Gee, Obama’s visit here is sure to be fun. Can’t wait to see him here in Al Quds.
I know, I know, you probably all are wondering whether he’s a Muslim. For my part, I still can’t get my arms around the idea that a bum who hitch hiked around Indonesia with long hair and an earring is going to be the CIA Director.
Okay, enough joking around. I know, his personal grooming choices are his business. He has since taken a shower and gotten a haircut.
But I think the question of whether or not he is actually a Muslim or just an Islamophile is just as unimportant as his hippy days learning to love Islam. And by the same token, I think that it is unimportant if Obama is or isn’t a Muslim. I don’t care whom they pray to.
The question is whether their world view, and their policies would be any different if they were Muslims. And I think the answer to that is no. And since it is their policies, not their beliefs that matter to the world, they should be judged for that.
Aside from his hippy past, and his horrible, obsequious Arabic, the thing that made me most uncomfortable about Brennan’s whole paean to Islam is the fact that he said “Palestine” twice and never said Israel, and when he finally felt compelled to say Jerusalem, after saying “Al Quds” twice he sounded like he was either going to spit or apologize for mentioning the word Jerusalem in the presence of his audience. So does it matter if this man is a Muslim or not? Not in the least. He’s just as dangerous either way.
I wonder if Obama will bring him along for the visit. Can’t wait to welcome him to JERUSALEM, YERUSHALAYIM, the capital of the JEWISH people for the past 3,000 years. Oh, and his advisers should probably mention to John Brennan that the name of our country is Israel. There is no such country as Palestine. And there has never been a country named Palestine. Perhaps one of the senators could mention that to him during his confirmation hearing.
I’m curious; who was Mr. Brennan’s audience?
Caroline I commend you for the fair assessment you have given to both Brennan and his boss. You are right. It makes no difference to whom they pray. What does is Brennan’s and Obama’s attitude toward the Jewish State and in particular Yerushalayim, our eternal capital. By word and deed they have on more than one occasion shown where their sympathies and priorities lie. We Jews must heed these warnings.
Amen.
Absolutely terrifying,people and especially the Jews of the world need to understand Obama has an agenda. Why else would he nominate the people he has.
I am still waiting for someone to leave JStreet saying “Wait. This isn’t what I signed up for.”
The fact that this has not happened tells me that they have known all along where this has been going and have been onboard with it.
The deliberate enabling of infiltration of the Muslim Brotherhood in the American government is evident but Obama’s choice to place such a man as head of the CIA is a slap on the face of all Jews, principally American Jews. The implications of this choice are extremely dangerous for Americans and I can only hope that the decent righteous Americans out there find a way to get him and Obama out as soon as possible.
Brenna’s words are clear. His allegiances are clear. And they are not with the American people. This was a deliberate move from the Obama administration to ensure the Islamization of America step by step. And to think they have a few more years of such “surprises”. It makes us sick.
These people should not be allowed to set foot in our holy land of Israel. And I truly hope that heroes like you, Caroline, and others whom we support, have the chance to expose these Nazi individuals and make their stay in Israel very unwelcome.
Be’atzlacha!
With love of Israel
JDL UK
For some reason growing up, my grandmother always referred to pre 48 Palestine. She was a zionist from the best Russian stock that immigrated to the states in the early 1900’s, raised money across the midwest for Palestine, a Jewish Homeland, and her parents made Aliyah in 1950, she in 1971 having made yearly pilgramages to see her parents in (Preblack)Bnei braq.
Wow! This guy knows how to kiss ass! If he really is going to be the director of the CIA I pity the American people because, as I see it, it’s not the question íf there’ll be a second and worse ‘911’ but at what time. Now with this man responsable for US security the jihadis can start preparing.
the american people must uprise against Hussein Obama to bring him down, this man is a disaster, he wants to bring down America and her allies especially Israel, he has already toppled America ally in the middle east the Mubarak regime of Egypt, and he seeks to bring down Israel but he will never be able to do that, he is trying to ban the right of arms in the US to control the country, he is no difference than any other dictator, the americans must uprise against him to force his resignation if the GOP is in deep coma, the americans are the ones who must act to stop this mess, God bless America, God bless Israel, and God bless Caroline Glick, Shalom to you from Cairo, Egypt
A simple truism seems to cover it:
WATCH WHAT HE DOES RATHER THAN WHAT HE SAYS.
