Obama has spent a lot of time recently apologizing for the U.S. military burning some copies of the Quran. Following is the link to an article about this in Politico:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73201.html
“I wish to express my deep regret for the reported incident. I extend to you and the Afghan people my sincere apologies.: The error ws inadvertent, I assure you that we will take the appropriate steps to avoid any recurrence, to include holding accountable those responsible.”
If Obama had done any investigation he would have quickly learned that “the Qurans had been confiscated from Afghan prisioners at Bagram and were thought to have contained coded messages.”
http://english.sina.com/world/2012/0223/442818.html
Obama could have pointed out that it was the Afghan prisoners themselves who defiled the Quran by apparently using it as a code book. But, like far too many of our politicians, apologizing for the slightest hint of criticism of Islam is par for the course.
I understand why Obama did this. The Arab world has a nasty habit of rioting and killing people whenever they feel Islam or the Quran has been disrespected. Obama was just trying to prevent even worse violence. This is the same justification for all those well-intentioned people who carefully tiptoe around any criticism of Islam. I wonder if they realize that these apologies never actually work.
This reminds me of the time we were having problems with our dog, Molly, barking too loudly at visitors. I was talking to a dog trainer and mentioned that the best solution we found was to give Molly a dog treat to shut her up. He smiled at me and said, “So…you reward her for bad behavior?” Ouch! Sometimes the truth hurts. (She no longer gets a treat for barking.)
This is exactly what the entire world is doing with regard to Islam. The more violent and inappropriately Muslims respond to the slightest hint of criticism, the more fearful people are of pointing out the obvious problems. The entire world has been intimidated into silence.
Christians, on the other hand, have a tradition of not responding violently. As a result, Christians are considered to be fair game. Go ahead, Mr. Maher, produce a program ridiculing Islam. See what response that generates!
In May, 2009, a Christian church sent Bibles printed in the two most common Afghan languages to Afghanistan. The military confiscated the Bibles and then publically burned them. The explanation given by the Obama administration for the desecration of the Bibles was: “troops at posts in war zones are required to burn their trash.” The Christian community should have been outraged, but that is not our style. Following is the link to a CNN story on this event:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/us.military.bibles.burned/
Obama not only didn’t feel any need to apologize to Christians for burning Bibles, he apologized to the Afghan people on behalf of the Christians. How dare Christians promote their faith to someone else? Who do we think we are? Why can’t we be more understanding of other cultures, like the Muslims respect Christianity?
I don’t know if Obama did these things because he is a secret Muslim, a Muslim supporter, or merely because he is a naïve coward. Regardless of the reason, the result is identical. We are rewarding bad behavior with more genuflecting and apologies.
Isn’t it about time Christians started standing up and protesting those who defile Christianity? How can a President of the United States apologize for burning a Quran, after burning Bibles? How many insults do we need to endure before enough is enough?
Here is my simple request: Mr. President, we understand why you apologized for our troops burning the Quran. We agree that all religions should be respected. How about a little respect for the religion you call your own. How about an apology for burning those Bibles in 2009? How about apologizing for demanding the Catholic Church fund contraceptives in violation of their religious principles? You’re obviously very good at apologizing, Mr. President, give it a shot!
TDM