Obama Opens the Door to Jaw-Jaw With Iran's Atomic A-holes; "Moderate" Rouhani Slams It In His Face

It's official! Barack Obama is now the Rodney Dangerfield of American presidents. Despite groveling like mad to Iran before the world yesterday--he even referred to the wretched Khamenei as Iran's "Supreme Leader"--all he got in return was a kick in the pants:

President Obama will not meet with Iranian President Hassan Rowhani on the sidelines of the United Nations session after Iranian officials nixed the idea, senior Obama administration officials said Tuesday.

Despite Obama announcing in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he was opening the door to new talks over Iran's nuclear program, U.S. officials revealed that the Iranian government was apparently uncomfortable with the prospect of Rowhani chatting personally with Obama in New York.  

A senior administration official said a formal, one-on-one meeting was never on the table. But, the official said, "we indicated that the two leaders could have had a discussion on the margins if the opportunity presented itself."  

The official said: "The Iranians got back to us; it was clear that it was too complicated for them to do that at this time given their own dynamic back home."...

"Their own dynamic"--a euphemism for their dynamic screw-you nuclear activity, no doubt.



Update: John Hannah gets it exactly right:

Obama came to the U.N. to preemptively concede that regime change is not our policy in Iran — punctuated by his conspicuous failure to utter one word of concern for the freedom and human rights of the Iranian people.

 Rouhani came to NY to lure the leader of the free world into the humiliating position of chasing after him for a meeting — only to summarily diss the offer when it was eagerly tendered. And then he gave a defiant speech to boot that surrendered not an inch to U.S. demands.

Score: Rouhani 1; Obama 0.

Update: The NYT, as per usual, gets it exactly wrong. "Iran's New President Preaches Tolerance in First U.N. Appearance"--either that reporter has been smoking something wacky, or he's channeling the duplicitous (and dead) Walter Duranty. Or maybe both.

Some Other Graduates of the David Cameron/Baruch Frydman-Kohl School of Useful Idiocy

They include:

Karen Mock, representing Canadian Arab Jewish Dialogue, JSpaceCanada and the Canadian Association of Jews and Muslims; United Church Minister Robert Oliphant; Balpreet Singh, spokesperson, World Sikh Organization of Canada, and Samira Kanji, president, Noor Cultural Centre.

NYT Op-Ed: "The West Need Not Fear Its Young Muslims"

Spoken by someone who has obviously never attended an Al Quds Day rally in Toronto.

Update: Or a Muslim Day parade in New York City.

"Obama Opens Door to Better Relations With Iran"

Obama's a blithering idiot.

UN "Human Rights" Racket's Top-of-Mind Issue: Arabs Deprived of Rights--By "Arrogant" Joooos

More evidence (as if it's needed, which, clearly, it is not) that the UN's "human rights" racket is mired in Zionhass:

The United Nations Human Rights Council met Monday in Geneva to discuss the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East al-Quds (Jerusalem). 

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon gave a report to the Council that addressed issues of settler violence, forced evictions and excessive use of violence by Israeli Occupation Forces. Other speakers addressed the “illegal conduct” of Israel in Gaza and the West Bank, and most called for Israeli settlement building to cease, according to the Jerusalem Post. 

Israel’s representative was reportedly absent during the meeting, prompting Palestinian representatives to accuse Israel of “arrogance.”...

Gassings in Syria? Copts slaughtered in Egypt? No biggie for the odious body that makes a mockery of the once estimable concept of human rights. But Israeli "arrogance"? Now, that's beyond the pale.

Gypsies Said to Be Gaming Canada's Easily Gameable Refugee System? It Must Be a Case of OUR "Romaphobia"

How else to explain this most disconcerting report?

For those who prefer not to worry about such things, there's always this to make you feel guilty and disinclined to ask any questions about such disturbing matters. (It couldn't be, could it, that some of those intent on gaming the system do so by playing on the sympathy engendered by our knowledge that the Nazis exterminated them along with the Jews? No, such a thing is too awful to even contemplate.)

Little Footbaths on the Prairie: Sharia Makes Inroads In Saskatchewan Thanks to Useful Idiocy of an Evangelical Leader

This evangelical, a graduate of the David Cameron/Baruch Frydman-Kohl School of Useful Idiocy, high-fives the "accommodation":

An evangelical leader in Canada has expressed his approval of a Saskatchewan academic institute adding footbaths to a building on their campus for the benefit of Muslim students. 

Recently the University of Regina added footbaths at the Riddell Centre building to have an on-campus facility for Muslims to ceremonially wash themselves before praying. 

Bruce Clemenger, president of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, told The Christian Post that Regina's move was "a good example" of how to properly accommodate Muslim students. 

"It is important, where possible, to accommodate the specific religious observance needs of students," said Clemenger. 

"It also shows that the university affirms that deep religious belief and university studies are not incompatible. This is good news for students of all faiths." 

Clemenger also told CP that unlike in the United States, in his country there "is no legal barrier to accommodation." 

