You need to take it in the larger context.....probably the most divisive president in the history of the United States lecturing to the Irish about division; the guy who talked about bitter clingers holding on to their guns and Bibles; the guy who used his position to fan the flames in the Travon Martin case; the guy who shows nothing but contempt for those of us who support the 2nd Amendment and whined like a petulant child when he didn't get his way in Congress; the guy whose administration has selectively ordered hands off Mosques while he uses the IRS, EPA, and FBI to harass Christian and conservative groups; the guy who uses every tactic he can get away with to force HIS agenda on the roughly half the country that doesn't want it. When the libs and progs say cooperation, they ALWAYS mean capitulation.3dfxMM wrote:Keep it in context. He was speaking in Northern Ireland and was specifically referencing their issues. I don't think he should have said what he said, but to try and paint it the way you are seems to be a stretch.
Obama has no use for anyone who doesn't agree with him as he constantly makes clear both in his speeches and the action of his administration. You cannot isolate this speech from everything the man represents. His words were not uttered by accident, but were carefully calculated. If we didn't know what we do about the man, we might consider his remarks naive and Pollyannish, but we do know what kind of man he is. He made these remarks for the world to hear and he is sending a message.
Now look closely at what he said. There is either a basis for the division that exists or their isn't. That division doesn't disappear because the Obamation said it shouldn't exist. He said, plainly, that if Catholics have their schools and Protestants have theirs, it discourages "cooperation." Cooperation to do what? Should Christians have to "cooperate" with Muslims? They believe in different things. He didn't say "tolerate" he said "cooperate." And he said cooperation isn't possible as long as the two groups maintain their separate identities and culture. So, which group has to abandon its identity and culture? or is it both groups that have to do that for "cooperation?" He doesn't ask ANY other group to abandon identity or culture.