand their own state - Balkanization will have started.

Should any American want to see what Multiculturalism and the influx of Islam into a country results in, all I can say is  take a look at the UK, a good hard look.

If Mr and Mrs America want to keep America American, remember your roots, do not allow your government to sign away your history, The labour government have done just that in the UK - without our permission

America has  a "Democrat" President, the policies of the democrats in America are almost exactly the same as  the Labour government in the UK, they are all based upon socialist concepts, The EU is based on Socialist concepts and is run by ex communist party members, as is the UK.

If America wants to be overrun by hordes of people who do not support the American way of life, who expect to be given precedence upon arrival in the US, who will have no allegiance to the Stars and Stripes, who will jeer and insult American military personnel, who will overtly declare their hatred of America and will plan to destroy the USA and all it stands for - then carry on with the socialist multicultural model.

I know many in America are aware of what is happening and I hope that many many more will realize the situation as well, there is however one thing all Americans must remember - AMERICA IS NOT TOO BIG TO FALL, you now have the enemy within, you like the UK have a fifth column in your country.

Will Obama not visit Ground Zero - for fear of offending Muslims??

The below newstory is several days old but nevertheless I feel it is noteworthy and indicative of the ilk of President Barack Hussein Obama. 

His recent APOLOGIZE FOR AMERICA European tour was an embarrasment to Americans. His obvious submissive dhimmi bowing to the Saudi King was as appalling as it is telling. The White House issued excuse for the bow: "'It wasn't a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he's taller than King Abdullah' said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity" - is insulting to intelligence and leaves the glaring question as to why Obama didn't bow to the 5'4" tall Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.

Now we learn that the POTUS opted to pass on an invitation from President Nicolas Sarkozy to visit the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial  (2,200 American died in D-dayInvasion) at Colleville-sur-mer located near Omaha Beach. (2,374 American soldiers dead).  What excuse did Obama's political apologists give?  = Obama didn't want to "offend" Germany.  Interesting but not surprising that a British newspaper brought this disgusting Presidential "omission" to the public's attention. Obviously honoring thousands of WWII American soldiers who died in the liberation of Europe - just isn't important to Obama - in fact it appears that the visit was shown to be more important to the President of France.

Apparently dead and buried heroes just can't cheer and provide the - it's all about "me-me-me-me-me" narcissistic Obama-needed daily dose of crowd adulation - or perhaps mandatory teleprompters couldn't be set up - regardless this clear choice of a United States President not prioritizing and honoring the sacrifice of so many US veterans is deplorable and is a clear indication of Obama's overt general lack of respect for the US military.  

*****So does this mean that President Hussein Obama will not visit Ground Zero - for fear of offending muslims - particularly the bowed-to King Abdullah?*****

Muslim Woman Self Immolates Rather Than Continue Desperate Life

53 year old Afghan widow, Jan Bibi, chose to pour gasoline over her body and light herself on fire rather than continue her desperate life. As an aging muslim woman - with no husband - she was on the bottom rung of Afghan life and considered a pariah of society.  She had little chance of finding work due to her gender and even less chance of finding a new husband due to her age. So a painful, skin blistering-flesh charring death by fire seemed the only solution to her desolate situation.

Recently President Barack Obama declared that the USA is losing the War in Afghanistan and discussed talking with the "moderate" Taliban in Afghanistan. What might these "moderates" want as concessions?

"One expert comments that "a few months ago, Taliban leaders, believed to be moderate, indicated the three points that for them are nonnegotiable: that all the soldiers from other countries leave; that there be no foreign interference in Afghan politics; and that sharia (Islamic law) be applied." LINK

Thus Obama's publicized thoughts of "reaching out"  to the Taliban are cause for consternation and fear particularly among the Afghan women - many who hope the United States presence in Afghanistan will increase the success of democracy and offer continuing hope and positive change to their grim existence under the Taliban/Sharia Law rule.

"Fear is widespread that a new Taliban regime would mean "going backward." Analysts observe that the only results of this long war and its immense cost in human lives and money may be the better conditions for women, and democracy. Democracy is still weak, to such an extent that Karzai has delayed until August the elections scheduled for April, because of the difficult situation."

""The evolution of this country is in the hands of women. Under the Taliban, women could not even go to school, they were forced to stay home and endure forced marriages." LINK

AND

"The Taliban government that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 forced women to stay at home and banned them from appearing in public without a body-covering burqa. Much has improved since then: Millions of girls now attend school, and many women own businesses. Of 351 parliamentarians, 89 are women. On Saturday, a female lawmaker, Shalah Attah, said she will run for president in this year's election, now set for August." LINK

Afghan women now only have to look across a nearby border to see strictly imposed Sharia Law in the Swat Valley -  located in nothwestern Pakistan. This area was recently sacrificed by the Pakistani government in order to appease the militant Taliban -- in a  "peace" agreement.  Apparently past experience was discounted:

"This cease-fire smacks of a similar deal the previous government of Pervez Musharraf arranged in Pakistan's tribal areas in 2006. That deal created a Taliban sanctuary and led to sharp increases in terrorist attacks, both in Afghanistan and the Pakistan heartland. Sufi Mohammed has signed three previous pacts with various Pakistani governments extending the writ of Islamic law. None mollified the extremists; each invited the next round of violent demands." LINK

Thus it should come as no surprise that the "peace" was swiftly broken:

"Yet no sooner was the deal signed than a Pakistani journalist was murdered while covering a "peace march" organized by Sufi Mohammed -- the 20th journalist killed around Swat in two years." LINK

There is currently little evidence that the Taliban, in Afghanistan, would be any different.

President Obama needs to think long and hard about any appeasement of the Taliban and any level of condoning Sharia Law - to do so would be giant leap backwards for the nation and particularly it's brave women ----- ensuring that the piercing screams from burning muslim Afghan women - like Jan Bibi - will be deafening.

OBAMA DECLARES US MILITARY IS LOSING WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

I'm sure that our brave military men and women, fighting in Afghanistan, will be heartened to learn their Commander in Chief - President Barack HUSSEIN Obama is declaring,  that the US military is losing the war in Afghanistan.

It was bad enough when the incredibly insipid Senate Majority Leader, Democrat Harry Reid,  stated that the "The War in Iraq is lost" and the surge was a failure - when in the exact opposite has happened.

Now we have the man who is the Commander in Chief of our military - who "outranks any military officer and so has the inherent right to assume command on the battlefield"- as making this "moral boosting" quote:

"Asked if the United States was winning in Afghanistan, a war he effectively adopted as his own last month by ordering an additional 17,000 troops sent there, Mr. Obama replied flatly, “No.”

Well then wouldn't you think if that is truly the case then Obama would be working day and night to ensure our troops, risking and losing their lives in harm's way, have the men/women and equipment they need to succeed in their mission in Afghanistan?

President B.O. also is considering appeasing "elements" of the Taliban.

I've got to go and mop up the blood that's shooting out of my eyes.

For article go to:

Obama Ponders Outreach to Elements of the Taliban