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July 24, 2008 Obama's Berlin SubtextObama gave his long awaited speech in Berlin today. It was much ado about nothing. With classic Obama arrogance, he appropriated Ronald Reagan's rhetoric seeming to think that he was being original. The walls that must come down, according to Obama, are racial and religious walls. The theological differences between Judaism (it must always come first), Christianity, and Islam, must become nothing. Thus says Obama. Had Obama made that speech in Gaza, Jordan, or Saudi Arabia, then his speech would have been courageous and there would have been some merit to it. For, the Islamic countries of the mid-East are hotbeds of racial and religious intolerance, hellholes in which torture is par for the course, in which Jews are as cattle for slaughter and blacks are "abd." To the Islamic hellholes in the mid-East, Obama uttered mere platitudes. No condemnation, no exhortation to permit freedom of worship, no demand for civil rights for blacks. He issued no call for Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iran to stop funding terrorism and religious intolerance around the world, no words of support for the oppressed women—burqa-clad and subject to honor killings, no requirement for Muslim men to exercise self- control and stop blaming women for being raped. Instead, Obama went on the international stage and accused the United States of torture, of racial discrimination against non-European type immigrants, of religious discrimination. There was no acknowledgment that the U.S. has a right to self-defense and to extract information from terrorists to protect its citizens. There was no concern that U.S. law should be upheld and not infringed by illegals—whatever their color—who boldly violate our immigration policy. There was a slight indication that the U.S. was no longer in its slavery and Jim (Democrat) Crow era, but not much. Obama tossed the entire United States under the bus and played the race card before an America-hating international audience. Thus, we Americans have discovered, irrefutably, that Obama has a Eurocentric view of the U.S. and its people, and he will not defend her staunchly against condemnation by outsiders. In fact, he will join them in hurling the first stone. Beyond the shadow of a doubt, Barack Obama demonstrated on the global stage that he is not fit to become the president of these United States. Helen Cadogan is the proprietor of iEdit.
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It doesn't matter that Obama's speech was "...much ado about nothing." It will avail us not to complain as he is being sworn in as the 44th POTUS that we had better arguments. Elections are POPULARITY contests. It is time we quit taking comfort in Obama's vapidness and start fighting to win the election.
Posted by: Dale | July 24, 2008 03:40 PM
oh youre so cute! where do they still make people like you? last run factories in ohio?
Posted by: Anonymous | July 24, 2008 03:46 PM
To the mainstream liberals who listened, the Victory Tower Speech was a massive success that rivaled the oratory of JFK, MLK, and RWR.
To those conservatives and independents who pay attention to the news, the speech was an utter disaster that revealed Obama's true colors, not to mention an act of cowardice. Fly to Berlin to discuss Muslim countries and naysay the United States? I think not.
Posted by: S.L. | July 24, 2008 03:49 PM
'global stage?' This rock star should truely be on the stage. And I think there's one leaving any time now.
Posted by: Ron Kean | July 24, 2008 03:53 PM
There were a lot of rumors floating around about the whole affair: http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/24/fighting_the_berlin_speech_rum_1_7909.php
Luckily Obama was unable to melt anyone's face with the sheer power of his blindingly white teeth.
Posted by: Alyssa | July 24, 2008 04:22 PM
As I suspected. The Obamanator was caught up in the moment and forgot he isn't running for office in the EU. What an unbelievable show of arrogance. Please, please, America, wake up! Do not elect this man. I truly, still, cannot believe we are at this point in an election and an individual like this is so close to the White House. God help us!
Posted by: PCWichita | July 24, 2008 04:35 PM
To be honest the "show" today in Berlin was to professional in order to be real. Obama is acting to much like the perfect "Global President" without being even elected in the U.S. . As a citizen of Europa I would like to understand better what he is really aiming at. What are his personal believes and ethics.
Hopefully you guys will choose the right fate for your nation and for the rest of the world :-)
Never give up your right to decide on your own!
