Passover recalls the bondage and suffering of Jews in Egypt and the miracle of the Exodus, but U.S. President Barack Obama says its message is reflected in Muslim uprisings.
In his annual message, prior to his third straight participation in the Passover Seder, President Obama stated, “The story of Passover…instructs each generation to remember its past, while appreciating the beauty of freedom and the responsibility it entails. This year that ancient instruction is reflected in the daily headlines as we see modern stories of social transformation and liberation unfolding in the Middle East and North Africa.”
Having constructed a link between the Arab uprisings and Chosen People's experiencing the miracles of the Creator that led them out of Egypt and towards the receiving of the Ten Commandments, the President concluded, "As Jewish families gather for this joyous celebration of freedom, let us all be thankful for the gifts that have been bestowed upon us, and let us work to alleviate the suffering, poverty, injustice, and hunger of those who are not yet free.”
So I suppose today's Muslims are modern-day version of the enslaved Jews? And Obama is instructing us to work for their freedom, because.....well, why, exactly? So they are more easily able to wage war against the Jews, and Israel?
Look, I believe freedom is God's greatest gift to man. But it seems to me that lecturing Jews to work to free people who are still hell-bent on killing them is not exactly the right message to send on Passover, a holiday where we celebrate one of many escapes from murderous hordes of these same Arabs...
But who am I to lecture Barack Obama on the meaning of Passover, and what constitutes offense? Who knows the true meaning better than him?
President Obama chanced into a Seder during his presidential campaign in 2008, when the polls were not in his favor. At the end of the Seder, when Jews chanted, "Next year in Jerusalem,” Obama responded, “Next year in the White House.”
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