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Title: Obama declares US not at war with Islam
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URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97CVOMG0&show_article=1
Published: Apr 6, 2009
Author: AP
Post Date: 2009-04-06 10:05:03 by christine
Keywords: None
Views: 330
Comments: 7

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Barack Obama, making his first visit to a Muslim nation as president, declared Monday the United States "is not and will never be at war with Islam." Calling for a greater partnership with the Islamic world in an address to the Turkish parliament, Obama called the country an important U.S. ally in many areas, including the fight against terrorism. He devoted much of his speech to urging a greater bond between Americans and Muslims, portraying terrorist groups such as al Qaida as extremists who did not represent the vast majority of Muslims.

"Let me say this as clearly as I can," Obama said. "The United States is not and never will be at war with Islam. In fact, our partnership with the Muslim world is critical ... in rolling back a fringe ideology that people of all faiths reject."

The U.S. president is trying to mend fences with a Muslim world that felt it had been blamed by America for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Al Jazeera and Al Arabiyia, two of the biggest Arabic satellite channels, carried Obama's speech live.

Obama said the partnership between the U.S. and the Muslim world is critical in rolling back what he called a fringe ideology that people of all faiths reject.

"America's relationship with the Muslim world cannot and will not be based on opposition to al Qaida," he said. "We seek broad engagement based upon mutual interests and mutual respect."

"We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over so many centuries to shape the world for the better, including my own country," Obama said.

Obama also said, to a round of applause, that the United States supports Turkey becoming a member of the European Union.

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#1. To: christine, all (#0)

Never believe what Obama says; watch instead what He does.

Thousands flee bomb attacks by US drones (Pakistan)

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-04-06   10:12:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: christine (#0)

"We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over so many centuries to shape the world for the better.."

I wonder what the "greatest achievement" of the "religion of peace" actually is. Beheading of infidels? Chopping off the hand of some hungry person who stole a loaf of bread? Punishing the victims of rape and incest? Yeah, Obummer, that is a lot to be proud of you stupid cs.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton

James Deffenbach  posted on  2009-04-06   10:14:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: James Deffenbach (#2)

I wonder what the "greatest achievement" of the "religion of peace" actually is. Beheading of infidels?

I wonder how the religious (not the secular) Jews, who reflexively vote D, feel now?

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-04-06   10:23:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: christine (#0)

Hmm...that's quite a speech. Let's parse the crucial subtext, shall we?

"Let me say this as clearly as I can," Obama said. "The United States is not and never will be at war with Islam."

No, only with key Muslim nations. Not with Islam itself.

"In fact, our partnership with the Muslim world is critical ..."

Yes, our partnership with the Saudis and the sheiks of the tiny Gulf states (and Israel) is critical in the same sense as the Hessians were critical to the British empire in trying to restrain American independence. Except we are really really big Hessians.

"... in rolling back a fringe ideology that people of all faiths reject."

Except for the majority of those billion or so people who call themselves Muslim who endorse the tactics of militant Islam and support it.

TooConservative  posted on  2009-04-06   10:52:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Jethro Tull (#3)

I wonder how the religious (not the secular) Jews, who reflexively vote D, feel now?

I imagine they will feel mighty bad about voting for him before it's all over.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton

James Deffenbach  posted on  2009-04-06   13:16:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: James Deffenbach (#5)

I imagine they will feel mighty bad about voting for him before it's all over.

Yeah, but many of them were still supportive of Adolf right up until they were loaded on the boxcars or locked in the Warsaw ghetto.

Clever people, not so politically astute if you judge by their actual performance historically.

TooConservative  posted on  2009-04-06   14:42:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: TooConservative (#6)

It is amazing to me how people can be fooled so easily by charlatans and hustlers like Obama. And he really isn't that slick--anyone who has ever seen him stammer and stutter when his teleprompter goes off knows that.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton

James Deffenbach  posted on  2009-04-06   15:49:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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