Obama Has Another Jimmy Carter Moment at UN

[deacon blues]

Our president, the leader of the free world, offers a weak speech at the UN. He is the reincarnation of Jimmy Carter. From a blog at www.heritage.org:

President Obama’s U.N. speech offered little confidence for those living in the direct firing line of an Iran, which may soon be armed with a nuclear weapon.
For the people of Israel—and millions living in the Gulf states that lie in the shadow of Tehran—Obama’s address to the U.N. must have looked positively Carter-eqsue in tone and spirit. This was a milquetoast statement on Iran by the U.S. President, who projected a dangerous leading-from-behind mentality at a time when the free world needs bold U.S. leadership.

The Iranian nuclear crisis took up just two paragraphs toward the end of Obama’s speech—clearly not a priority issue for the President. In essence, Obama delivered the same message he’s delivered now for four years: that “America wants to resolve this issue through diplomacy, and we believe that there is still time and space to do so. But that time is not unlimited.”

It’s also the same message that the European Union has been consistently delivering for more than a decade of futile negotiations with Iran. Efforts to appease the mullahs have been an unmitigated failure that has served only to embolden one of the most brutal and barbaric regimes of modern times.

Significantly, President Obama did not outline tougher measures to halt Iran’s nuclear program. It was a speech that could easily have been given by the leader of France, Germany, or any European country rather than the leader of the most powerful nation on earth. There was no mention of further U.N. sanctions, any strengthening of America’s military might in the region, or support for Iranian dissidents fighting for their freedom. No impression was given that the use of force may be an option on the table.

In addition, Obama did not mention Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, by name, and he failed to directly reference the Iranian leader’s recent statements calling for the “elimination” of Israel. Israel itself, America’s leading ally in the Middle East, was barely a footnote in the President’s speech.

Yet again, Obama drew moral equivalence between the Israelis and the Palestinians, a theme he has frequently expounded upon since taking office. He did not condemn Palestinian terrorism, simply declaring that “among Israelis and Palestinians, the future must not belong to those who turn their backs on the prospect of peace.”

The President’s speech today followed the White House’s astonishing refusal to meet with the Israeli prime minister this week, another reckless snub to a close friend and U.S. ally. As Iran marches toward becoming a nuclear-armed power in the Middle East, the U.S. should stand with the people of Israel, who are literally fighting for their survival in the face of an Islamist tyranny that openly talks of annihilating its near neighbor.

The Iranian regime’s nuclear and genocidal ambitions are a threat to the free world. However, President Obama’s weak-kneed approach serves only to encourage America’s enemies while undermining confidence in U.S. leadership on the world stage.

[bbyrd009]

Wow, DB, I was kind of poking fun at you earlier,
figured you would wake up and recognize; but I
see now that this is a serious issue with you.

I'm sorry that I made light of your lack of vision,
and pray that you might come to see that a Christian,
living in and proceeding from a spiritual kingdom,
has no need of or desire to hear "news" of your
temporal president.

Do you not see that Romney is your god?

[canam]

no but obama is the equivalent of satan ! carry on !

[bbyrd009]

I'm pretty sure that he is
just a human, trying to do human good.

Here, an(other) indicator that he,
and your precious saviour, Romney,
both work for the same...bunch, and
both toe the same line
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philp...y-eats-organic

please, wake up.

[TJJJ]

They are both part of the same wicked, warped, and crooked system.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by TJJJ

They are both part of the same wicked, warped, and crooked system.

[deacon blues]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

Wow, DB, I was kind of poking fun at you earlier,
figured you would wake up and recognize; but I
see now that this is a serious issue with you.

I'm sorry that I made light of your lack of vision,
and pray that you might come to see that a Christian,
living in and proceeding from a spiritual kingdom,
has no need of or desire to hear "news" of your
temporal president.

Do you not see that Romney is your god?

Byrd, you don't know me. I know in whom I have believed. I know to whom I belong. My hope is not in man but Jesus Christ, His blood and righteousness.

However, we are told in the scripture to pray, and seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways. He said he would hear from heaven, forgive our sin and heal our land. His Word says that a nation is blessed whose God is the Lord. His Word tells us to pray for those in authority that we live a quiet and peaceable life.

Should Chinese Christians hope for a change in government? Should Iranian Christians hope for a change in government? Should Christians in Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Cuba and elsewhere where freedom is limited and religious freedom is nonexistent hope for, pray for, work toward and if given the chance vote for a change in government?

Politics is politics. Human government can never save the world. But it sure does affect every day life. And I see a very dangerous and threatening president sitting in the Oval Office. I have never disagreed more with any president in my lifetime. In four years he has expedited an alarming direction for this country that may be too late to recapture. Romney isn't my favorite choice from the GOP, in fact I had issues with every single candidate running for the nomination. Yet, by comparison, I have a measure of hope with Romney that life in America can be better, more prosperous, more free, more secure and more blessed than under four more years of Obama.

Regardless of the outcome, I am a child of God, and my peace and security is in Jesus.

That doesnt mean I am going to sit quietly and not speak up and voice my opinion and do my best to influence a historical election that will have far reaching implications for my family and my children and their children.

Christians in Germany were silent by and large as the Nazis rose to power. Too bad not more of them spoke up or resisted or fought through the power of their vote to keep Hitler from rising through the ranks.

Oh yes, I know that was all a part of God's plan right? I beg to differ. Gods plan was not to have 60 million people die as a result of WWII. The Holocaust was not God's plan. You can't blame those things on God. Gods will shall be accomplished regardless of what man does. Hitler was defeated because he cursed the Jews and was full of evil. But his prominence was the result of sinful humanity.

So I will do all I can to resist a very dangerous president and vision for America. You should care because it will affect your life too as well as those you love. God will take care of His own regardless, but I'd rather He take care of me in a land that is free, blessed and secure rather than one where life is difficult, less free and a struggle to live.

[bbyrd009]

And so the holocaust was perpetrated despite
the plan of God, and had nothing to do with punishing Jews,
as Scripture states? If human government affects your life,
that is your problem. You either live in a democracy,
or a kingdom, and you deceive yourself if you think you can live in both.

Sorry I don't have time to better shred your post, DB;
it all sounds good, but it is mostly all yack.
Those same verses that you will quote at me
apply to Hitler, too--God put him there, because
he best represented the country. Should German
Christians of the time have been praying for him, too?

I see you have a good heart, but have bought
hook, line, and sinker; understand that I don't
post here to try and change your mind,
but those with less experience who may stumble
across this thread--and as long as you are doing
what you really think best, as I am, I say "amen."

[bbyrd009]

"Oh yes, I know that was all a part of God's plan right? I beg to differ. Gods plan was not to have 60 million people die as a result of WWII..."

Don't you know that a sparrow does not fall without God's permission?
please, wake up. You are not going to change whom God chooses
to be your next prez, at least not this way, ok? I could shred virtually
every line, but I am going to stop now. Peace to you.

[bbyrd009]

"God will take care of His own regardless, but I'd rather He take care of me in a land that is free, blessed and secure rather than one where life is difficult, less free and a struggle to live."


tell it to the people you buy
your Wal-Mart products from.
And you are deceived again,
if you think I or my family will
be affected by any political change.
This is a lie.