"In Canada there is no separation-of-church-and-state doctrine in our Canadian constitution, and there is no legal barrier to public facilities to be used for religious purposes, or accommodations being afforded religious groups," said Clemenger. 

"Campus associations of various faiths, including Christian clubs, are able to meet on campuses, to hold events, book rooms etc." 

Earlier this year, the University of Regina installed two foot baths in the Riddell Centre's restrooms for the benefit of the campus 700-plus Muslim students. 

The total cost for the baths was approximately $35,000 and the "official opening" for the footbaths will be held early next month, as reported by the Canadian publication Metro News...

Official opening? What are they going to do--officially cut the footbaths' paper hygiene strips?



Clemenger to Muslim students: Do do that wudu that you do so well...

Dennis Prager Calls for Muslims to Confront Muslim Evil

He writes:

With this weekend's massacre by Muslim terrorists at a mall in Nairobi, Kenya, and Muslim terrorists killing about 80 Christians at a Christian church in Pakistan, most people wonder what, if anything in addition to a continuing war on terror, can be done to minimize the scourge of Islamic terror.  

The answer lies with Muslims themselves. Specifically, it means that Muslim religious leaders around the world must announce that any Muslim who deliberately targets non-combatants for death goes to hell...

Sadly, it's never going to happen, Dennis, because it contradicts what's in the Koran, a holy book Muslims believe is "uncreated" and therefore perfect.

How Will We Know If Rouhani Is Scamming Us at the UN?

Israel's Intelligence Minister tell us what to look for:

“I will tell you what would be a serious speech,” he said, “The rhetoric will be different, that we know, but rhetoric is far from being enough or sufficient. Let’s wait and see if there will be something different in the substance.” 

“I will say that there is a real change in the Iranian attitude on the nuclear issue if Rouhani tomorrow will make one of the following declarations or better all of them,” he continued. “Either that he will stop enrichment totally, or that he will shift the already enriched material from 3% and beyond outside Iran, or that he will dismantle (the nuclear facility near) Qom and stop the building of (the heavy water reactor in) Arak. If he will do this or at least declare that Iran is going to do at least one of these immediately, this is a different attitude.” 

“If he will avoid any such declaration then it is just a show, it’s just rhetoric but no substantial change,” he added.

The Problem With Multiculturalism: You Have to Suck Up to Folks Who DON'T Share Your "Values"

In the wake of ISNA Canada losing its charitable status after a lengthy investigation revealed that it was funding jihad, Justin Trudeau uses a tu quoque argument to justify his visit to IC headquarters a couple of months  back. (This Daniel Proussalidis report is in the paper version of the Toronto Sun; I have yet to find it online.):

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he says no regrets about delivering a speech to a group that saw its charitable status revokes over its connection to Islamist terrorism.

"Part of my job is to speak with as many Canadians as possible and out and talk to people about the kinds of shared values we have," Trudeau said Monday in Halifax...

Here's the tu quoque part:

Instead of running from ISNA's controversial connections, Trudeau took a jab at Employment Minister Jason Kenney.

"Whether it's me speaking there of Jason Kenney having spoken there a number of times, for me (it's about) the support that we need to give as politicians to making sure that Canadian of all different backgrounds of all different religions understand that they are part of our shared country and our shared future," Trudeau said.

Dear Justin: what kind of "shared future" can you have with people who envision a future consisting of a global caliphate? I'll tell you what kind: a future of sharia and dhimmitude.

It was a bad idea for the Conservatives' Jason Kenney to try to ingratiate himself with these Islamists, and his doing so in no way excuses Trudeau for repeating Kenney's error.

Or does wee Justin believe that two wrongs do make a right?

Melanie Phillips Sets David Cameron Straight Re Jihadi Terrorism Being Part and Parcel of Islamic Doctrine

She writes:

In response to the Nairobi atrocity, in which the Somali Islamic terrorist outfit al Shabab murdered at least 62 people in a shopping mall and injured at least 170 after separating out the non-Muslims and then killing them, the British Prime Minister David Cameron said:

‘These appalling terrorist attacks that take place where the perpetrators claim they do it in the name of a religion - they don’t. They do it in the name of terror, violence and extremism and their warped view of the world. They don’t represent Islam or Muslims in Britain or anywhere else in the world.’ 

Oh dear. 

You know what he’s trying to say. He’s trying to make the necessary point that countless Muslims in Britain and elsewhere abhor such attacks. It is indeed important not to tar all Muslims with the same murderous brush. But the rest of his statement is simply false. Not just false, but also potentially lethal. 

All attacks by Islamic terrorist groups are very explicitly made in the name of a religion. The perpetrators may recite Koranic verses, scream ‘Allahu akhbar’, declare they are acting in the name of God, proclaim Islamic holy war or single out non-Muslims for slaughter. These characteristics are all clues that such people act in the name of a religion...

Apparently, Cameron is another politician who, like Senator John McCain, is prepared to believe that the age-old jihadi war cry is merely an Islamic way to say G'day, Allah.