We
know Bill Clinton is a pro-choice, pro-abortion,
pro-population control person. And he
speaks with a forked tongue ("I
did not have sex with that woman").
Let us not shout our hosannahs and extol
him for his comment favoring a big population,
but be very wary. Clinton is sly, just
like a serpent. When bad people speak
good things, contradicting their well-known
stand, something is up. Let us keep
our guard up. Remember the enemy is
a deceiver. His followers are too.
Perhaps Clinton is playing us for fools.
Perhaps, as Steve Mosher says, he and
his wife Hillary are playing good cop,
bad cop. Perhaps he is trying to get
us to put our guard down. Perhaps he
is trying to deceive the pro-lifers
who are credulous and gullible. Perhaps
he is throwing us crumbs because anyway
PNoy has already signified his strong
support for the RH bill. Perhaps under
his breath he is just saying, "America
likes a big market of colonial-minded
Filipinos for its products." Whatever
it is, he is not to be trusted.
But anyway, there was also a time when
some people said something they did
not believe in, but unknowingly spoke
the truth. That was in Calvary, when
they put on the cross of Jesus the sign
that said "King of the Jews."
The Roman soldiers took Jesus' life,
and unknowingly participated in the
greatest drama of all time -- the resurrection
of Jesus and the accomplishment of his
mission. Now Bill Clinton, a murderer
of the unborn, praises the Philippines
for its large population. Sir, you indeed
speak the truth. I wonder what great
victories for pro-life are you unknowingly
triggering?
Bill
Clinton applauds population growth in
Philippines
By
Matthew Anderson
MANILA,
Philippines, November 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com)
– Former
U.S. President Bill Clinton has praised
the Philippines for its large population,
reportedly telling a crowd at a Manilla
Hotel this Wednesday: “You have
a huge population, which is positive,
and you have massive natural resources.”
The
former president’s remarks come
at a time when the country is debating
a new bill that would fund the widespread
disbursement of contraceptives, including
the pill and IUD. The “Reproductive
Health Bill” (RH Bill) is part
of an effort to reduce the poverty of
the Philippines by slowing its population
growth. The Catholic hierarchy in the
Philippines is strongly opposed to the
bill.
Clinton’s
statements come as a surprise given
that his wife, U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton, has been pushing for
the RH Bill to be passed in the Philippines.
Last year during a visit to the Philippines,
Hilary Clinton told reporters there,
“I believe strongly that family
planning is an important aspect of development.
And I've seen this around the world,
and I think empowering women to be able
to make choices … provides a much
stronger basis for human development.”
Noting
the discrepancy between Hillary Clinton’s
and Bill Clinton’s views, Steven
Mosher, president of the Population
Research Institute (PRI), told LifeSiteNews
that Bill Clinton’s statement
seemed “almost schizophrenic.”
“For
him to say that the large population
of the Philippines is an asset, which
it is, when the American administration
has been saying you have too many people
… you almost suspect Bill and
Hillary are playing good cop, bad cop.
One takes one position and the other
takes the opposite to mitigate the negative
impact on the first.”
Mosher
pointed out that Clinton
was previously known as the “the
most pro-abortion, pro-population control
president we had ever had” until
Obama. Mosher also noted that
while in office, Clinton was extremely
supportive of population control.
“In terms of expanding the scope
of population control operations and
in terms of giving them more money he
did everything he could,” said
Mosher.
One
of Clinton’s first presidential
actions was the overturning of the famous
Mexico City Policy, which prevented
U.S. dollars from funding abortions
overseas. Also, Clinton
increased funding to the United Nations
Population Fund, which Mosher said has
been “complicit in, and involved
in China’s one child policy.”
Mosher
suggested that Clinton’s remark
shows that he really does understand
the benefit of a large population.
“This
is probably a rare moment of candor,”
Mosher said. “He understands peoples
are assets. He understands that babies
are not just burdens they’re blessings.
… He may have gotten a little
off message by saying what every economist
in the world knows: a young and growing
population is a definite asset for economic
growth.”
"For
to me to live is Christ, and to die is
gain." (Phil 1:21)