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“We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense” – President Barack Obama (inaugural address, 20th Jan 2009 Washington).Speciaal voor alle Femkes, Agnessen en Alexanders wier cultuurrelativistische cocons tot dusver verhinderden dat Obama’s woorden tot hen doordrongen: we will not apologize for our way of life!
Deze tekst zou bij iedere Europese politicus aan de muur moeten hangen. Deze tekst moet, gebeiteld in het hardste graniet, geplaatst naast de deur van elk EU-gebouw, bij iedere Europese grensovergang, op iedere Europese luchthaven en bij elk gerechtsgebouw. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense.
En speciaal voor de vertegenwoordigers van alle ‘vluchtelingen en onderdrukten’ in Nederland: “… who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West – know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy”.
Inspirerende man, die Obama.
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Mooi tegeltje Jaap.
ReplyDelete“… who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West – know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy”.
Jammer dat de hele tekst er niet op past.
En ook heel jammer dat zulke wijsheden " long after the event " pas gemeengoed worden.
Als men op de rokende puinhopen zit.
En zelfs dan vaak nog niet, Hamas , en zijn aanhangers , zijn zich nog steeds van geen kwaad bewust.
Ik help het je oprecht hopen , maar vergeef me enige reserve als het om de 'wijsheid' van de menselijke soort gaat.
So far, the substance of Barack Obama's foreign policy has been very like that of George W. Bush. But his rhetoric echoes that of Mr. Carter. The first interview he granted to a foreign news organization was to al Arabiya, which has had kind things to say about Islamist terrorists. The president was apologetic for U.S. policy toward Moslems in the past.
ReplyDelete"When his self-inflation as a redeemer of U.S.-Moslem relations leads him to suggest that pre-Obama America was disrespectful or insensitive or uncaring of Moslems, he is engaging not just in fiction but in gratuitous disparagement of the country he is now privileged to lead," said columnist Charles Krauthammer.
Sorry, forgot to tell:
ReplyDeleteDr. Krauthammer is also a medical physician. In determining whether the new American president has any spine, any spine at all as Jimmy Carter had none, he observes, "preliminary X-rays are not very encouraging."
Yep, I’m afraid that after only one month in office we have to conclude that his text writers have done a better job than the man himself.
ReplyDeleteI was especially fond of this line in his speech because it’s something that we’ll never hear coming out of the mouths of our local apologizing-for-everything politicians.