[O'Reilly Factor] President Obama's Last Stand
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"In just 40 days Barack Obama becomes a lame-duck president, and
Wednesday night he participated in a town hall among friendly folks.
The president dealt with many issues, but two of them caught my
attention. First, why he doesn't say the words 'Islamic terrorism?' The president said, 'When you start calling these organizations Islamic
terrorists, the way it's heard, the way it's received by our friends
and allies around the world is that somehow Islam is terroristic.' With
all due respect, that is a naive view of the world. Everybody knows
most Muslims are not violent people. However, many Muslim nations
contribute heavily to terrorism. The jihad is not an aberration, it is
a well-financed, well organized movement that has gained support among
a significant number of Muslims worldwide. By being soft on the jihad
and by failing to confront the worldwide evil, President Obama has
allowed ISIS and other groups to gain strength. No rational Muslim is
going to take offense at the words 'Islamic terrorism.' The enemy needs
to be defined, Mr. President, and if some people get their feelings
hurt, that's too bad. The second thing that caught my attention was
disrespect toward the USA. Some Americans believe this is not a noble
country and that blacks, for example, are treated harshly by the system
simply because of their skin color. The football player Colin
Kaepernick believes that and so he is disrespecting the National
Anthem. Mr. Obama said this: 'I want Mr. Kaepernick and others ... to
listen to the pain that that may cause somebody who, for example, had a
spouse or a child who was killed in combat, and why it hurts them to
see somebody not standing. But I also want people to think about the
pain that he may be expressing about somebody who's lost a loved one
that they think was unfairly shot.' That is a false equivalence. The
overriding nobility of America far outweighs individual bias and
terrible mistakes on the part of a few police officers. Colin
Kaepernick and others who despise their country have a right to vent,
but they insult us by taking things out of context and diminishing the
proud history of this country. President Obama should not equate
personal disenchantment with mistakes, even fatal ones, when it comes
to respecting the legacy of this country. Mr. Obama did redeem himself
somewhat by saying, 'Honoring our flag and our anthem is part of what
binds us together as a nation.' Mr. Obama understands that diminishing
America is a bad choice, but he always equivocates and does not make
his points with certainty. There are not two sides to this story.
America is a noble nation, period. Those who dissent have to be
tolerated, but we don't have to applaud that dissent if it is misguided
and uninformed. As for the jihad, it should have been defeated a long
time ago. A strong leader would have done that. Or am I wrong?"
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