Awesome. We are now apologizing for the Muhammad video in an ad running in Pakistan funded by the American people – instead of standing up for free speech. Just dandy.

Here’s the ad:

And here’s the lowdown:

660 NEWS – The television ads in Pakistan feature clips of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during press appearances in Washington in which they condemned the video. Their words were subtitled in Urdu.

“We absolutely reject its content and message,” said Clinton in the advertisement.

The advertisements end with the seal of the American Embassy in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital.

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the ad was produced by the embassy, which spent $70,000 to air the 30-second spot on seven Pakistani television stations. Pakistan is the only country where the ads are running. The embassy wanted to run the ads because it determined that the messages of Obama and Clinton were not reaching enough of the Pakistani public through regular news reporting, Nuland said.

“As you know, after the (anti-Islam) video came out, there was concern in lots of bodies politic, including Pakistan, as to whether this represented the views of the U.S. government. So, in order to be sure that we reached the largest number of Pakistanis, some 90 million as I understand it in this case with these spots, it was the judgment that this was the best way to do it,” Nuland said.

(via GatewayPundit, FoxNation)




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78 comments
Nancy Reiff
Nancy Reiff

Both the President and Hillary condemn the violence and point out that the US has a history of religious tolerance. How is that apologizing to anyone exactly?

Mark Accomando
Mark Accomando

I am proud of their responses, they both are being leaders and are being responsible by responding in a mature way while stating our core principles that makes America the great country that it is,, They DID NOT APOLOGIZE they affirmed a fundamental principle, religious freedom and tolerance. They did not say they tolerate the violence or attacks,,come on people, we have freedom of speech and at the same time we can be respectful of others.

Mark Accomando
Mark Accomando

I am proud of their responses, they both are being leaders and are being responsible by responding in a mature way while stating our core principles that makes America the great country that it is,, They DID NOT APOLOGIZE they affirmed a fundamental principle, religious freedom and tolerance. They did not say they tolerate the violence or attacks,,come on people, we have freedom of speech and at the same time we can be respectful of others.

GEDouglas
GEDouglas

You would think, rather than total groveling, one of them would have mentioned a valued principle in America....freedom of speech!

bobemakk
bobemakk

Keep bowing to those Muslim extremists so we, the true American patriots, can kick both of you in your butts.

leel004
leel004

T H A N K Y O U !!!!

We need to be reminded EVERYDAY that hillary and bamaboy are tied to this arab spring.

there is NO passing the buck with billary to obama, she is guilty as he. Let's NOT forget that

PAWatcher
PAWatcher

I think they are showing the movie on the sly in the middle east- most don't get youtube- so the radicals can see how outraged they would have been had they seen it before the 9/11 anniversary. They think the whole world will swallow their BS......violence erupted and mass murder of Americans was the outcome of this movie....what a farce! The coverup puts Watergate and clinton's escapades to shame- this is criminal misconduct by obama and clinton. Carter was a dufus and incompetent, oabama is a criminal and a crook.

obama and his pals must go, raise your voices at the polls. After the election obama, holder and clinton will answer for the blood on their hands.

hbnolikeee
hbnolikeee

I feel an Apology Tour coming on.

GuessWhoFan
GuessWhoFan

Traitorous activity of the highest and most vile order.

jackson
jackson

70.00 thousand dollars for 30 seconds do these people ever think what they could do for the American people with the money that they waste AND that's for only one frickin country how many countrys are they going to apologize to??commies

ChangeThis
ChangeThis

If insane Islamists weren't aware of the stupid video before they are now thanks to Barry and Mrs Bubba promoting it by using it to cover up their disastrous foreign policy.

Reckoner_3
Reckoner_3

Obama and Hillary are both Muslims huh?

SKL53
SKL53

I had the privilege of attending the Freedom Concert back in 2001at Madison Square Garden after the terrorist attack. The crowd booed Hillary! Why... because the Firefighters and Police couldn't stand her!!! They were right! Hillary is an admitted progressive TRAITOR to America!

cherylmcr
cherylmcr

Are you kidding me???? How STUPID are these people???

WordsFailMe
WordsFailMe

Hillary proposes to appease Muslim outrage by replacing the US Marines at Middle East American embassies with trained, surviving members of the Afghan Police Force.

Orangeone
Orangeone

Impeach them now! O'Bambi and Hitlary encourage persecution of Christians. They do not speak on my behalf, I say show a video of the beheading of Muhammad daily!

DavidRobertson
DavidRobertson

I don't have a problem with them having the opinion that the movie doesn't reflect the US Government's opinion of Islam. No problem there. What is most troublesome is that they actually believe that this ad somehow will affect reaction or quell these manufactured protests. I think it stands alone as a testimony to their complete and utter lack of understanding of who these people are, how they are predisposed to behave, and what they will or won't respond to. It only reflects weakness and capitulation--and it is an invitation for these terrorists to press on in their madness. Lord help us if this regime stays in place 4 more years.

anyonebutbarry2012
anyonebutbarry2012

how many americans are these 2 wortless panders going to get ki lled??

12grace
12grace

obama and hilary are traitors.

911Infidel
911Infidel

Two mindless twits. Tweedle-dee and tweedle dumb. Two clueless, useless multiculturalist sugar-coated tards.

