Katie Connolly
Ben Adler
Jonathan Alter
Eleanor Clift
Eve Conant
Howard Fineman
Sarah Kliff
Andrew Romano
Daniel Stone
“I think the most important thing I want to tell young people is that, regardless of your faith, those who build as opposed to those who destroy I think leave a lasting legacy, not only for themselves but also for their nations,” Mr. Obama said. “And the impulse towards destruction as opposed to how can we study science and mathematics and restore the incredible scientific and knowledge — the output that came about during centuries of Islamic culture.”
I think what the President said in that paragraph is admirable and a great goal. But reality should tell any person who thinks critically that the world is full of "evil doers" as Pres. Bush would say, and a speech or Pie in the Sky Ideals and rhetoric will not change that. Maybe his lofty speech will touch a few hearts and souls and will change the destiny for some Muslims from doing harm to doing good. That would be a good thing, but c'mon.
And Muslims are welcome in this country as long as they don't try to impose Sharia Law or hide in their Mosques and plot to blow up our shopping malls and airports.
The US money says In God we Trust, not in Allah we Trust. Of course Barack may add a bill with his mug on it and the Allah we Trust moto.
FIRST THIS IDOT DENIES THAT WE ARE A CHRISTION NATION AND NOW WE ARE CONSIDERED A MUSLIM NATION ACCORDING TO OBOMINATION....READ BELOW...
Obama Says U.S. Could Be Seen as a Muslim Country, Too
By Jeff Zeleny
HAHN, Germany — As President Obama prepared to leave Washington to fly to the Middle East, he conducted several television and radio interviews at the White House to frame the goals for a five-day trip, including the highly-anticipated speech Thursday at Cairo University in Egypt.
In an interview with Laura Haim on Canal Plus, a French television station, Mr. Obama noted that the United States also could be considered as “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.” He sought to downplay the expectations of the speech, but he said he hoped the address would raise awareness about Muslims.
“Now, I think it’s very important to understand that one speech is not going to solve all the problems in the Middle East,” Mr. Obama said. “And so I think expectations should be somewhat modest.”
He previewed several themes and objectives for the speech, which aides said the president intended to tinker with — and rewrite — aboard Air Force One during his 12-hour flight to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
“What I want to do is to create a better dialogue so that the Muslim world understands more effectively how the United States, but also how the West thinks about many of these difficult issues like terrorism, like democracy, to discuss the framework for what’s happened in Iraq and Afghanistan and our outreach to Iran, and also how we view the prospects for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians,” Mr. Obama said.
The president said the United States and other parts of the Western world “have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam.”
“And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world,” Mr. Obama said. “And so there’s got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples.”
The speech on Thursday has many intended audiences, but among them are the young people in Cairo and beyond.
The president is flying Air Force One directly from Washington to Riyadh. The White House press corps — traveling on a chartered United 767 — is refueling in Hahn, Germany.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/obama-signals-themes-of-mideast-speech/
Approval among Arabs is rising.......That's an easy one: Throw Israel under the bus and those Muslims will love you. The so-called Palesinians (at least the leaders) do not want Peace with Israel, so Israel should reject every Two-state proposal until they are assured peace (impossible to do). The Palistinians should be re-located to their homelands, but they do not want that either.
http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_faq_palestine_whynostate.php
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28222
"Way back on March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview with Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. Here's what he said:
The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism.
For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."
And why will Obama not produce his Birth Certificate.........Hmmm?
Good stuff bojack. Don't let those Blind liberals marginalize you.