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Obama State Department urges “all sides to maintain calm” after Hamas murders baby

Oct 23, 2014 11:36 am By Robert Spencer

obama-netanyahu2Unconscionable and morally outrageous, but not at all surprising coming from the relentlessly anti-Israel Obama Administration. “Immoral: State Dept. Urges ‘All Sides to Maintain Calm’ After Hamas Murders Baby,” by David Steinberg, PJ Media, October 22, 2014:

At what point does a political hack choose to sacrifice one’s grasp of right and wrong for the job, or for the cause? Time and again, this election season has shown Washington’s careerists to be capable of just about any negation of ethics towards the goals of a campaign, and we’ve certainly seen that from this State Department before, most notably when Hillary Clinton lied about the Benghazi attack to a victim’s family, alongside his body.

But a baby was just thrown “10 to 20 meters” through the air and landed on her head.

The following quote is what the Obama administration, via Jen Psaki, came up with. Bear in mind that the deceased child — called “a pure girl with a holy soul” by her stricken grandfather, and what words could better describe a three-month old – is an American citizen:

The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms today’s terrorist attack in Jerusalem. We express our deepest condolences to the family of the baby, reportedly an American citizen, who was killed in this despicable attack, and extend our prayers for a full recovery to those injured. We urge all sides to maintain calm and avoid escalating tensions in the wake of this incident.

The moral sacrifice made by the administration here is the placement of the administration’s worldview ahead of the protection of the grieving family, the nation of Israel, the citizens of the United States, and those members of humanity able to delineate the ramifications of what just occurred. Would you, as a member of a grieving family – and grieving over a baby! – appreciate being told to “remain calm,” being told your place in this event is as one of several “sides”?

The people at State, presumably not psychopaths, know how the family might receive this. They considered the family’s reaction, and weighed that when constructing this quote. And, being political hacks who have objectively jettisoned their compass, the family’s emotions lost.

Be aware that yesterday, someone at State considered employing the word “murdered,” but instead used “killed.” And be aware that the Obama administration’s detestable, amoral foreign policy trumped all else, and resulted in that enraging closing sentence….

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  1. Jay Boo says

    Oct 23, 2014 at 12:18 pm

    Hey! It is sad that a baby died but what can we do about mysterious ephemeral forces that just happen to appear sometimes.
    Obama had the same passive response after the three Israeli teens were murdered.

    But, then true-to-form he quickly spoke about the need to seek JUSTICE when a Palestinian was killed in retaliation.

    Justice is a code word that Obama uses to appease the Islamic audience.

    • Champ says

      Oct 23, 2014 at 1:54 pm

      Good point, Jay Boo …obama and his double standards, regarding islam & company, seem neverending.

      • Keith says

        Oct 23, 2014 at 4:56 pm

        The same double standards that are constantly used by Muslims the world over when ever they want something or are not happy about something and especially when a muslim has done something illegal.

        • JB says

          Oct 23, 2014 at 7:34 pm

          Now if Obama had said “That could have been our baby…”

  2. Jerry says

    Oct 23, 2014 at 12:30 pm

    HBO and his cronies are complicit in the murder of the Jewish American baby, because through their call for “calm” upon “all sides”.

    If you follow that reasoning, the murderers can be assured that HBO admin will try to stop the Israelis from taking any action against the perpetrators so that the perpetrators can securely and safely continue with their murderous atrocities.

    Hamas clearly articulates their genocidal agenda against all Jews in Article Seven of the “Hamas Covenant”, the relevant part thereof is a direct verbatim quotation from a fourteen hundred years old Hadith.

    ( See http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp )

    While the PA does not explicitly articulates it in writing being predominantly a Muslim organisation, they and all other allegedly “moderate Muslims” do, in fact, share the same agenda, and that why you could search high and low and you will not find Islamist politician or clergyman who will stand up and directly renounce that Hadith and the genocidal agenda it carries.

    Further research will reveal that the same genocidal agenda is contained in a multitude of Suras and Hadiths and apply not only to all non-Muslims but even to different sects, branches, cults and strains of Islam as against each other.

