The New Human Condition

To me, the extremist nature of Jeremiah Wright’s comments concerning America is a PERFECT metaphor for the Islamic Extremists’ stance towards America. Both have suspicious thoughts and negative attitudes about America.

The way Obama is handling the situation reveals to us how he will handle the Islamic Extremeists’. They too doubt America’s integrity. They are under the false impression that the west is inherently evil and years of backstabbing foreign policy (going back to days of the crusades) have justified their impressions.

Rather than adding to that fuel by using deceitful rhetoric, Obama is confronting the situation in a straightforward and diplomatic way. He is standing by his actions (being a member of Wright’s congregation) rather than hiding from them under political rhetoric.

That integrity is something the Islamist Extremists need to experience. If they trust that the West is being open and honest, their cloud of suspicion will dissipate.

I suspect if past candidates were confronted with these damning accusations they would brush them aside using political rhetoric in order to acheive their ambition.

By brushing confrontations aside rather than confronting them in an honest manner, we have lost our integrity as a nation and have fueled the distrust of people like Pastor Wright and other Extremists.