Indicates Movie is Cause of Violence
The Obama Administration today released a seriesof advertisements in Egypt, Pakistan, Libya, Tunisia, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia,and Harvard Law School condemning the Dinesh D’Souza film 2016: Obama’s America andapologizing for a “radical Tea Party culture that promotes the First Amendment.” The President remarked in the ad that “justlike Christians who made fun of the Prophet Mohammed to anger you, my Muslimbrothers, so did the Christian right commit further atrocities in the making ofthe 2016 movie.” According to reports
The ads show clips of President Obama and Secretary ofState Hillary Clinton condemning the film in English (but dubbed in Arabic, Urdu,and Legalese) in remarks they made last week, emphasizing that it was notproduced or authorized by the United States government.
State Department Spokeswoman Valerie Nuland indicated thatthe film was responsible for the spontaneous terrorist attack that took placeat the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya as well as demonstrations at U.S.embassies around the world. Given D’Souza’sIndian background, she indicated that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clintonwould have harsh words for the Indian Prime Minister, demanding that he stopits release in India “or we will treat India just like Britain, Poland, andIsrael.”
United Nations Secretary Ban-Ki Moon reiterated the point bysaying“When some people use this freedom of expression to provoke or humiliate someothers' values and beliefs, then this cannot be protected in such a way.”
It is believed that President Obama hopes that by launchingthese ads, he can appease the Muslim world in light of the recentviolence. In addition, the White Housesaid that this would be part of a new effort “becauseyou can’t change Washington from the inside.”
Cross posted at Virginia Virtucon.
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