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Redstate...
Obama
continues to politicize 9/11
anniversary
Posted by Dan Spencer
Tuesday, August 30th
The
Obama regime shamelessly issued
two sets of documents setting guidelines on how to commemorate the 9/11
terrorist attacks against United States
One
set of the 9/11 commemoration
guidelines, entitled “9/11 Anniversary Planning,” is for domestic
audiences and
highlights Obama’s continuing attempts to politicize the 9/11
anniversary as a
campaign propaganda tool. The second set of 9/11 commemoration
guidelines is
for foreign audiences
According
to the New York Times, the
guidelines list what themes to underscore — and the tone to set:
Officials
are instructed to
memorialize those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and thank
those in
the military, law enforcement, intelligence or homeland security for
their
contributions since.
Officials
are to warn that Americans
must be prepared for another attack — and must be resilient in
recovering from
the loss.
Officials
are cautioned that
commemorations should not cast the United States as the sole victim of
terrorism.
The
tone should be shaped by a
recognition that the outpouring of worldwide support for the United
States in
the weeks after the attacks turned to anger at some American policies
adopted
in the name of fighting terror — on detention, on interrogation, and
the
decision to invade Iraq.
The
guidelines also seek to remind
everyone that Osama bin Laden was killed and cite his death as a reason
for
officials to “minimize references to Al Qaeda”:
The
guidelines say officials are to
make the point that “Al Qaeda and its adherents have become
increasingly
irrelevant.”
The
guidelines say the absence of Al
Qaeda playing any significant role in the “Arab Spring” uprisings in
the Middle
East and North Africa should be cited as evidence that bin Laden’s
organization
“represents the past,” while peaceful street protesters in Egypt and
Tunisia
“represent the future.”
The
9/11 commemoration guidelines
aimed at foreign audiences call on American officials to praise
overseas
partners, who have joined the worldwide effort to combat violent
extremism,
formerly known as the Global War On Terror:
We
honor and celebrate the resilience
of individuals, families, and communities on every continent, whether
in New
York or Nairobi, Bali or Belfast, Mumbai or Manila, or Lahore or London.
Obama
should leave his political
propaganda and messaging for another day and instead simply join, or
actually
lead, Americans in a national day of remembrance.
Read
it at Redstate
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