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Putting Hillary’s apology statement at the top

(Politico) The anti-Islam video that sparked protests in Libya and Egypt is “disgusting and reprehensible,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday, but it’s no reason for violence.

“Let me state very clearly — and I hope it is obvious — that the United States government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. We absolutely reject its content and message. America’s commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation,” Clinton said at the State Department, as she held a pre-scheduled meeting with Moroccan leaders.

The apology tour continues. Quite frankly, I’m so angry about the continued apologies and denigration of Free Speech by the Obama administration that I can’t think of what to write about this.

So as I’m sitting on standby @foxnews, I heard Hillary express regret…that our govt can’t stop the exercise of free speech here at home.

— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) September 13, 2012

She did say that “violence in response to a speech is not acceptable”, true, but to slam people engaging in free speech is despicable. Here’s the video, via Mediaite

It would seem that the purpose of the film in question, she said, is simply to “denigrate a great religion and provoke rage.”

And Islamists are more than happy to oblige.

Original post under the fold, along with tons of links

The Obama Doctrine on display

(Press TV) Following protests in Cairo and Libya Tuesday, where a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were murdered, hundreds of Muslims gathered outside the U.S. consulate in Morocco’s largest city Casablanca to protest an anti-Muslim film that reportedly disrespects the prophet Mohammad, according to an AFP report.

As many as 400 protesters crowded along the consulate walls and chanted anti-U.S. statements, including “Death to Obama!” At the time of this report, there had been no reports of violence and the protests were being monitored by a heavy police presence.

Via Steven Goddard, who also writes about Progressive amendments to the 1st Amendment

2012 amendments

1. Doubting global warming is prohibited
2. Saying anything which might insult a Muslim is prohibited
3. Criticizing Obama is a racist hate crime
4. Religions other than Islam are prohibited in schools
5. Muslims don’t have to abide by any of the other laws of the United States

Sadly, that’s very true. And then there’s this

(Yahoo News) President Barack Obama says the U.S. would not consider Egypt an ally, “but we don’t consider them an enemy.”

Obama said in an interview with the Spanish-language network Telemundo that Egypt is a “new government that is trying to find its way.” And he warned that if the Egyptian government takes actions showing “they’re not taking responsibility,” then it would “be a real big problem.”

Via DrewM, who writes

What world does Obama live in that he thinks Egypt is some sort of never-never land between ally and enemy? Egypt is too big, too strategically located to be left to drift. I can’t think of another major country that would fit this definition. China perhaps but they’ve gone from being an enemy (the Korean War) to something less than a friend or hot enemy. But that’s progress in the right direction. Downgrading Egypt is a major foreign policy hit and one with potentially catastrophic consequences (war with Israel, the Suez Canal, intelligence sharing, etc).

Wasn’t Joe Biden brought on as VP in order to provide foreign policy advice? Maybe Joe was right about the presidency not lending itself to on the job training? And Hillary said that Obama wasn’t ready for the 3am call. She seems to be right.

Unshockingly, one liberal thinks “Sam Bacile” should be arrested. Twitchy destroyed her line of reasoning yesterday.

And American flags burned in Tunisia and Gaza City. Then there’s this from same article

The US prosecutor-general said on Wednesday that four people were being questioned after Tuesday’s events.

Nine Coptic Egyptian-Americans were also put on an airport watch list. They are believed to have contributed to the production of the anti-Islam film that led to the embassy protest.

Is that suggesting that the US put these people on the airport watch list over exercising their 1st Amendment Rights?

• Michelle Malkin: Un-mourned casualty of Obama’s bus: The First Amendment
• The Other McCain on Obama caving to Romney.
• Hot Air wonders if Obama is channeling Jimmy Carter.
• Villainous Company points out that for Obama, the buck always stops somewhere else.
• Bob at The Camp of the Saints is trying to keep from stroking out.
• Daley Gator Daley Babe (you needed an interlude)
• Maggie’s Notebook notes how Obama radicalized the Middle East.
• Doug Ross offers some stories for a few media types.
• Jihad Watch points out that the Obama admin won’t call the Libyan embassy attack a terrorist incident.
• Political Clown Parade on the tantrums of mayhem.

Out of time, off to work.