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Cross-Cultural
Advice To Obama: Do Not Apologize To Islamic Arabs In Libya,
Egypt, Yemen
By
Joel Leyden Jerusalem, The Capital of Israel --- September 13, 2012 ... As a professional, cross-cultural consultant who has trained dozens of diplomats in Israel, I can tell you that Barack Obama and the US State Department are making the worst cultural mistakes. Following
the tragic murders in Libya of US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens
and three members of his staff, you don't apologize. The
US did nothing wrong, as it protects free speech and other freedoms.
We need not apologize for our culture and values. What Barack Obama has done by apologizing for American values is too have weakened him as a President in the eyes of the Islamic world. In
less than his first 100 days, Obama had apologized on three continents
for what he views as the sins of America and his predecessors. President
Obama - your "reaching out" to the Arab, Islamic world
has failed.
The Islamic terrorists appear to have launched this operation in celebration of and relation to 9/11 and are using the pretense of an anti-Islamic movie as a means to gather local support against the US, European nations and democracy. What
we are witnessing here is Islamic Jihad vs. Democracy. What
advice would I give to the White House and US State Department? The Arab world only respects strength and force. This can be illustrated with the deployment of uniformed, local police working in cooperation with US, NATO troops. Those who committed murder and attacked embassies against both local and international law must be found and punished. The
US must take the valuable words stated by President Theodore Roosevelt
a century ago - speak softly and carry a big stick. Walking softly and carrying a big stick is not a policy which advocates violence. It is a policy which demands respect and actually reduces violence. The US should not reduce aid and other humanitarian means. The US, Obama, the State Department must be understanding and respectful of other cultures as when in Rome act as a Roman. It does not mean apologizing for democratic values but rather showing force while using Arabic to explain your position that violence and murder is not acceptable. Immediately after Islamic terrorists murdered US diplomats in Libya, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo issued a statement saying that it condemns "the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims - as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions." Not one word about those who murdered US diplomats and attacked US embassies around the Middle East. US INTEL - the CIA, NSA, military intelligence, the FBI must stay on top of all that is going on in the Middle East to prevent acts of Islamic terrorism and retaliation back in the US against Muslims. To find the terrorists who murdered a US Ambassador and who are now fueling fires of hate against the US and democratic values of freedom. The
White House has said that Obama has "changed the image of
America around the world" and made the U.S. "safer and
stronger." The White House must stop apologizing for being American.
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