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Obama: U.S. not your enemy
2009-01-27
Posted by:tipper

#20  IIRC COUNTERRORISM BLOG > OBAMA CHALLENGED TO TURN/CONVERT WAR ON TERROR INTO ROUTINE VIGILANCE [National, Geopol Vigil- only].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-01-27 23:39  

#19  initial reports are that a lot of the muslim ruling class is happy

that may be because Obama didn't mention the word "democracy"

and he didn't threaten to reduce foreign aid which is a great source of relief to the people who are able to steal it
Posted by: mhw   2009-01-27 15:42  

#18  "Liberals think the oceans are inhabited by 'Charlie the Tuna'. I've got news for them, it's Jaws out there." G. Gordon Liddy

"Liberals think you can pick up a turd from the clean end." Unknown Author
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2009-01-27 15:12  

#17  Maybe he'll start selling Middle East dictators down the river like Carter did to the Shah. We all know how well that worked out.
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2009-01-27 14:53  

#16  Asked why Al Arabiya had been granted the president's first interview, an aide said: "We want to communicate directly to the entire world America's new foreign policy."


But he sought a conciliatory tone throughout the interview, at one point avoiding even restating American policy, and his own platform, than an Iranian nuclear weapon is plainly unacceptable.


BO's silence or refusal to state clearly our policy is sending a clear message in my view, one that I don't like.

Posted by: Jan   2009-01-27 14:04  

#15  He gave his first interview to an Islamic TV channel? It's a bit like a schoolteacher spending the first lesson of the term pleading with the disruptive kids at the back of the room to please behave because I'm a decent guy, not like your last teacher. It's easy to predict how this'll pan out, even though I doubt any one of us had a teacher who was actually that stupid...
Posted by: Bulldog   2009-01-27 13:24  

#14  Try Mylanta.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2009-01-27 13:18  

#13  Asked why Al Arabiya had been granted the president's first interview, an aide said: "We want to communicate directly to the entire world America's new foreign policy."

And the new foreign policy is different from the old how again? What a bunch of baloney. While the messenger is new, the message is more or less the same. I seriously doubt the new messenger will prove any more persuasive. I can only hope that all of this is part of a good faith effort on behalf of the O administration for when he decides to attack Iran to prevent them from acquiring a nuclear weapon, which my gut tells me he will (although my gut's track record isn't terribly impressive).
Posted by: eltoroverde   2009-01-27 13:11  

#12  All Kafirs are enemies to per the Muslim world, Big Zero.
Posted by: Spegum Crinesing8114   2009-01-27 13:04  

#11  Which is to say, stop messing with us and we will stop kicking your ass.
Posted by: eltoroverde   2009-01-27 13:01  

#10  But we will kick your ass if you mess with us.
Posted by: mojo   2009-01-27 11:08  

#9  Bush said basically the same thing with that "Islam is peace" bullshit. This won't change a thing. Muslim's are still their own worst enemy.
Posted by: tu3031   2009-01-27 11:06  

#8  Unless you really piss us off.
Posted by: DarthVader   2009-01-27 10:59  

#7  Some things have.....Consequences.
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-01-27 09:41  

#6  In a sense, he's right though. The Muslim world is their own enemy much more than anyone else.

Even fools say correct things out of their own ignorance, sometimes.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2009-01-27 09:20  

#5  "I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries, I am, was, is, could once again be a Muslim">
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-01-27 09:18  

#4  Obama to America: Internationally speaking, I'm gonna get rolled...
Posted by: Raj   2009-01-27 07:46  

#3  Even now, Islamic fascists are grinning and rubbing their hands.

If we ever neede proof that no matter what kind of education you have, being a leftist is proof positive of lack of intelligence and common sense, here it is.
Posted by: no mo uro   2009-01-27 07:03  

#2  I don't think the Arab world responds to platitudes quite the way the liberal press does in the west.

We'll see.
Posted by: mhw   2009-01-27 06:44  

#1  America: OBAMA IS YOUR ENEMY
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2009-01-27 06:00  

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