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| Obama doctrine to make clear no war on Islam |
| 2010-05-27 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] President Barack Obama's new national security doctrine will make clear that the United States does not consider itself to be at war with Islam, a top adviser said on Wednesday. The White House on Thursday plans to roll out Obama's first formal declaration of national security goals, which are expected to deviate sharply from the go-it-alone approach of the Bush era that included justification for pre-emptive war and alienated many in the Muslim world. Previewing parts of the document, John Brennan, Obama's leading counterterrorism adviser, said: "We have never been and will never be at war with Islam." "The president's strategy is unequivocal with regard to our posture -- the United States of America is at war. We are at war against al-Qaeda and its terrorist affiliates," he said in a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Brennan's words dovetailed with Obama's outreach to the Muslim world, where the U.S. image under former President George W. Bush was hurt by the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal and his use of phrases like "war on terror" and "Islamo-fascism." At West Point on Saturday, Obama laid out the broad principles of his coming National Security Strategy, a document required by law of every administration, stressing international engagement over Bush's "cowboy diplomacy." Grappling with a fragile U.S. economy and mounting deficits, Obama also signaled he would place new emphasis on the link between U.S. economic strength and discipline at home and restoring America's standing in the world. Obama has been widely credited with improving the tone of U.S. foreign policy but is still struggling with unfinished wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea, and sluggish Middle East peace efforts. Critics say some of his efforts at diplomatic outreach show U.S. weakness. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #20 Also noted was the lack of an American flag. Is he ashamed of it, hate it, or afraid it will burst into flame and jump him as he walks by? Vampires and Garlic come to mind. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-05-27 21:25 |
| #19 Obama's press conf today and he had a gold curtain behind him. Not sure if it was because he is the anointed one or trying to look Al Jazira. Also noted was the lack of an American flag. Is he ashamed of it, hate it, or afraid it will burst into flame and jump him as he walks by? |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-05-27 21:03 |
| #18 Osama was right, people respect and are drawn to a strong horse. So why do we keep coughing and acting sick? The least our President could do is speak as if he considered us Equals to other cultures, but then again to paraphrase the smarter Marx "I can't respect any nation that would elect me as President." |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-05-27 14:53 |
| #17 I can't wait until Obama is out of office then i won't have too take a xanax before reading the news |
| Posted by: chris 2010-05-27 13:33 |
| #16 "No thank you Turkish..I'm sweet enough." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-05-27 13:01 |
| #15 |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-05-27 12:14 |
| #14 #13 We have never been at war with Eastasia. Posted by: gromky 2010-05-27 10:39 You beat me to it, gromky. |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2010-05-27 11:00 |
| #13 We have never been at war with Eastasia. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-05-27 10:39 |
| #12 hand me my blue pills i can't stand the lies anymore |
| Posted by: anon1 2010-05-27 10:35 |
| #11 but we are at war with one strand of islam: wahhabist salafist islamism which puts islam as a political doctrine to be enforced by violence and expanded world wide. |
| Posted by: anon1 2010-05-27 10:34 |
| #10 The Overseas Contingency Operation Against Man Cause Disasters...rolls on. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-05-27 10:15 |
| #9 He's too busy with his war on America.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-05-27 10:07 |
| #8 When you can't stand up to anything, you will likely fall for anything |
| Posted by: Gloria 2010-05-27 08:33 |
| #7 Don't need any sugar. I've been called a "sweetie". That's sweet and unbitter enuff. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2010-05-27 07:33 |
| #6 I'm not bitter either. I just need sugar. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2010-05-27 07:27 |
| #5 Re #2 I am not bitter. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2010-05-27 07:24 |
| #4 You may not be interested in war with islam, but islam is interested in war with you. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-05-27 07:02 |
| #3 Obama has been widely credited with improving the tone of U.S. foreign policy but is still struggling with unfinished wars in Afghanistan and Iraq And there you have it. If you can't believe Al Arabiya, who can one believe. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-05-27 04:27 |
| #2 Obama just hates how we run America. Not Islam. After-all, half of America are bitter, gun-totting, religion zealots. Nothing like the Religion of Peace. |
| Posted by: Charles 2010-05-27 04:03 |
| #1 Yeah, we know. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-05-27 01:08 |