Good morning.
The President is waking up in Los Angeles this morning. He's heading to Seattle to do an event with small business owners in the morning and a fundraiser for Senator Patty Murray in the afternoon. Then, he's heading to Columbus, Ohio. Sounds like a campaign day.
I have to admit, I'm embarrassed. That building the mosque in Lower Manhattan has become the dominant issue in this country is just disturbing. It sounds like the kind of fight people might have had in the Middle Ages, not in the 21st century in a country that purports to espouse religious freedom and tolerance. I remember watching former National Security Adviser Richard Clarke explain how the U.S. played into the hands of the terrorists by invading Iraq:
"Osama bin Laden had been saying for years, 'America wants to invade an Arab country and occupy it, an oil-rich Arab country. He had been saying this. This is part of his propaganda," adds Clarke.Many of our so-called "leaders" are stepping right into Bin Laden's propaganda again. They've turned this into an attack on Islam. Well played, Sarah and Newt, among others. Those two would have fit right in during the Crusades. And, thanks for the lack of leadership (again), President Obama.
"So what did we do after 9/11? We invade an oil-rich and occupy an oil-rich Arab country which was doing nothing to threaten us. In other words, we stepped right into bin Laden's propaganda. And the result of that is that al Qaeda and organizations like it, offshoots of it, second-generation al Qaeda have been greatly strengthened."
And, of course, the Ninth Circuit issued a stay of Judge Walker's decision on marriage. The appeal is on the fast track (fast for the Ninth Circuit anyway.) Arguments will be held in early December -- and no extensions.
Let's get started....
