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| Notion that everything the fault of Jooos lacks balance - Obama |
| 2009-04-09 |
| In the Muslim world, the notion that somehow everything is the fault of the Israelis lacks balance because there are two sides to every question," AFP quoted the US president as telling university students in Istanbul. To the Jewish members of the group Obama said, "I say the same thing to my Jewish friends - you have to see the perspective of the Palestinians. Learning to stand in someone else's shoes, to see through their eyes... this is how peace begins." "The world will be what you make of it," Obama told the students. "You can choose to make new bridges instead of new walls." Shortly before leaving Turkey, the US president had held out Iraq as an example of the change he seeks in policies inherited from former president George W. Bush. "Moving the ship of state takes time," he told a group of students in Istanbul. He noted his long-standing opposition to the war, yet said, "Now that we're there," the US troop withdrawal has to be done "in a careful enough way that we don't see a collapse into violence." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 “Obama said, "I say the same thing to my Jewish friends - you have to see the perspective of the Palestinians.” Mr. President, a real good way to “see the perspective of the Palestinians” is to read the HAMAS Charter. Let us know what ya think. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2009-04-09 12:07 |
| #2 Oh, yeah, I forgot. Stop channeling Rumsfeld, Mr. President. He has a copyright on using the metaphor of a slow ship. But Biden is, of course, allowed to use anyone's copyright. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-04-09 10:02 |
| #1 Its not hard to see the perspective of the Paleos, Mr. President, its all over in a flash. Its the damn noise, blood and guts and some brain matter mixed with bones and eyeballs and such that tends to fog that perspective. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-04-09 10:00 |