On Tuesday's Hannity show on FNC, while interviewing author Brigitte Gabriel, host Sean Hannity suggested that, rather than make apologies for America in the Muslim world, that President Obama should point out that Muslims have benefited from America's assistance in various countries, and Gabriel pointed out that the United States sided with Muslims against Christians in the former Yugoslavia.
Hannity posed the question: "Shouldn't the President be highlighting, for example, the sacrifice of America to help save some Kuwaiti Muslims and in Somalia and in Afghanistan and in Iraq and in other parts of the world?"
Gabriel added:
Story Continues Below Ad ↓And in Bosnia. Exactly. Listen, we went to Bosnia, and we fought the Christians against the Muslims so as to liberate the Muslims. These are the points that President Obama needs to be pressing in his speeches to the Arabic world. He needs to make the Muslim world realize what sacrifices America has done to liberate Muslims, to actually protect them from their fellow Muslims like in the case of Kuwait and the case of Iraq from an oppressive dictator, and in many other countries. This is his opportunity to show the Muslim world that America has done a lot for the Muslim world and not apologize for all the ills that we're doing.
Below is a complete transcript of the interview from the Tuesday, June 2, Hannity on FNC:
BARACK OBAMA: Without going into specifics, what I do believe is that Iran has legitimate energy concerns, legitimate aspirations. On the other hand, the international community has a very real interest in preventing a nuclear arms race in the region.
HANNITY: That was President Obama on BBC News last night. Now it turns out that the President's idea of preparing for tough negotiations with Iran is endorsing the country's aspiration to develop nuclear energy. Now, meanwhile, another story grabbing headlines is the Islamic convert who shot at 16 U.S. soldiers at a recruiting center in Arkansas, killing 23-year-old Private William Long and wounding many others. Now the suspect who pled not guilty to counts of murder and terrorism earlier today was under investigation by the FBI's terrorism task force. And joining me now to discuss all of this is the author of "They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It," Brigitte Gabriel back with us. Brigitte, thanks for being with us.
BRIGITTE GABRIEL, AUTHOR OF "THEY MUST BE STOPPED": Thank you, Sean. I'm glad to be back with you.
HANNITY: You know, so much was made by the President and Eric Holder when we had the killing of this abortion doctor. And here we have somebody who is a recent convert, apparently. Do you believe this was a terrorist act?
GABRIEL: I do believe this was terrorist act, and this is a matter that we should be paying attention to because al-Qaeda and different terrorist organizations are targeting specifically the inner cities in the United States. They are recruiting from the African-American community, from the Hispanic community, and they are partnering basically with gangs because they found fertile ground in recruiting these gangs, to help them commit terrorist attack in the United States even on an individual level like what we witnessed today.
HANNITY: All right. But what we do know is that prior to the shooting he had been the subject of this preliminary investigation by the FBI's joint terrorist task force since he returned from Yemen where he was arrested and had in possession a Somali passport according to ABC News. So, I mean, to what extent are we infiltrating these extremist mosques that exist, and we've talked about it before, here in America?
GABRIEL: Well, we are infiltrating them, and we have to give credit to President Bush for instituting such programs like the wiretapping program where we were able to find out where these terror cells are and monitor them. And this how we are monitoring many of the individuals and keeping a close eye on them. Because we realize that there is such terrorist infrastructure in the United States set up by different variety of Muslim radical organizations that might not all be al-Qaeda, but they share the same ideology. And we know that millions of dollars is being funneled basically to these terrorist cells from the Middle East, helping them not only get radicalized, but like in this case send them over to Yemen or to Somalia or to different places in the Middle East or Muslim world, and training them and making them become hardened individuals for specific operations in the United States.
HANNITY: All right, now, the President is about to give his speech to the Muslim world, as you know. Why do I expect that it's going to be an extension of his apology tour, and on the eve of this he says that Iran has a right to go nuclear?
GABRIEL: It's very concerning what he is talking. He is sending all the wrong signals. I just read an article written about him on an interview he gave today in France, and he said that America is one of the grandest Muslim countries in the world. This is what he said today. I was just reading it in France and just shocked that he would say something like that. But obviously he is pandering to the Muslim streets. He is trying to win their approval, meanwhile appearing very weak, which is giving a green signal to Iran. I mean, why should Iran stop developing nuclear if finally they got America, and in this case the President, to say you know, maybe we should be okay with them developing energy.
HANNITY: Well.
GABRIEL: Well, you know, you and I know if Iran wanted to develop nuclear for energy, they would have hired the company and would have had energy in four years.
HANNITY: I think that's a great point, and I expected the President is probably going to -- just continue this apology tour. Shouldn't the President be highlighting, for example, the sacrifice of America to help save some Kuwaiti Muslims and in Somalia and in Afghanistan and in Iraq and in other parts of the world?
GABRIEL: And in Bosnia.
HANNITY: And in Bosnia.
GABRIEL: Exactly. Listen, we went to Bosnia, and we fought the Christians against the Muslims so as to liberate the Muslims. These are the points that President Obama needs to be pressing in his speeches to the Arabic world. He needs to make the Muslim world realize what sacrifices America has done to liberate Muslims, to actually protect them from their fellow Muslims like in the case of Kuwait and the case of Iraq from an oppressive dictator, and in many other countries. This is his opportunity to show the Muslim world that America has done a lot for the Muslim world and not apologize for all the ills that we're doing.
