The Quiet Conservative September 11, 2010
The Remarks of President Chamberlin Quisling on the Anniversary of 9/11.
If you didn't know, the term Quisling comes from a term that arose during World War Two. It
describes traitors and collaborators and is the modern European version of the derogatory "Benedict
Arnold." It originated with the Norwegian Vidkun Quisling, a fascist who assisted Germany after their
invasion of his country. He ran the Norwegian puppet government in conquered Norway. The term is
now a general slur against anyone that collaborates or is a traitor to his country.
President Obama is a waffler. He isn't pure Quisling, he is also England's Neville Chamberlin. Best
known for foreign policy appeasement, Chamberlin's Munich Pact with Hitler has cemented his place
in history as one who will give to evil men what evil men ask, under the hope that evil men will stop
asking for more. From the lens of history it can be charitable to say that Neville Chamberlin lied to
himself as to the nature of the threat until it was undeniable. But, then he acted as best he could, a
man ill suited for the task set to his office. In this he rises above President Obama. Our president has
not recognized what is before him as a war time President.
An opponent of the Iraq war and of the surge, dishonest people are now trying to credit him for being
the man who "won" that war. Instead, he has simply carried out the policies of his predecessor he so
vehemently opposed, as it is the politically necessary thing to do. He did not recognize, and probably
still doesn't, the instability Iraq caused in the Middle East nor the strategic location it holds. The victory
was too far along though, for him to do anything but stand on the podium and receive the credit for
another president's work.
Presented with the Afghanistan conflict he proposed as an alternative to Iraq, he is unable to define or
handle this conflict with any better insight than Iraq. The only progress being made is to stay with
President Bush's plan as any deviation results in chaos. From his administration floating ideas such as
power sharing with the Taliban, to withdrawal regardless of success, he and his political cronies project
the idea of American weakness in foreign policy.
Then, the Anniversary of 9/11 came again, and the smartest man in America was required to give a
speech as onerous as his Memorial Day one (The Contrast of Two Presidents in War Time
06/01/2010). In this speech on 09/11/2010, given at the Pentagon for the second year in a row...wait,
that needs to be addressed. The President did not go to Ground Zero because of the controversy there
over the Ground Zero mosque. He should have. A man with character would have gone. A man with
firmly fixed principles would have gone. A man with moral courage would have gone. A national
leader would have gone. Because there was a controversy there. A leader would have addressed the
controversy head on. That is the difference between a leader and a hack politician.
Back to the obligatory speech given in a venue that could be controlled and spun completely. President
Obama gave a speech as he does all speeches, vague, faintly or outwardly equivocal, and noted for the
lack of substance which would require him to adopt and defend any position openly, while potentially
limiting whatever agenda he had privately. This speech is as vapid as any that have outgassed from the
leader of our nation. It starts with the vague and new age spiritual platitudes of remembrance on
hallowed ground and grief and healing. But certain off notes begin to sound. The entire transcript is
below, but note the phrases that stand out:
"hallowed ground"
"and we will not let the acts of some small band of murderers who slaughter the innocent and cower
in caves distort who we are."
" They may seek to spark conflict between different faiths, but as Americans we are not - and
never will be - at war with Islam. It was not a religion that attacked us that September day - it was
al Qaeda, a sorry band of men which perverts religion. And just as we condemn intolerance and
extremism abroad, so will we stay true to our traditions here at home as a diverse and tolerant
nation. We champion the rights of every American, including the right to worship as one chooses -
as service members and civilians from many faiths do just steps from here, at the very spot where
the terrorists struck this building."
Ground Zero soon will be hallowed ground, for Islam. Enlightened thinking, tolerant liberals, soaking in
the righteousness of inclusiveness, will ensure this by fiat. They are totally blind to the threat as Neville
Chamberlin was to the rise of a remilitarized Germany. With smug expressions they are willing to
surrender Western Civilization to the submission of Islam. This attack of nine years ago was not the
act of "some small band of murderers" perverting the faith! If you want to call them anything, they
were the ultra orthodox practitioners of their faith.
In the nine years since 9/11, what reformation has occurred throughout the "Muslim World"? What
steps have they taken to throw off the core tenants of their faith that all religions except Islam must be
suppressed? What statements by CAIR, or others, have shown that Islam is willing to coexist with
other faiths? Let's find out. Ask any Muslim, moderate, strict, liberal, what parts of the Koran they
discard? Ask which visions of the prophet Mohammed no longer apply and should be deleted from the
Koran? Ask the Imams to sign petitions to have churches and synagogues built in "Muslim" countries
as a sign of interfaith cooperation. See how far you get.
I was especially fond of: "...get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along
with every form of malice." You see, Muslims attacking America and the rest of Western Civilization
aren't the problem to the President, you are! The dead of 9/11, nearly 3,000 Americans are no reason
to hold any animosity. Especially if we don't want to identify the enemy or fight that enemy in the first
place. If everyone would just let it go and move on! Then you wouldn't be the bigoted, intolerant,
racist, homophobic, Right Wing hicks clinging to your guns and Bibles we all know you are. Other
than a historical fact that begs social programs, Prozac, and the replacement of capitalism with
socialism, the whole 9/11 day is really just a hassle that the elite have to pay attention to, just to
appease the masses.
