Barack Obama's Super-Secret Desire to Impose Sharia Law

David

Remember, Melanie confidently predicted that Obama's first act would be to change the constitution.

Not the sharpest tool in the bag, is Mel.

Mr Eugenides

Extraordinary. That last sentence teeters on the brink of full-on paranoia. I gasped when I read it.

Or, to put it another way; can someone explain to me the difference between "the US President secretly wants his country to become Muslim" and "the US President is controlled by the Jews"?

You, I and Ms Phillips would all condemn the latter statement as bald anti-Semitism, and rightly so. So what makes the former acceptable?

Extraordinary.

Redvers

Thank you Alex

A very thoughtful and insightful analysis of Melanie's piece.

And your thoughts on Britishness, also tip top.

Gruney

How good it is at last to see some Spectator balance to Melanie's increasingly hysterical ranting on even the remotest hint of a perceived slight to Israel

Jennie

How will Obama impose sharia law in the United States? For answers read 2 books: "The End of the World As We Know It," by Mark Steyn and "Stealth Jihad" by Robert Spencer. I read them both and they are chilling.

Pete W

As Melanie could tell you if her brave voice wasn't being so appallingly repressed, the fact that there is actually no evidence for any of this is what makes it so truly alarming and shows just how far Obama's tentacles of control now reach.

Spine-chilling!

Sickening!!

Monstrous!!!

And so on and so forth...

ndm

Obama's overstatement is trivial compared to those of Bush.

The reality is that there are several million Muslims in America comprising a community almost half as large as the Jewish community. The Muslim community is not, however, even remotely as powerful.

I am unsurprised however by the speed with which onetime arbiters of all things anti-American have taken up anti-Americanism. I guess having a black President does that.

I am glad to see you taking a cudgel to the weakest link in the Spectator blogosphere.

Craig Strachan

Oh please. It's not Obama's plan to impose sharia. In this, as in much else, the president is merely the cipher of a certain sinister Welsh druid whose fine hand reaches out from behind-the-curtain in Lambeth Palace...

THX1138

Mels's on the Moral Maze tonight discussing what has become of moral authority.

Monbiot is witness

Gorgeous George puts her to the sword

http://tinyurl.com/av4doa

From 2:40 Mins in

Can't wait!

Matthew

I am very pro Israel but often wince at Melanies comments - glad to see someone has finally picked up on it!

Hugh

If I claim Wales is one of the bigger countries in Europe in order to flatter its inhabitants is that an understandable exaggeration or is it just bloody silly? The latter, I would have thought.
Obama reminds me of Blair from his early years. Whenever he opened his mouth what came out was invariably well tailored for the audience, but any connection with reality was purely coincidental.
Melanie's hint at some sort of conspiracy in the final line is very silly, though, it's true. I'd rather have less of that, but less too of your gushing for the man. All the evidence, this included, as far as I can see suggests that he's just another politician and not a particularly remarkable one at that.

Alf Tupper C.R.O.F.

For a brief moment I thought Dr Massie had seen the light.

The wait continues.

Beefeater

Obama thinks that a Muslim nation is one with a lot of Muslims.
Even if it is not his (secret or open)aspiration for America, his view might arouse hope in his Muslim audience that America is off to a good start in becoming one.
Misreading for the sake of sneer - that's the Massie way.

Andre

Truth is stranger than fiction - have a look at Robert Ferrigno's 'Prayers for the Assassin' a thriller and a good read on one level, horrifying prognosis on another. Wise up America

Michael B

If only a simplistic, tendentiously conceived smarm could be conceived as sound commentary.

Perhaps Barack will scold the Saudis on how they tend to "cling" to their sabers, boxcutters and religion, and how they express antipathy towards those not like them. Probably not however, it would garner no votes and wouldn't be terribly prudent.

Or, perhaps, in lieu of visiting Dresden in the wake of his visit to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Barack might visit Rwanda, to underscore the failure of Belgium, the E.U. and the U.N., c. 1994 - that's "failure," as in conscious decision to refrain from getting involved, even though E.U. troops were in the area at the time.

But stick with the cheapjack chin-puller smarm posing as serious commentary, Alex. Punch the clock, grab the paycheck, pull the chin, and, once again, unthinkingly and absent probative effect type out some attention grabbing prose on the keyboard, followed by a self-congratulatory harrumph.

THX1138

Alf WTF does C.R.O.F. mean?

Christian Wahnschaffe

An aspiration is not the same thing as a policy.
Alex Massie doesn't seem to have a very clear mind. He's very emotional though. A sarcastic sneer, Mr Massie, is no substitute for reasoned argument.

Ian C

Ever heard of irony Alex?

A riposte without point and decidely not a reputation enhancer.

David

"no substitute for reasoned argument."

There's no such thing when dealing with Mel.

porkbelly

Another straw man bites the dust.

Olly

If an international conspiracy of communist scientists can promulgate the lies of global warming, vaccination, evolution and moon-landings, then who is to say there can't be a conspiracy to impose sharia?

hadrian

You can mock Mel all you like but her knowledge of Islam isn't as barmy as you disdainfully think. Barack may just be sentimentally naive about Islam, having Moslem relatives, but that in itself is dangerous enough. It is an expansionist religion and one that is opportunistic in case you haven't noticed. Minorities also have a horrible habit of gaining control given majority decadence and supineness. I'm not saying there's any silly deep conspiracy or imminent take-over but he remote can become very real where 'eternal vigilance' is deliberately shut off.

Sam Armstrong

Nothing more than a snobby blog entry, submitted because you have no new material of your own. So you bully a prize-winning journalist, of whom you are jealous.

ndm

I think this comment from Andrew Sullivan has some resonance here:

-- Increasingly, I suspect the medium is the problem. The cocooned echo-chamber of shock jocks takes what might have been conservatism and turns it into some ghastly expression of contempt for others unlike themselves.

Derek BLADES

Dear Olly,

What was the "international conspiracy of communist scientists" in connection with the moon-landings? The other conspiracies you mention are of course established facts but I had not heard of that one. Please give us details.

Werner

Logic is harder than snark, but let me help you along the way:

What do we know about Barack Obama? We know he tells people what they weant to hear and does not care in the least about consistency. We know he lies with inhuman ease. We know he is a boundless narcissist. We know he is a disciple of Alinsky and a "citizen of the world". We know he likes to surround himself with weakminded, flawed or corrupt characters.

We can safely assume that he will not retire in 4 or 8 years. We can assume that his kowtowing to the muslim world is somehow part of the permanent effort to keep his head the accustomed size.

So here is my theory: He is after the African and Islamic voting blocks at the UN? He is perfectly suited for Secretary General, and I do not mean that as a compliment.

john

My god cant people see obama is trying to bring peace and some justice in the middle east. After all Israel is Palestine. Why cant we go back to the old days when muslims, christians and jews got along with each other. Obama does have a point on muslims though if you look at the facts islam is the fastes growing religion. I dont believe in god but i believe in justice