HANNITY: What do you expect? I mean what do you expect the President is going to do this week? Because he's going to be speaking in Cairo. This is very important. He's been on the apology tour. Do you expect, you know, what do you expect him to say? Because I'd also like for him to challenge moderate Muslims to stand up for extremists. Is that too much for me to ask?
GABRIEL: No, it's not too much for you to ask and he should, but sadly he did not do it in Turkey, even though he told the Muslims America is not at war with Islam, but he should have continued by saying yet radical Islam has declared war on the United States and the moderate Muslims in the whole world should unite together to fight radicalism in their community. He did not say that in Turkey, and I strongly doubt that he's going to say that in Egypt. And especially where he's speaking, at the Al-Azhar University. I think we're going to see more pandering and him flaunting his Islamic background and having family members who are Muslims and that he understands the Islamic world thinking that that will bring the Muslim world back to liking America. He is wrong.
HANNITY: All right, Brigitte. Always good to talk to you. Thank you for being with us.
GABRIEL: Thank you.
—Brad Wilmouth is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.



















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Brigitte Gabriel correct
June 4, 2009 - 14:17 ET by Sergeant ROCKHowever, one might gather from their seemingly ungratefulness for such actions and sacrifices, it would seem that it was a waste of both.
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More Obamaspeak
June 4, 2009 - 14:18 ET by SeftonUnfortunately (though I'm sure Hannity knows this), Obama's aim isn't to highlight the good we've done for these countries, but build up his perpetual strawman argument against Bush and what he (Obama) will do on a "new foundation" as opposed to the destructive nature of the previous administration.
It's all smoke and mirrors with this guy.
hammer and nail head
June 4, 2009 - 14:23 ET by pagg30Nice of you to bring them together.
Well done.
I think we're going to
June 4, 2009 - 14:26 ET by bigtimerI think we're going to see more pandering and him flaunting his Islamic background and having family members who are Muslims and that he understands the Islamic world thinking that that will bring the Muslim world back to liking America. He is wrong.
He is WRONG indeed...but he does not care....he does have an agenda and he is going to feed it...at our expense in my opinion.
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Nice to have apology tour
June 4, 2009 - 14:35 ET by jistincaseNice to have apology tour 2.0 in progress. When I listen to him flap his pie hole about what the muslims have done for the world I feel like throwing up. Maybe he could really point out something that they have contributed to this world other than suicide bombers, ugly beards and burkas. He always forgets about the fact that if it wern't for the United States that most of the third world would be speaking German. Or the fact that because of our ingenuity that most of the world doesn't still have to crap in a hole outside their back door let alone the fact that most of the thrid world countries would be dead from disease if not for our scientists and the charity of this great country. I can't wait for the day when this idiot finally has that O sh#t moment that the media won't be able to cover up that lets the rest of the sheeple really know who this imposter is.
The problem is that people
June 4, 2009 - 15:10 ET by gmaniac1The problem is that people like Hannity make complete sense. Ther mooks that voted for Baby Boy do not have the sense that God gave them. However, the government doesn't mind stepping in and making sense for them, and neither do they.
When the people fear the government it's called tyranny, when the government fears the people it's called liberty!
Hmm you could add to the list
June 4, 2009 - 15:16 ET by well99Indonesia after the Tsumi
Pakistan after the earthquake
I usually don't agree with
June 4, 2009 - 15:22 ET by CamelopardalisI usually don't agree with Gabriel, but I'll agree with her now. America has wreaked some havoc that has affected Muslim countries, but they've also done a lot of great things for us. I mean, I live in the US and as much as it shames me to say it, I have more freedom and comfort living here than I would in almost any Muslim nation.
What irritates me about many Muslims is that sometimes we expect the US to solve our problems for us. We have become so accustomed to blaming the US for everything because as Obama said in his speech today, it is easier to blame others than to look within. Even now, I think many are still waiting for the US to deal with Darfur, even though that is a conflict initiated by Arab Muslims against African Muslims.
→ Excellent point
June 4, 2009 - 15:28 ET by Cool ArrowAnd in how many areas of the Muslim dominated countries is there famine, caused not because the rains have ceased, but because the farmers have been butchered and the fields sowed with landmines?
America did not do this.
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Like Sean; Hate New Show
June 4, 2009 - 16:44 ET by BW222While I like Sean Hannity, I am less than impressed with his new show. Maybe if it ended after 30 minutes, it might not be too bad. But, the Great American Panel, usually comprised of nobodies or FNC stooges, is too much to stomach.
Earlier this week one of his guest panelists was Nicole Wallace, the ditzy airhead responsible for (mis)managing Sarah Palin's VP presidential campaign. If Wallace had any integrity, she would simply go away and change her name never to be heard from again.
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June 4, 2009 - 16:48 ET by Cool ArrowThat All-Star Panel he puts together is only slightly better filler than Colmes.
"The Rule of Law is the only thing that separates us from Democrats" - a Firefighter
Re Panel
June 4, 2009 - 20:23 ET by slickwillie2001Agree, the panel is incredibly weak. With all the monster talking heads Fox News has at their disposal, -experts in politics, foreign affairs, military, medicine, law, etc, why pick brainless people out of the Hollywood glitterati and waste time on what they think?
The 'liberal translations' can also go, if they haven't already.