Western Confucian on Obama
Writing by abuhatem on Sunday, 2 of November , 2008 at 1:25 pm
My good blogger friend, Western Confucian, a traditionalist conservative Catholic living in Korea, tells us the silver lining in the clouds of an Obama victory. Many of you all may wonder how I can completely diss Obama and McCain post after post yet still not be completely ennui about an Obama victory. The answer is theological, something which I don’t usually mention on this blog, but I will now since it corresponds to Western Confucian’s post on the cardinal virtue of hope. As a Muslim I believe the creation is a manifestation of reflections of God’s attributes, and that there does not exist anything in creation which does not somehow contain God’s beauty. God’s beauty surrounds us. When you realize this you are happy with all possibilities. Or as the praised one Muhammad taught that strange is the affair of a believer - all of his affairs are good., if he finds evil he is patient and it is good for him, and if he finds good he praises God and it is good for him. The point is - always be optimistic because you can find hope in everything. Confucius himself said “Beauty surrounds us.” Its axiomatic truth.
I don’t like to delve into my personal theology on this blog because it is intended to be for a general audience interested in American politics not a religious lesson. I don’t even link to articles about the “Arab American” or “Muslim American” vote because I would rather be broad and general in my approach and discuss my political beliefs. There is no religious test for constitutional office. Indeed, the Muslim in the Congress, Keith Ellison, supports socialized medicine and an interventionist foreign policy - voting for a resolution condemning the UN for condemning Israel’s response in the 2006 Lebanon war. Do you know who voted against that resolution - two guys - in the entire congress: Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul. I’d for for those two and I wouldn’t vote for Ellison. And Tuesday, on election day, I will be voting for a self-proclaimed agnostic libertarian for senate because of his beliefs in free markets and noninterventionism in foreign affairs.
Western Confucian on Obama:
Even those of us who cannot stomach the idea of his opponent as president are starting to get a sinking feeling about Barack Hussein Obama’s victory next week. Hope, however, is the second of the Theological Virtues, and there are a glimmers of it:
His middle name should serve as a reminder that America, in the words of John Quincy Adams, “goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.” His promise to shift our imperial forces to Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires, may just bring about a restoration of the Old Republic. Of course, the painfree way would have been to have listened to Dr. Ron Paul. Ignorant foreigners (and fellow citizens, to be fair) will finally have to shut up about America, the least racist country in the world.
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