Greetings from Munich - Germany
Posted by: Daniel S. (Greencard) | July 24, 2008 05:02 PM
I heard the speech, it was nauseating. In fact, I heard Reagan's speech live as well. Reagan was a master orator and statesman of substance and integrity.
Obama is about as inspirational as foot fungus, has zip integrity and his comments about the US made me want to puke.
Posted by: DaveT | July 24, 2008 05:04 PM
what a stupid article. no surprise after googleing the authors name. you are part of the reason why humanity will not survive.
Posted by: Crocomut | July 24, 2008 05:22 PM
Did anyone notice if BO had grown a little square mustache for the speech?
Posted by: Va. | July 24, 2008 05:45 PM
The Berlin Airlift occurred despite Stalin's Migs threatening the transports...trying to stop the humanitarian relief flights. Berlin was the war prize missing from the Iron Curtain's trophy case, and former ally Stalin intended to ruthlessly mercilessly starve the war ruined beseiged city into submission. The West stared him down and he backed way off. This helped cement the post war bond between the Allies and Germany.
Don't forget Capt. Wigglewings and the Candy Bomber! Thousands of donated candy bars on thousands of donated handkerchief parachutes were rained down upon the hungry German kids who hung at the Templehof runway fence to wave at the planes.
The same guys are kicking donated soccer balls with Iraqi kids in pick up games. Our compassionate military always trumps the State Dept., when it comes to 'hands on' diplomacy!
Poor simple Liberals are always revising history to match their cartoon script of American reality.
Posted by: Ranger Joe | July 24, 2008 06:47 PM
Dear Ms.Cadogan, thank you for your astute critical analysis of Obama's grandstanding and trashing of America in Berlin. You starkly illuminate Obama's cowardliness, his appeasement of terrorist sponsoring nations, and his frightening lack of identity as an American. I can only think of how it would break the heart of John Adams if he knew how close this strange and dangerous man is to capturing the honor of the White House.
Posted by: WY Bitter Clinger Jeanette | July 24, 2008 07:43 PM
Why are we letting this walking, talking charade from Chicago to keep bamboozle peoples everywhere that he went to? God truly helps us if Obama wins the election.
Posted by: RobRoy | July 24, 2008 10:30 PM
Why are we letting this walking, talking charade from Chicago to keep bamboozle peoples everywhere that he went to? God truly helps us if Obama wins the election.
Posted by: RobRoy | July 24, 2008 10:31 PM
Great post, Ms Cadogan. I'd add only one thing, since you've covered everything else already:
There was no mention of America's sovereign borders or of America's right to defend these borders with whatever equipment necessary - e.g border fences - and by whatever agency necessary - be it the TSA (at airports), the Border Patrol (at land borders), the Coast Guard (at maritime borders) or the military.
Posted by: Zbigniew Mazurak | July 25, 2008 04:22 AM
Congratulations, Helen. You're the first person I've seen call Odumbo out on the carpet for apologizing to the world for our problems. As I watched the speech I was astonished that he would embarass us like that. While we struggle to get it right, he slams us. This country has done more for human rights in Europe then any other country and he goes in an apologizes. Just who does he think he is? Maybe he'll have the Dixie Chicks play in Denver as the opening act.
Posted by: Rob Zerona | July 25, 2008 11:30 AM
""""This country has done more for human rights in Europe then any other country and he goes in an apologizes."""""
Seriously, an American apologizing TO THE GERMANS?
Posted by: Roderick Reilly | July 25, 2008 02:09 PM
quote "Seriously, an American apologizing TO THE GERMANS?"
How incredibly poor is that sentence.
I am a 30 year old german. I stayed for one year in the States, a dozen years ago. we visited the States again in the year 2000. We went to New York and on the Twin Towers. I remember very well how it was. And I remember 9/11 quite as well. Where I was and what I did. At that time our chancelor Gerhard Schröder said "Today we are all Americans". That was also the way I felt. This mean attack on the free world was one of the worst things that could happen to this planet.
