Democrat Representative blocking legislation to protect religious minorities in Middle East

The State Department objects as well. Must not offend the Muslims, even by pointing out the human rights atrocities they commit in the name of Islam.

"Lawmakers clash over Middle East religious minorities bill," by Julian Pecquet for The Hill, July 12 (thanks to Pamela Geller):

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) ripped into Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) on Thursday for holding up legislation to protect religious minorities that has bipartisan support.

Wolf's bill to create a special envoy to promote religious freedom of religious minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia despite the State Department's objection sailed through the House on a 402-20 vote one year ago and has been lingering in the Senate since January. After hitting an impasse with Webb, the co-chairman of the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission publicly castigated him by publicly sharing a letter he'd sent to the senator Wednesday night.

“I learned several months ago that you had a hold on the legislation, and were blocking it from moving forward. I cannot understand why. More importantly, I would venture that the Coptic Christians, Baha’is, Chaldo-Assyrians, Ahmadis, small remaining Jewish population and countless other religious minorities throughout the Middle East and South Central Asia who face daily persecution, hardship, violence, instability and even death would be hard-pressed to see your objection to this straight-forward, bipartisan legislation,” Wolf wrote in the letter.

“Will a special envoy guarantee these communities’ survival – and even flourishing – in the lands they have inhabited for centuries? I do not know. But I am certain, that to do nothing is not an option – lest on this administration’s and this Congress’ watch we witness a Middle East emptied of ancient faith communities, foremost among them the beleaguered Christian community.”

The bill also has bipartisan [support] in the Senate, where it was introduced by Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.). Webb, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's panel on East Asia and Pacific Affairs, however believes that legislation opposed by the State Department has no business clearing the Senate unanimously without so much as a committee hearing in the upper chamber.

“After considering the legislation, Senator Webb asked the State Department for its analysis,” Webb spokesman Will Jenkins said in a statement. “In [its] position paper, the State Department explains why it believes a new special envoy position would be 'unnecessary, duplicative, and likely counterproductive'.”

The analysis by the department's office of legislative affairs concludes that Wolf's bill “infringes on the Secretary’s flexibility to make appropriate staffing decisions” and “is unnecessary as it duplicates a number of ongoing activities at the Department being managed at the highest levels.”...

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In short, the legislation would interfere with Clinton's vast Muslim apology schedule.

Unfortunately, the legislation would not interfere with the administration’s efforts to assist Muslims in the persecution of non-Muslims. More likely it would assist it in furthering its policies. The president would appoint another pro-Muslim apologist to show how good non-Muslims have it in "tolerant and peace loving" Muslim countries. Worse we would spend $1 Million more a year to cover up the atrocities. (read the bill here: http://www.worthynews.com/11615-revolutionary-guards-close-church-properties)

Although the bill is well intended and may seek to help religious minorities (probably the administrations real objections to the bill), it will help, but will be quickly perverted into something that hurts those minorities. The only way to help is to get rid of the current administration, clean out the state department, and recognize there is a problem in Islam.

Obama administration will always block such efforts to put ME governments on notice to protect non-Muslim minorities in their country since the administration will never anything to make their masters, Muslims, unhappy. The state dept will always be against it. Clueless lying morons!!!

Since his election by the totally brain dead voters who voted for him, my reaction has always been, "Oh my God! We have finally done it! We have played out the John Frankenheimer classic, 'The Manchurian Candidate', except the POTUS is islmaic, instead of communist.

At no point in this disgusting presidency has Barry Hussein done anything to get me off the following:

that Obama is muslim, born in Kenya, Africa, and, therefore, fails the "natural born citizen" requirement for POTUS

as a muslim, will do anything AND everything to bring this country down

continues to fool the general public with these pin prick drone strikes, while continuously making this country less and less safe than the day before from islamic and ALL other threats

gets help from Allah by having Chief Justice Roberts effect the biggest betrayal to this nation since Earl Warren

After all the blood and treasure we sacrificed in Iraq and Afghanistan, ... Jews, Christians, and (take your pick remaining infidels) are running for their lives in these two lovely islamic countries as well as any other islamic/sharia dominated societies.

Virtually all Democrats and way too many Republicans fail to comprehend this basic fact: You cannot nation build with islam.

The eyes of this nation need to open up really quickly, because we are fast approaching a very grim reality of our own making, by viewing islam through rose colored glasses.

“In [its] position paper, the State Department explains why it believes a new special envoy position would be 'unnecessary, duplicative, and likely counterproductive'.”

The analysis by the department's office of legislative affairs concludes that Wolf's bill “infringes on the Secretary’s flexibility to make appropriate staffing decisions” and “is unnecessary as it duplicates a number of ongoing activities at the Department being managed at the highest levels.”...

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Speaking of Secretaries of State:

Sarah Palin: Condoleezza Rice would be (a)‘wonderful’ (Vice President)

(UGH!)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78470.html

Glaring examples of this corrosive State Department apologetic on Islam have been provided by the two most recent Secretaries of State, Condoleeza Rice, and the current Secretary, Hillary Clinton. Then Secretary Rice, at The Annual State Department Iftar Dinner, October 25, 2005, amplified the standard “religion of peace” trope, asserting Islam was

…a great faith, of one of the world’s great religions, a religion of peace and love.

http://counterjihadreport.com/tag/condoleezza-rice/


Speaking at a 2005 dinner marking the end of Ramadan, Bush’s Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, said Mohammedanism was the "religion of love and peace.” For Condi, being peaceful wasn’t enough. Islam had to be warm and cuddly too. “We in America know the benevolence that is at the heart of Islam,” Rice absurdly remarked. “We’ve seen it in many ways” – including in glorious Technicolor, in the video of the decapitation of Daniel Pearl.

http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=35126

I think Senator Marco Rubio or Representative West from Florida would make GREAT VP candidates; lets see if Romney is willing to go that way, or tries something much safer and boring.

I wonder how this Senator Webb fool would feel if he and his family were on the same receiving end of all the oppression that these minorities in Muslim countries have to put up with?

Wildew Wrote:

..."Then Secretary Rice, at The Annual State Department Iftar Dinner, October 25, 2005, amplified the standard “religion of peace” trope, asserting Islam was

…a great faith, of one of the world’s great religions, a religion of peace and love.

Well at least she's got great shoes.

I wonder how many pairs condy will shop for when iran declares war on the western world?

"Wolf's bill to create a special envoy to promote religious freedom of religious minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia despite the State Department's objection sailed through the House on a 402-20 vote one year ago and has been lingering in the Senate since January.

Whoa are the 20 who voted against it? What are their profiles?

Dear Paleologos,
I disagree with what you have written, but I want to keep an open mind about some of what you wrote. For example, can you please exlain the reasoning for your statement:
[Obama] "gets help from Allah by having Chief Justice Roberts effect the biggest betrayal to this nation since Earl Warren." Please be succinct. Thank you in advance.

WEBB is such a PIG. He sounds and seems like such a patriot. When he talks about his and his son's service to the country, i want to salute him. BUT! When you look under the hood, this is a blown engine. Webb is a pig and that is all he'll ever be.

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