Obama, Ghailani, Ailes & Evil - a different belief system

During the Saddleback Presidential candidates' forum in 2008, moderator, Rick Warren, asked the following questions to Barack Obama:

"Does evil exist? And if it does, do we ignore it? Do we negotiate with it? Do we contain it? Do we defeat it?"

Barack Obama knew full well that, in his questions about 'evil', Rick Warren was alluding to terrorism and to terrorist' attacks against the US, including the 9/11 attacks, and yet, Obama, in his response, deliberately evaded the subject:

"Evil does exist," said Obama. "I mean, I think we see evil all the time. We see evil in Darfur. We see evil, sadly, on the streets of our cities. We see evil in parents who viciously abuse their children. I think it has to be confronted."

But, Obama wasn't satisfied with this cunning and evasive response - and his refusal to cite America's terrorist adversaries as an example of Evil - for this did not allow him to adequately convey his true feelings.

Hence, Obama added the following tidbit:

"Now, the one thing that I think is very important is for to us have some humility in how we approach the issue of confronting evil, because a lot of evil’s been perpetrated based on the claim that we were trying to confront evil..."

The ever-wily Obama refused to label the terrorists as evil, but instead chose to bestow the moniker of evil on the US by depicting America's confrontation with terror and tyranny as evil.

Mr. Warren then asked Sen. McCain the aforementioned questions:

"Does evil exist? And if it does, do we ignore it? Do we negotiate with it? Do we contain it? Do we defeat it?"

"Of course, evil must be defeated," said McCain to a loud round of applause from the audience. "We are facing the transcended challenge of the 21st century — radical Islamic extremism... We must face this challenge. We can face this challenge. And we must totally defeat it!"

Sadly, the President's views on the subject of evil are eerily similar to those of Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Ground Zero Mosque developer Feisal Abdul Rauf, who've opined that Al Qaeda and the US are morally, or immorally, equivalent when it comes to terrorism.

Which leads me to the following subject:

Shortly after taking office, President Obama made the decision to try a number of Al Qaeda/Gitmo detainees in civilian courts, rather than military courts. This was in line with Obama's stated view that "it's very important for to us have some humility in how we approach the issue of confronting evil, because a lot of evil’s been perpetrated based on the claim that we were trying to confront evil..." Perpetrating evil against terrorists is morally abhorrent, hence, Al Qaeda's terrorists were to be tried in the good ol' USA - in a civilian court of law.

And now it seems as if Obama has been rewarded for this good deed. For indeed, Ahmed Ghailani, an al Qaeda terrorist, who conspired to blow up American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, was acquitted today - in a New York City court room - of all but one of the 286 charges levied against him, including one count of murder for each of the 224 people killed and the thousands who were injured in the attacks.

I can't help but paraphrase Barack Obama's statement [cited above] by saying that a lot of evil was perpetrated today in a New York City court room, based on the claim that Obama was trying to confront evil, in America.

Which leads to me to another related topic: The uproar in the mainstream liberal media concerning a remark that Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes made about President Obama - in a recent interview with a liberal News outlet [website].

"He [Obama] just has a different belief system than most Americans," said Ailes.

The Libs are all aghast over this remark. But unfortunately, Roger Ailes is right on the mark. Obama does indeed have a different belief system than most Americans, a belief system that allows mass-murdering terrorists to be acquitted - all in the name of confronting evil - the evil that Obama sees in America.