Presidential "Firsts"

Over at Director-Blue, Doug has been running a post that he updates periodically that highlights all of the “firsts” that have occurred in the ongoing four-year disaster that we call Barack Obama’s first (hopefully only) term as President.

I love this post because it gives you great ammunition to take on those Obama-living liberals. Doug gives you facts, which is something that can completely befuddle a liberal and cause their head to explode. Oh, I’m sorry, was that a violent image? Of course, I am speaking figuratively, not literally. Because if actually exploding heads were really the outcome of fact-based arguments, it would pretty gory out there.

For some reason, the actual page is not loading properly on his site. It could be an issue on my end. So, in the interest of getting this to you I am going put a decent portion here. Hopefully Doug won’t be too upset with me. And here is the link to the entire page just in case it is an issue on my end or Doug is able to fix it.

Because the number of historic “first” keeps expanding by leaps and bounds, Doug has decided to break them down by category. As far as I can tell, this categorization is also a first. Without further ado:

LAW AND JUSTICE:

Barack Obama is the first President…

Libya and Sharia Law

I wonder is President Obama is now happy that we back the Libyan rebels.

First of all, there is a very good possibility that Dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was basically executed in cold blood. An autopsy shows that Gaddafi was shot in the head after being wounded in what has turned out to be the last battle over the future of Libya.

Now comes word that within days of the end of Gaddafi, the new government has declared that all laws will be based on Sharia law

The transitional government leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil set out a vision for the post Gaddafi future with an Islamic tint, saying that Islamic Sharia law would be the “basic source” of legislation in the country and that existing laws that contradict the teachings of Islam would be nullified. In a gesture that showed his own piety, he urged Libyans not to express their joy by firing in the air, but rather to chant “Allahu Akbar,” of God is Great. He then stepped aside and knelt to offer a brief prayer of thanks. (Source: Yahoo News)

So basically, over the past several months we have backed the same kinds of people who chant “death to the Great Satan” and encourage terrorist attacks against US and Western targets and people. Couple this with the pull out of Iraq and the ever-increasing threat to Iraq sovereignty by Iran we have a foreign policy in the Middle East that will do nothing but further the growth of Islamic extremism. And now these extremists will not only have back water locations like northern Pakistan in which to train, they will have full-fledge governments to fund and support their activities. Just great!

Libya to Have Sharia Law Constitution

Now that the battle for Libya appears to be nearly over, the attention turns to how they are going to govern themselves. Of course, as a sovereign nation, they are entitled to make their own decisions on what form of government they desire. If they wish to install another dictator they may do so. If they want to have a constitutional republic, that is their choice. And if they wish to have a government that is based on religion, while probably not good for western interests, they can do that too.

It is beginning to look like the Libyan rebels, now that they are in charge (or nearly so), are going to base their constitution, at least in part, on Sharia Law.

But despite the Lockean tenor of much of the constitution, the inescapable clause lies right in Part 1, Article 1: “Islam is the Religion of the State, and the principal source of legislation is Islamic Jurisprudence (Sharia).” Under this constitution, in other words, islam is law. That other phrases such as “there shall be no crime or penalty except by virtue of the law” and “Judges shall be independent, subject to no other authority by law and conscience” a bit more ominous. (Source: Heritage Blog)

This is an Arab Spring?

How’s this for an “Arab Spring”?  I wasn’t there (although my kids might beg to differ), but I have never seen any reports that Americans or the British were guilty of these kinds of crimes during our American Revolution.  Maybe it was buried, but I really don’t think so. Maybe it did occur, but I doubt it was to the level reported in this story.

Arming Al Qaeda?

So now we are supporting and possibly arming those who have killed our service members.  I’ll let the article outline what is going on and just say this is beyond stupid, but what else should we expect from someone who has their head buried in the sand when it comes to foreign policy.