In case you are one of the readers who missed this the first time, I have renamed and edited it somewhat. It is noteworthy that with the passage of time even the White House and its propaganda arm, the mainstream media have come to the same conclusion but decline to state it. Specifically, it was the killing of al Qaeda operatives, not an unworthy-of-watching, much less discussing video, except as a diversion to Obama's foreign policy catastrophe that prompted the September 11th, firestorm.

In the past two weeks the world has witnessed widespread violent street protests by Muslims, the White House refers to them as radical, but judging from polling data they are mainstream. For example 80% of Egypt's population fall in that category. When "all hell" broke loose, featuring attacks on US Embassies primarily throughout the Muslim world, Obama, Clinton and Rice and other Administration officials -- not to mention non-paid Administration operatives in the media -- were quick to cite a video that offends Muslim sensibilities. Their assertion flies in the face of the facts since an earlier movie by major financial supporter Bill Maher titled "Religulous" is arguably more offensive than the video trailer, "Innocence of Muslims."

The violence actually has deeper roots, roots that lead directly to Obama. It began predictably with his "apology tour" which pandered to Muslims around the world. He apologized for US assertion of its right to defend itself; he declared the US to be one of the largest Muslim nations on the planet; he cited "important" contributions of Muslims to the United States throughout its history; he declared that the US is no longer a Christian nation; he espoused his personal affinity to Islam; and, he asserted that his election would have a decided calming effect on Muslim attitudes toward the US In his recent U.N. speech he continued to blame the US for the actions of a single idiot, who incidentally sullies Christianity by claiming to be one. But a distinct difference is that Christians do not call for his head, or the head of Andres Serrano whose so called, art titled "Piss Christ" was recently reinstated in a museum.

After he took office, Obama upped the ante for bringing justice to bin Laden and combined that with limited combat operations and indigenous training operations to set a definitive date for withdraw US Forces from Afghanistan. His evident thinking was by decapitating Taliban leadership it would cause a collapse of the movement with minimum expenditure of resources and that would allow early and predictable withdrawal of US forces. Ground combat forces engaged in a massive manhunt for a single target does not work efficiently or well anywhere, much less in that area of the world. So he adopted a strategy of precision targeting made possible by high resolution imagery, human intelligence, precision munitions, world-wide digital command and control and highly efficient delivery platforms (None of which he built).

By fitting drones with precision guided munitions, it is possible to efficiently kill a target with minimal collateral damage. That drone strikes occur has long been common knowledge, what was not known, according to a New York Times article on May 29, 2012 was, "Mr. Obama has placed himself at the helm of a top secret 'nominations' process to designate terrorists for kill or capture..." This is borne out by Obama's selection of American-born Muslim cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki for assassination by drone attack in Yemen in September 2011. Numerous media sources cite the death in June of 2012, of al Qaeda's deputy leader Abu Yahya al-Libi by drone attack. Then Saeed al-Shihri, deputy in Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's leadership, was killed on September 10th, 2012. Drone sorties number in the hundreds and one can be assured that a large percentage are dedicated to attacking al Qaeda soft targets which Obama personally selects.

Evidently it is not well known in the White House that despite Obama's affinity to Islam, Muslims harbor thousand year old grudges against competing Muslim sects, engage in blood feuds between tribes, families and individuals, not to mention infidels; all of which demand retribution. Anyone who has the mistaken impression that Muslims harbor no ill will for bin Laden's death and other al Qaeda leaders who have been assassinated by Obama, do not understand.

In light of available information it is all but indisputable that Obama's personal selection of targets set the stage for al Qaeda's retribution attacks on September 11th, 2012, and effectively decimated his Muslim outreach. Wittingly or otherwise, he threw fuel on the flames by citing "Innocence of Muslims" as the cause, which attackers gladly took as a gift to incite their base.

Now, Obama's "apology chickens" are coming home to roost, his foreign policy is a complete disaster, the US economy is in shambles; and like Nero "fiddling" while Rome burned, Obama smiles big and acts "cool" on Letterman and other hip shows. What may seem "cool" for those who know little or nothing or who are not paying attention, is disastrous for the United States of America. Ahead in the Polls? We'll see how the movie ends.


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