President Chamberlin Quisling avoided, again, Ground Zero for this new Munich Agreement speech.
He doesn't have the courage to be at the place where 2,700 people were slaughtered for not being
Muslim. His administration doesn't have the courage to deal with a war where one side is known and
has an agenda, and that agenda is the destruction of everyone and everything that doesn't think and
worship as they do.
While the President chose Ephesians 4:31 from the Bible for his speech, (and took it out of context to
boot), I will end with Surah 9:29 from the Qur'an:
"Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been
forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of
the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves
subdued."
That's still in my current copy of the Qur'an. No one in all of Islam is talking about deleting it out of
the texts. So if you were wondering where the 1.5 billion members of the Islamic world are on the war
on terror, and why they haven't risen up and denounced the actions of Al Qaeda and "some small
band of murderers", it's because they can hardly denounce what they themselves believe and consider
holy.
The transcript of President Obama's remarks from the Pentagon as copied from the web:
Secretary Gates. Admiral Mullen and members of the Armed Forces. My fellow Americans. Most of
all, to you - survivors who still carry the scars of tragedy and destruction; to the families who carry in
your hearts the memory of the loved ones you lost here. For our nation, this is a day of remembrance,
a day of reflection, and - with God’s grace - a day of unity and renewal.
We gather to remember, at this sacred hour, on hallowed ground - at places where we feel such grief
and where our healing goes on. We gather here, at the Pentagon, where the names of the lost are
forever etched in stone. We gather in a gentle Pennsylvania field, where a plane went down and a
“tower of voices” will rise and echo through the ages. And we gather where the Twin Towers fell, a
site where the work goes on so that next year, on the 10th anniversary, the waters will flow in steady
tribute to the nearly 3,000 innocent lives.
On this day, it’s perhaps natural to focus on the images of that awful morning - images that are seared
into our souls. It’s tempting to dwell on the final moments of the loved ones whose lives were taken so
cruelly. Yet these memorials, and your presence today, remind us to remember the fullness of their
time on Earth.
They were fathers and mothers, raising their families; brothers and sisters, pursuing their dreams; sons
and daughters, their whole lives before them. They were civilians and service members. Some never
saw the danger coming; others saw the peril and rushed to save others - up those stairwells, into the
flames, into the cockpit.
They were white and black and brown - men and women and some children made up of all races,
many faiths. They were Americans and people from far corners of the world. And they were snatched
from us senselessly and much too soon - but they lived well, and they live on in you.
Nine years have now passed. In that time, you have shed more tears than we will ever know. And
though it must seem some days as though the world has moved on to other things, I say to you today
that your loved ones endure in the heart of our nation, now and forever.
Our remembrance today also requires a certain reflection. As a nation, and as individuals, we must ask
ourselves how best to honor them - those who died, those who sacrificed. How do we preserve their
legacy - not just on this day, but every day?
We need not look far for our answer. The perpetrators of this evil act didn’t simply attack America;
they attacked the very idea of America itself - all that we stand for and represent in the world. And so
the highest honor we can pay those we lost, indeed our greatest weapon in this ongoing war, is to do
what our adversaries fear the most - to stay true to who we are, as Americans; to renew our sense of
common purpose; to say that we define the character of our country, and we will not let the acts of
some small band of murderers who slaughter the innocent and cower in caves distort who we are.
They doubted our will, but as Americans we persevere. Today, in Afghanistan and beyond, we have
gone on the offensive and struck major blows against al Qaeda and its allies. We will do what is
necessary to protect our country, and we honor all those who serve to keep us safe.
They may seek to strike fear in us, but they are no match for our resilience. We do not succumb to
fear, nor will we squander the optimism that has always defined us as a people. On a day when others
sought to destroy, we have chosen to build, with a National Day of Service and Remembrance that
summons the inherent goodness of the American people.
They may seek to exploit our freedoms, but we will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker
down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust. They may wish to drive us apart, but we will not give in
to their hatred and prejudice. For Scripture teaches us to “get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger,
brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.”
They may seek to spark conflict between different faiths, but as Americans we are not - and never will
be - at war with Islam. It was not a religion that attacked us that September day - it was al Qaeda, a
sorry band of men which perverts religion. And just as we condemn intolerance and extremism abroad,
so will we stay true to our traditions here at home as a diverse and tolerant nation. We champion the
rights of every American, including the right to worship as one chooses - as service members and
civilians from many faiths do just steps from here, at the very spot where the terrorists struck this
building.
Those who attacked us sought to demoralize us, divide us, to deprive us of the very unity, the very
ideals, that make America America - those qualities that have made us a beacon of freedom and hope
to billions around the world. Today we declare once more we will never hand them that victory. As
Americans, we will keep alive the virtues and values that make us who we are and who we must
always be.
For our cause is just. Our spirit is strong. Our resolve is unwavering. Like generations before us, let us
come together today and all days to affirm certain inalienable rights, to affirm life and liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. On this day and the days to come, we choose to stay true to our best selves - as
one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
This is how we choose to honor the fallen - your families, your friends, your fellow service members.
This is how we will keep alive the legacy of these proud and patriotic Americans. This is how we will
prevail in this great test of our time. This is how we will preserve and protect the country that we love
and pass it - safer and stronger - to future generations.
May God bless you and your families, and may God continue to bless the United States of America.