Majority Whip Sen. Durbin: GOP
Candidates at War with Islam
26 Feb 2012By Juan Cole
Majority Whip Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) appeared on
Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien to discuss the
flare up of violence in Afghanistan.
Durbin says, "And understand, just go back to history
a little bit to 9/11, President George W. Bush, I sure
had my differences with him, but I thought he got it
right, and he stuck with it through his presidency. He
said our war is not with the religion of Islam. Our
war is with those who would distort it and turn it
into terrorism. And I think that was a bright spot
kind of a guiding principle. It was adopted by
President Obama. Now, listen to these Republican
candidates for president. They're at war with Islam."
CNN Contributor Will Cain counters, "Senator Durbin, I
haven't heard one thing that backs up what you
suggest. Just give me an example, how are they at war
with Islam?
Referencing the Quran burnings, Durbin replies, "Newt
Gingrich saying that the president is guilty of
appeasement…. What you listen to is incendiary
rhetoric coming out in a very delicate situation.
Lives are at stake here. The president is showing
leadership. The president is stepping up, trying to
calm a situation. These three candidates are coming on
television doing the opposite."
Gingrich Says
Islam is Incompatible with Freedom, Claims US
Government is ‘Lying to us and Censoring us as we try
to Understand those who would Kill us'
CUMMING, Ga. — Newt Gingrich turned the church
pulpit into a history class when he addressed the
congregation at First Redeemer Church, comparing the
struggle of American colonies under British rule to
what he sees as the modern day assault of religious
freedom in America.
Gingrich said that the religious foundation of America
is being attacked on two fronts: "We have a secular
elitist wing that deeply, deeply disbelieves in
America, that wants to create a different country
based on a different set of principles," he said. "And
we have a radical Islamist one which legitimately and
authentically hates us and should."
He drew a standing ovation for slamming a State
Department meeting with the Organization of Islamic
countries, which Gingrich said had "the purpose of
talking about how to protect Islam from being
described inappropriately. I have passionate
opposition to the government of the United States
lying to us and censoring us as we try to understand
those who would kill us."
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said after the July
2011 OIC meeting "combating religious intolerance"
that the United States remains "focused on interfaith
education and collaboration, enforcing
anti-discrimination laws, protecting the rights of all
people to worship as they choose, and to use some
old-fashioned techniques of peer pressure and shaming,
so that people don't feel that they have the support
to do what we abhor."
By contrast, Gingrich drew a stark picture of radical
Islamists, saying, "Those people who want to kill us
want to kill us because from their world view, we are
the greatest threat they've ever faced because we
represent freedom and freedom is the end of their
religion."
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