LYNNE NORRIS
LYNNE NORRIS

Think how stupid America's going to look when they win. Mitt's campaign will take a serious miracle to beaat him, Im afraid. He's not attacking Obama on anything. He just keeps talking numbers, like any good CEO would.

911Infidel
911Infidel

I don't believe any of the polls. They're all skewed towards Dhimiratz. Qunipiac is a HUGE example of a polling org that deliberately skews their results. Here's how I see it: Any poll that doesn't include a plus or minus figure is immediately suspect. But you can use your own metrics to determine its accuracy by adding a plus or minus of 3%.

So if a Quinipiac poll has Obama at 53% and Romney at 47%. Use that 3% margine of error and extrapolate that Obama has a 1 in 20 chance of being above 56% or a 1 in 20 chance of being below 50%; which means that Romney is likely tied or in the lead.

The MSM polls (and that includes FOX) are just plain BS as far as I'm concerned.

keninil
keninil

I haven't noticed any ads to the American public by O apologizing for

the 33 months of joblessness over 8%,

the job participation rate being at an all time low,

the crummy manufacturing index,

the record rate of increase in the national debt,

the EO hiding the docs for Fast and Furious,

not being able to propose a workable budget since he has come to office

the failure of most of his energy "investments"

the fact his "investment" in GM stock will probably loose the country over $25M

etc, etc, etc.

Where are the apologies to the American people ???

twolaneflash
twolaneflash

You can buy advertising on Pakistan tv? Sounds downright capitalistic! I bet a Pakistani version of the Mad Men tv series would be a hoot, with English subtitles, of course.

Orangeone
Orangeone

And they used our tax dollars to do it. No trial for them!

Michael
Michael

Pathetic just pathetic...President Bend Over strikes again!! How weak these people look!! We have a man in the WH that is so ignorant of his perceived ability to persuade Islamic Haters! Get a clue moron! But in his heart Obama relates to the Islamists and not Americans! Again this weakness is becoming a dangerous cancer that is spreading...and no cure is available except losing on the 6th of Nov.

DCGere
DCGere

Our soldiers in the sandbox must be really ticked off about this!

nibblesyble
nibblesyble

They have given in to terrorist's demands..they are useless, stupid and dangerous. If the American people vote this idiot and his posse back in....

LYNNE NORRIS
LYNNE NORRIS

and they will.... dont you know? O. had it bought months ago. He can now ensure he wins by a larger margin by giving phones to the people of Cleveland who vote for him. Our freedom for a cell phone. What a trade.

wrongheifer
wrongheifer

Removal of the O-blame-o... Hill-Billery duo is our only hope for change!

Don
Don

Any sane person with at least a double digit IQ that would believe one word these pathological liars are saying is not fit to vote. Obama, who appointed her, is a bigger liar than her and her husband put together. That was a fact that was impossible until Obama was elected. When you believe the Libyan president more than you do Obama, you know this deceptive lie is on the realm of insanity.

Sandra123456
Sandra123456

How much internet access do the people of these countries have to see this video?

How many even know it exists to even go looking for it?

Is the President of France going to make a video apologizing for a cartoon recently published there that mocked Mohammed?

NJK
NJK

Oh dear God, they should be removed. They're throwing gasoline on the flames.

not better off
not better off

interesting comments from Husein and Billary. Appease religious zealots who respond to simple free speech shenangins by torching and killing via a b/s mesage of respecting "all religions". Tell that to your DNC people who booed God and Israel, or to the liberals around America who consider Christians with differing views on abortion and gay rights as extremists and dangers to America? Time for Barack And Hil to go directly to Pakistan and address the people from a large podium with American flags draped around and calm them down. They'll listen to you, right Barack Husein?

Libertyship46
Libertyship46

“As you know, after the (anti-Islam) video came out, there was concern in lots of bodies politic, including Pakistan, as to whether this represented the views of the U.S. government."

You're kidding, right? Does that mean we have to apologize for every anti-Islamic video on YouTube? If so, we're going to have to be apologizing for the rest of our lives. The video came out months ago and we didn't hear a peep from anybody. It was only after al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood decided to make an issue of it that we heard anything about this video. This is just terrible. I would have a president up there saying, "In America, we have something called free speech, a right that is always lacking in your pathetic little countries. So you'd better start dealing with it. If not and if you decide to kill any more American diplomats, we are going to rain down on you so much hurt it will make your turbanned heads spin." I think THAT is the message we should be sending them, NOT this one.

redpuma
redpuma

Why apologize for something you didn't do? Seriously?

Sober_Thinking
Sober_Thinking

The ads aren't the ONLY thing "running". These despots are running from the truth as fast as they can.

I can't wait to boot these lying bastages out of Washington. They are absolute monsters... and I'm being nice here.

Watchman74
Watchman74

We care more about a video, that we had nothing to do with, than about those American's killed in Libya.

sDee
sDee

That is because their goal is the First Amendment. Apologizing and putting blasphemy laws above our freedom of speech serves that goal. Clinton and Obama would sacrifice millions of lives to curtail the First Amendment. This is the face of pure evil.

stage9
stage9

A video that apparently had NOTHING at ALL to do with this uprising too...