    That, in a nutshell, is a simple explanation why there cannot be a sustainable peace between the “Palestinians” (more correctly the Muslims) and the Israelis, or in any corner of the world where there is any significant number of Muslims and Mosques, let alone wherever there is Muslim rule or influence.

  3. jr says

    Oct 23, 2014 at 12:53 pm

    its time for the state israel to raze every single last mosque to the ground and burn every copy of the quran in gaza and the west bank

    • Judi says

      Oct 23, 2014 at 1:55 pm

      If only……….

    • Western Canadian says

      Oct 24, 2014 at 12:27 am

      No, it is long past time that the human race does these things, over the entire planet. Evil, which we are taught does not exist, does exist. And must be exposed and fought.

      • Champ says

        Oct 24, 2014 at 2:20 pm

        Western Canadian, I just have to tell you how much I love your comments. You’re contributions are intelligent, spot on, and oftentimes *very* funny 😀 ..anyway, I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you. Have a great day!

    • omega2 says

      Oct 24, 2014 at 2:07 pm

      Best Idea I have heard or seen yet to stop this HOLY MUSLIM CRAP going on in the world today! The MOSQUES are nothing more than the ARMORY FOR ISLAM AND THE QURAN THE BOOK OF WAR AND DEATH FOR ISLAM! They attack our Churches then lets ATTACK THERE MOSQUES in the same maner!

  4. Elaine Goode says

    Oct 23, 2014 at 1:52 pm

    Abbas praised the perp, who murdered innocents…who murdered an infant. Muslims are in love with death…their own or anybody’s. Accommodate them. Make sure you carry arms to kill them, when they attack.

  5. Peter says

    Oct 23, 2014 at 2:00 pm

    I wonder if he would urge all sides to maintain calm if one of his daughters was gang-raped by White Muslims. Talk about getting mixed emotions. This comes on the heels of John Kerry blaming Israel for ISIS! Kerry must have been tossed into the air as a baby but survived when he landed on his head.

    Well, everything but his brain, that is. Anyone who calls global warming a WMD and the end of the world as we know it should be wearing three straight jackets and kept in a double-padded cell.

    The comments from the Jew-hating Muslim Barack Insane Obama is no surprise coming on the heels of his anti-Semitic State Department blaming Israel for the rise of ISIS.

    Why stop there? We all know that the Israel-Palestinian conflict is the reason for the 1,400 years of Muslim imperialism, conquest, oppression, and the mass murder of 270 million innocent people.

  6. Thomas Wells says

    Oct 23, 2014 at 2:23 pm

    ” Today is a date which will live as an example of poor navigation. A baby died as a result of poor catching ability on the part of Jihadist forces. I urge all people to forget about this and vote for my corrupt and criminal cronies on election day,where we will win the inevitable victory, so help us Marx.”

    Taken from: “Key speeches of Barack Hussein Obama”, Prevaricator Press, Chicago.

  7. DaniEl says

    Oct 23, 2014 at 2:53 pm

    I call on Obama and ISIS both to restrain themselves and work for peace.
    Wait, Obama is restraining himself. Never mind.

  8. Rebecca says

    Oct 23, 2014 at 3:17 pm

    Parents are a young American couple living in Israel. They waited years to have this baby.

  9. Champ says

    Oct 23, 2014 at 3:22 pm

    obama is constantly saying the wrong thing. But that doesn’t mean that Netanyahu must agree with him–so I hope that *he* takes decisive military action in response to this evil act.

  10. TH says

    Oct 23, 2014 at 4:22 pm

    If Israel does nothing it will only be inviting more such attacks. This is how the jihadis operate. Being nice to them is another way of cooperating with them

  11. alyn21 says

    Oct 23, 2014 at 8:52 pm

    Christianity in the Middle East is being wiped out. But Obama is only concerned about not upsetting the muslims.The rest of Europe is more interested in holding demonstrations against Israel then in saying something about the Christian genocide going on in the Middle East. Israel needs to pay attention to this and realise that if the so called free world will not help people of a similar religious faith from being slaughtered then we can forget about that same world wanting to help the Jews, It used to be called anti-semitism. Now it is just plain moral cowardice.

    • carpediadem says

      Oct 24, 2014 at 11:04 am

      Really?

      There are huge numbers of Christian organisations in the world, a few stand with Israel and fight for freedom.

