{"id":1227,"date":"2012-03-04T09:43:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T16:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2012-03-04T09:43:11","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T16:43:11","slug":"i-apologize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=1227","title":{"rendered":"I APOLOGIZE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obama has spent a lot of time recently apologizing for the U.S. military burning some copies of the Quran.\u00a0 Following is the link to an article about this in Politico:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0212\/73201.html<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI wish to express my deep regret for the reported incident.\u00a0 I extend to you and the Afghan people my sincere apologies.:\u00a0 The error ws inadvertent, I assure you that we will take the appropriate steps to avoid any recurrence, to include holding accountable those responsible.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

If Obama had done any investigation he would have quickly learned that \u201cthe Qurans had been confiscated from Afghan prisioners at Bagram and were thought to have contained coded messages.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/english.sina.com\/world\/2012\/0223\/442818.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Obama could have pointed out that it was the Afghan prisoners themselves who defiled the Quran by apparently using it as a code book.\u00a0 But, like far too many of our politicians, apologizing for the slightest hint of criticism of Islam is par for the course.<\/p>\n

I understand why Obama did this.\u00a0 The Arab world has a nasty habit of rioting and killing people whenever they feel Islam or the Quran has been disrespected.\u00a0 Obama was just trying to prevent even worse violence.\u00a0 This is the same justification for all those well-intentioned people who carefully tiptoe around any criticism of Islam.\u00a0 I wonder if they realize that these apologies never actually work.<\/p>\n

This reminds me of the time we were having problems with our dog, Molly, barking too loudly at visitors.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 He smiled at me and said, \u201cSo\u2026you reward her for bad behavior?\u201d\u00a0 Ouch!\u00a0 Sometimes the truth hurts.\u00a0 (She no longer gets a treat for barking.)<\/p>\n

This is exactly what the entire world is doing with regard to Islam.\u00a0 The more violent and inappropriately Muslims respond to the slightest hint of criticism, the more fearful people are of pointing out the obvious problems.\u00a0 The entire world has been intimidated into silence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Christians, on the other hand, have a tradition of not responding violently.\u00a0 As a result, Christians are considered to be fair game. \u00a0\u00a0Go ahead, Mr. Maher, produce a program ridiculing Islam.\u00a0 See what response that generates!<\/p>\n

In May, 2009, a Christian church sent Bibles printed in the two most common Afghan languages to Afghanistan.\u00a0 The military confiscated the Bibles and then publically burned them.\u00a0 The explanation given by the Obama administration for the desecration of the Bibles was:\u00a0 \u201ctroops at posts in war zones are required to burn their trash.<\/span>\u201d<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0The Christian community should have been outraged, but that is not our style.\u00a0 Following is the link to a CNN story on this event:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/05\/20\/us.military.bibles.burned\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Obama not only didn\u2019t feel any need to apologize to Christians for burning Bibles, he apologized to the Afghan people on behalf of the Christians.\u00a0 How dare Christians promote their faith to someone else?\u00a0 Who do we think we are?\u00a0 Why can\u2019t we be more understanding of other cultures, like the Muslims respect Christianity?<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if Obama did these things because he is a secret Muslim, a Muslim supporter, or merely because he is a na\u00efve coward.\u00a0 Regardless of the reason, the result is identical.\u00a0 We are rewarding bad behavior with more genuflecting and apologies.<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t it about time Christians started standing up and protesting those who defile Christianity?\u00a0 How can a President of the United States apologize for burning a Quran, after burning Bibles?\u00a0 How many insults do we need to endure before enough is enough?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here is my simple request:\u00a0 Mr. President, we understand why you apologized for our troops burning the Quran.\u00a0 We agree that all religions should be respected.\u00a0 How about a little respect for the religion you call your own.\u00a0 How about an apology for burning those Bibles in 2009?\u00a0 How about apologizing for demanding the Catholic Church fund contraceptives in violation of their religious principles?\u00a0 You\u2019re obviously very good at apologizing, Mr. President, give it a shot!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

TDM<\/p>\n

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