“Can’t wait to see him here in Al Quds…And there has never been a country named Palestine. Perhaps one of the senators could mention that to him during his confirmation hearing.”
Humor helps in most cases and it certainly does here.
Al Quds means Hakodesh in Hebrew as a reference to Har Hakodesh.
This is a de facto recognition of the Jewish nature of Jerusalem
Kerry in State, Hagel maybe at Defense, and Brennan perhaps at CIA…three guys who have really big chips on their shoulders for America and…Israel!
Placed into the game by none other than our first “black” president who is the most “passive aggressive” malignant narcissist I have ever watched take over our national government, hiding as many of his decisions and political moves behind any and every curtain he can possess.
Wait till you see the show he has planned for his visit to Israel…he’ll bob and weave his words all over the spectrum while your citizens’ eyes zero in on his performances, not noticing what goes on behind those curtains till it is too late.
He ain’t no uniter, he’s the “great divider” he has always been since his original parents broke up those many years ago.
You are supposed to live the “pain” he has been feeling all his life…gird your loins!
Citing Brennan’s “hippy” past is more nontrivial than it sounds. It would be fruitful to carefully document the dates he made these tours of Indonesia and compare where Islam was in the US during this time.
As a bit of a spiritual tourist myself, I can say that Islam as a global movement has been keeping an eye on us. I can report outreach programs from radical Muslims that go back to the late seventies. They, no doubt, observe the success that other religious beliefs have found in the West, like Hinduism (yoga, for example) and Buddhism. Success in these kind of outreaches could easily account for the poor judgement we saw in backing Islam in its war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. My experience of this outreach efforts on both the streets and the campuses was that they invited participation in various things without identifying exactly who they were and what they represented.
For a time, the only representative of Islam we saw in public was the Nation of Islam, the African American cult. The Nation of Islam was frequently given attention and voice in the “alternative” radio audience and their business efforts had the same market appeal that the co-ops did in the US.
But Brennan’s failings as a Muslim sympathizer are not as disturbing as his complete lack of guile. He sounds like he is dumb as a rock. And if he is, in reality, no dumber than the Obamination, he could at least be smart enough to care about looking smart. Looking smart can be simple enough as just keeping your mouth shut and a CIA director who can’t do that is real trouble.
Thank you Caroline. In the states we are sometimes “protected” from knowing who our “leaders” are, as in this case.
After reading your article it all makes sense. As with all the other officials of this administration, we are no doubt being “protected” from realizing that he too, is a Marxist, as are all the others.
What a wonderful media we have! So thoughtful!
In response to this video: Under the cultured and enlightened administration of Israel, many faiths come together in Jerusalem. Under the tyranny of those who call Jerusalem, Al Quds, only whatever version of Islam that fits with the ideology of the prevailing tyranny, as is the case in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, etc., would be permitted. Like the warmth that John Brennan cites, the similarity of aspiration is superficial. To the extent that it is not, they, like John Brennan, do not live in Islamic world.
Brennan is just another hippie that rejected America and western civilization. Where many of his ilk went to India in search of “truth”, Brennan went to Egypt. He likely settled on attending college in Egypt for the blend of Islam and Socialism/Marxism that he regarded as his “truth”.
Slapped in the face by the reality of life in 3rd World nations, he returned to America but never quit blaming America and Western Civilization for all the World’s problems.
Once back in America, he like so many other unrepentant 60’s era radicals camouflaged himself by cutting his hair, taking a bath and getting a government job. As such, he should be seen as a menace to society.
One wonders what role Brennan had in the heavily politicized 2007 CIA NIE stating Iran was not pursuing nuclear weapons?
Just when you think it can’t get any worse. If the congress approves this character, they should all be impeached!
Caroline,
Could we please clone you? The US could really use a real honest and intelligent reporter for a change.
Please know that you have many friends here, just not in the government.
Mighty open-minded of Caroline to forswear any interest in Brennan’s religion. Maybe so open-minded that her brain has fallen out. Islam not only seeks to proselytize and convert (like Christianity), it also aims to establish a worldwide theocracy. If Brennan is a Muslim, it’s simply a bigger deal than if he merely harbors some pro-Muslim sympathies.