      The rest of them support Muslims, donate their churches, their time, their money to Islamic terror groups – that’s Hamas -, namely the ones that murder Jews in the Land of Israel and what do they spend their energies on? promoting BDS and helping the Pali terror mob murder Jews!!

      The only safe place for Christians in the entire Middle East is Israel.
      I may have misunderstood you but you seem to be blaming Israel for not doing anything to save Christians.
      I suggest Christians all around the world stop supporting Hamas terrorists and stand up for their Christian brethren – if they can give up their Jewhatred to do so.

  12. alyn21 says

    Oct 23, 2014 at 8:59 pm

    Any group that can murder a baby and then celebrate the event should be wiped out as they are no better then cockroaches.

    • Western Canadian says

      Oct 24, 2014 at 12:31 am

      They are lower than any animal, even the most rabid.

  13. Jen says

    Oct 24, 2014 at 2:28 am

    When they report on the victims of terrorist attacks, I wish they would start using the words “murdered” instead of “killed” and “criminal” or “murderer” instead of only “terrorist.”

    Although the words could be used interchangeably in some instances, they have subtly different connotations attached to them. Especially these days. Somehow the idea of “terrorist” for many people seems far removed from everyday reality and is associated with large scale events like 9/11. The word “terrorist” has been tossed around enough now that must people associate it with extremism, which in the context of Islam is a bit of an unhelpful distinction. “Criminal” behaviour, however, brings it down to the level of an everyday concern. Which in reality, it is today.

    These terrorists are criminals and they need to be branded in media reports as “heinous criminals” and not just “out of the ordinary” psychopathic individuals of which society under normal circumstances has relatively few. In this case, it’s not just a few since a future jihadists could emerge from almost anywhere and not be from backgrounds that one would typically associate with mass murderers. A lot of the regular murderers that are banged up in prison were abused in their childhood or had other problems like poverty or drug abuse. The usual antecedents of crime. These jihadists are a different kind of monster. For people in the general public to be genuinely worried about the idea of a countless and continuous supply of serial killers emerging from almost anywhere, the jihadists should be branded differently to guide the public’s mindset. In an ideal world…

  14. John says

    Oct 24, 2014 at 4:44 am

    We are awaiting the condemnation of this act from Hamas apologist Jon Snow of Channel 4 News in the UK We may be waiting a long, long time

  15. hardy moore says

    Oct 24, 2014 at 5:19 am

    The world is awash in evil.

  16. Elisheva14 says

    Oct 24, 2014 at 6:45 am

    http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Netanyahu-blames-Abbas-incitement-for-Jerusalem-terror-attack-379543

    Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin said: “The atrocious murder of an innocent baby girl, a victim of indiscriminate terrorism, should disgust all those who have a heart.”

    We are dealing with barbarians and savages!!!

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Oct 24, 2014 at 8:48 am

      You quoted Reuven Rivlin: “The atrocious murder of an innocent baby girl, a victim of indiscriminate terrorism, should disgust all those who have a heart.”

      Yes it does. I fully agree with President Rivlin. I am disgusted; I am also very, very angry, angry with the evil Jew-hating Arab Muslim murder-cultists who are obscenely rejoicing over this murder of a baby (and the attempted murder of a whole group of Jews for no other ‘reason’, at bottom, than that they are Jews, whom Islam taught the murderer to hate and to destroy); and I grieve with the little girl’s parents and will remember them in my prayers.

      I will be writing a letter to the Israeli ambassador in Australia to express my condolences, and my support for Israel in her self-defence against genocidal jihad.

      And tomorrow, Saturday in Australian time, as I have done now for more than a year, I will pick up my Star of David pendant and put it on, and wear it all day, in solidarity with Israel and the House of Israel.

  17. Yoel Yativ says

    Oct 24, 2014 at 9:54 am

    Shalom Mate,
    I follow your daily mails and trust them to be accurate.
    There was a non-accurate report yesterday.
    The terrorist attack in Jerusalem was not a shooting attack.
    The terrorist just drove a car into the unsuspecting crowd of pedestrians waiting for the train.
    Just to be exact so the credibility stays intact.
    Shabat Shalom.

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