Getting on our High Horses
On February 5—yesterday—the President attended a prayer breakfast in Washington, D.C. The President was given the opportunity to not only speak to the spiritual but the most recent outrageous act of burning a Jordanian pilot to death by the radical Islamists. Instead of expressing his own moral outrage for the event, he chose to chastise us for having been morally outraged by the event.
Specifically, the President said that we should not get on our “high horses” (get morally outraged) because Christians and other faiths have done “outrageous” things in the past “in the name of Christ.” If I am to understand his statement, there is no behavior, no act, and no outrage that can be expressed against anyone of the Islamic faith or tradition. His reason is that we are disqualified to express any moral outrage by our mere faith.
Just for the record, the Messiah never called for the death of his enemies and calling His servants to arms. “Vengeance is Mine,” says the LORD. Mohammed, on the other hand, did call for his fellow Muslims to do so. The President should cease and desist speaking for the Messiah. He does not know Him, nor does He believe in Him.
The President’s logic is dizzying. The man is disturbed in his rationale.
But the President’s statements and logic are consistent with his rationale and thinking he has employed throughout his presidency. Let me clear up the confusion.
The President is a coward. He is afraid of the women who are in the White House. He is afraid of what his fellow Muslims will think of him here in America. To settle his conscience, the President invited unnamed Muslim leaders to meet with him and Valerie Jarrett, his closest advisor, on the same day that the fate of the pilot was known. Ms. Jarrett, as you know, was born in Iran and is a Muslim. According to press reports, they discussed the concern for prejudicial and racial backlash against Muslims in America (Islam phobia). There was even some discussion about appointing a Muslim to the Supreme Court.
On February 4th I posted my own expression of moral outrage concerning the burning death of the pilot. I’m a Hebrew and a Jew, born in American, a veteran of United States, and a Messianic believer of Yeshua of Nazareth. Even so, I am outraged by the harm done to the Jordanian pilot and propaganda put forth by the Islamic State. I believe we all live on the same planet and should get along with our neighbors and support our fellow allies. We should not tolerate such behavior by a person, a people, or a nation.
Despite what the President says, I am standing by my moral outrage and asking others to search their hearts as well. As to the President’s counter argument, it is (expletive deleted). Send it back to Ms. Jarrett’s office, the horse’s (expletive deleted), where it came from.
