O what a web
By Camie
Davis
AmericanThinker.com
(Re-print from 7-2010)
Remember as a kid
drawing connect-the-dots pictures? Simply
follow the dots and a clear picture emerges.
As an adult, connecting the dots of Obama's actions
leads to an oxymoronic picture. A clear
picture of a murky web. Obama's actions
continually link him to people and causes that the
majority of Americans do not support. The recent
event of another aid ship sailing to Gaza is an
example of to whom and what the strands of Obama's
web link him, and unfortunately America.
Last
year, right around the time Libyan dictator Muammar
Gaddafi called Obama "our son," Obama earmarked
$400,000 for two Libyan charities. The money was
divided between two foundations run by Gaddafi's
children; Gaddafi International Charity and
Development Foundation, run by his son Saif, and Wa
Attassimou, run by his daughter Aicha. What noble
causes did our tax dollars potentially help support
thanks to Obama's generosity?
Funding of the ship Amalthea: The Amalthea
sailed to Israel with the intent of breaking the
Israeli blockade on Hamas. It carried aid for
a pseudo humanitarian crisis and supporters who were
said to be "keen on expressing solidarity with the
Palestinian people in the plight amidst the siege
imposed on Gaza." The ship was funded by Saif
Gaddafi's charity, Gaddafi International Charity and
Development Association. Obama's friend, Bill
Ayers, joined attempt #1 against Israel's blockade
on Hamas. Saif joined attempt #2. One
has to wonder which of Obama's friends will step up
to the plate at attempt #3.
The
release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi:
Saif Gaddafi was involved in negotiating the
convicted bomber's release, and accompanied him back
to Libya, where al-Megrahi was praised and welcomed.
For those who have forgotten the extent of the
carnage of the Lockerbie bombing, 270 people,
including 189 Americans, were killed.
Honoring Iraqi journalist, Muntazer al-Zaidi:
Al-Zaidi is the journalist who threw his shoe at
President George W. Bush. He was given a
bravery award by Aicha Gaddafi's charity, Wa
Attassimou. The charity stated that al-Zaidi's
actions "represented a victory for human rights
across the world."
As
long as we are connecting the dots between Obama and
Libya, now seems a good time to remember that the
state department issued an official apology
to Libya after spokesman P.J. Crowley made
disparaging comments about Gaddafi's call for jihad
against Switzerland.
Apparently Crowley spoke on instinct instead of
running his reaction by Libya's "son" first.
As an Obamian spinmeister, Crowley learned that one
doesn't speak ill of "family."
What a web Obama
continues to spin. One can only hope he falls
into it soon, before all of American is smothered by
it.
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