Democrat debate on NPR, yesterday in Des Moines. The moderator Robert Siegel had this exchange with the Sen. Biden.
SIEGEL: Clearly, many Muslims hate the US enough to want to do us grievous harm. Would you speculate on the reasons for their hatred of us, Senator Biden, why?
BIDEN: The reason we are disliked so much is because we are trusted so little. The reason why we are disliked so much, obviously — I’m not talking about Al-Qaeda, I’m talking about the 1.2 billion Muslims in the world who look at us and when we say and do things as we’re talking about now with Iran, conclude that this is a war on Islam.
Why, the world hates us because of George Bush. Now, NPR, obviously a bunch of libs: “Why do they hate us? Can you Democrats tell us why, why do they hate us? We’re so bad that they hate us, we’re so scared, why do they hate us?”
I don’t care why they hate us. It doesn’t matter a hill of beans to me.
The premise behind this question, “Why do they hate us?” is absurd, because it implies that we’re guilty.
Of course, to liberals, America is guilty.
Oh, and this also got to me…
OBAMA: What I’ve been consistent about was that this saber rattling was a repetition of Iraq, a war I opposed, and that we needed to oppose George Bush again. We can’t keep on giving him the benefit of the doubt, knowing the ways in which they manipulate intelligence.
Manipulate intelligence?
We just had some intelligence that totally screws Bush.
But, of course, this wasn’t manipulated, was it, Senator Obama? No, no, no. We can trust all of this. If, if, if, if, if, the proverbial if, the Iranians and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have actually shut down the nuclear program, it ain’t because of sanctions.
It’s Shock and Awe in March of 2003 in Baghdad.
Berry Hussein Obama, pay attention, and try to keep up.
OBAMA: Listen to the Republican candidates’ debates and how they frame this issue. And if you are a Muslim overseas listening to Rudy Giuliani say, “They are coming here to try to kill you,” which is the tenor of many of the speeches that are delivered by the Republican candidates, you would get the impression that they are not interested in talking and resolving the issue peacefully. Now, what we need to do is we need to close Guantanamo; we need to restore habeas corpus; we need to send a strong signal that we’re going to talk directly to not just our friends but also to our enemies.
And once again, ignorance will applaud that answer. I think, Senator Obama, they spoke loud and clear on 9/11 when they came to New York to kill us. Rudy was there. Senator Obama, it was 9/11, 2001. They came to kill us. They came to New York to kill us. You know what? They went to Washington to kill us. And you know what, Senator? They did. Almost 3,000 of us they killed. They came here, and they were here for a long time.
I’m sure many Americans talked to them. They went to Vegas for one last fling. They’re out there taking flying lessons. I’m sure a lot of Americans talked to them. I’m sure they probably liked a lot of Americans they ran into. They came here, Senator, and they’ve said they’re going to keep coming.
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