Hypocrisy Surrounds the Cordoba House Mosque

It’s interesting that the tolerant, understanding, religious freedom loving, liberals in this country were not so tolerant when G.W. Bush attempted to sell our ports to the Dubai Arabs. They screamed about selling our ports to Muslims who had ties to terrorism. I wonder if they would have been as shrill if it was Obama selling the ports?

 Today the progressives are in favor of the Cordoba House mosque that is being built by Muslims with ties to terrorism. They call anyone opposing the 9/11 mosque intolerant racists, xenophobes, and bigots.

You might draw the conclusion that the anti-ports sale / pro-ground zero mosque positions taken by liberals might have a political overtone or two. And you would be right.

I must note that most conservatives were against the ports sale, and are against the 9/11 mosque as well.  At least the righties are consistent.

In face of over whelming opposition from both the right and the left, the Dubai ports sale was cancelled.

U.S. Naval Games in South China Sea

Commenting on the naval exercises the U.S. is holding in the South China Sea, there was an editorial by Qiu Hao in Monday’s Global Times, an English language newspaper published in Beijing. Qiu Hao opined the U.S. military is stretched thin, like a dumpling wrapper. He said there is nothing to fear from the U.S. The naval games are for show only.

Clearly the Chinese realize that Obama has no stomach to project U.S. power, military or otherwise. Under Mao the U.S. was often called a “paper tiger.” Under Obama the name is accurate.