But guess what: Since the germans made war to the world some 60 years went by. Today we are also part of the free democratic world. And we fight for it just as you do, only whith one difference. Our people knows what total war and destroyed homes and fields means.
My grandparents had nothing after the war. That what was left, the russians took with them.
They rose their children under these circumstances and their children where my parents and they made me know what peace actually means.
What I think is, that peace CANNOT be brought by weapons, but by talking.
Your current president has no idea of talking. I believe, that if he had not become president, this world would be a safer place. And now there is one man, called Obama hwo stands for a change.
That is the spirit most of the Europeans believe in! A change of the American government. We love you guys, but we dislike your government.
So change is what we hope and pray for. I for my part do.
Posted by: c. schmidt | July 25, 2008 05:12 PM
C Schmidt -
To summarize your story then: your grandparents were part of a group that engaged in genocidal warfare for ideological purposes. The United States beat their country into a pulp and destroyed its arrogance. Today you are a happy young German.
Today, the "free world" faces a group that is engaged in genocidal warfare for ideological purposes. The United States is attempting to beat the same people ...
Well you get my point. Why would you deny their grandchildren your happiness?
Posted by: p brandon | July 26, 2008 10:49 AM
Looking at our summary, it seems to me, that you're kind of painting everything black and white.
Ideologically my grandparents where not part of the SS. The SS itself is responsible for the genocidal part. (Maybe you could read Günther Grass, to find out more about that)
Anyway you are right, that they somehow particiapted in an agressive war that aimed for the destroyement of other nations.
I apologize for that and hope that this will never happen again!
I think, that after the war the germans took the responsiblity for that and still do, which I think is absolutely necessary and correct.
Nevertheless I live in a part of Germany that was NOT freed by the Americans, but by the Russians. The Americans alone cannot "free" this planet. And it seems to me, that this is the point G. W. Bush and even you do not understand.
QUOTE:
"Today, the "free world" faces a group that is engaged in genocidal warfare for ideological purposes. The United States is attempting to beat the same people ..." END QUOTE
What do you mean? Guantanamo? Or Abu-Ghuraib?
No seriously, I think that the right way to live on this planet cannot be dictated by one nation. You have enough black spots yourself in history, talking about native americans or slavery. (Has anyone apologized for that yet?)
What we need is international dialog. After the war on iraq, which actually was started because of the massive nuclear and biological weapons in iraq (yeah, right...), it should be clear to you, that war is not made for peace and democracy but for national and economical interests.
I do agree with you, that not all people on this planet have the same rights. In the US the individual rights of the people are very good, although in the last years some of these rights where taken away. But these rights have grown with your nation. The US is an immigrant nation, where almost all of the people at some time in history came into. That means, that someone in another country must have made the decision to leave his/hers home and that decision is kind of brave and individually strong.
What I'm trying to say is, that the awareness for your own rights in the US is much different, than for the one example in China, where the individual is worth nothing, while the people as a whole counts everything.
Last night I've seen on TV, that now, 3 weeks before the olympic games, they even practise cheering(!) for their teams. (e.g. Now all together: "China, go, go, go....")
Can you imagine, what would happen to this planet, if 1.3 billion(!) chinese all the sudden become aware of their human rights? The nation, that consists of several states, would probably run into a severe civil war and maybe take the hole region or the world with it. And we are talking about a nuclear weapon equipped nation here.
Maybe you see my point now. I know I am free and I don't want to miss that, and I believe that everybody on this planet should have the same rights. But just going there and bombing the dictators out is not the right way. We've seen that in Iraq. What we need is negotiaton on the platform of the UN. And I just hope, that the next president of the US does that more than the one in charge now.
Posted by: c schmidt | July 27, 2008 03:56 AM