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Contrasting Obama's reaction to the embassy attacks with FDR

September 12, 2012 | Modified: September 12, 2012 at 10:59 am
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Photo - Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo. (AP Photo)
Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo. (AP Photo)
In his statement on the murder of our U.S. ambassador to Libya and three  other diplomats, Barack Obama said:
 
"Since our founding, the United States has been a nation that respects all faiths. We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, but there is absolutely no justification for this type of senseless violence, none."
 
When Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed his Four Freedoms, including freedom of speech (unmentioned by Obama) and freedom of religion, he did not feel it necessary to add that he rejected efforts to denigrate the religious faith of others. Evidently he did not feel that the United States government should have a policy of condemning certain types of speech.
 
An interesting contrast.

From WeeklyStandard.com