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Arabs grudgingly favor Obama in U.S. election
Reuters ^ | October 24, 2012 | By Edmund Blair

Posted on 10/24/2012 6:29:55 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

(Reuters) - Many in the Middle East believe Barack Obama failed to deliver on promises of a new U.S. approach in the region but still prefer him to presidential rival Mitt Romney, who they see as too close to Israel and too keen to project U.S. military might.

Compounding the challenge, the Middle East is a region where perceptions of fading U.S. influence have been hardened by Arab uprisings that have toppled dictators who were longtime U.S. allies, bringing Islamists in their place.

"I am one of those who is very much disappointed with Obama," said Hassan Nafaa, a professor at Cairo University, where the U.S. president, in his first months in office, spoke of "a new beginning" between America and Muslims.

"He didn't deliver ... But I think he is much better than Romney," said Nafaa, who listened to the Cairo speech in June 2009. "I don't appreciate at all the right wing in the United States with their preference to use extensive military force."

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arabs; election2012; muslims; terrorists

1 posted on 10/24/2012 6:30:06 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
grudgingly....?????...
2 posted on 10/24/2012 6:32:01 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is a guy who will blame an innocent infidel for a terror attack for 2 weeks to spare Muslim feelings (although his blame of a Youtube video did spark deadly riots around the world)


3 posted on 10/24/2012 6:35:04 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
File this under....WGAS!!!!
4 posted on 10/24/2012 6:45:01 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yes, yes, they can’t have an American president who’s a true ally of the hated Israel.

Much better to have the Marxist Moslem.


5 posted on 10/24/2012 6:45:01 AM PDT by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Not terribly grudgingly. Moslems must and always will favor a Moslem over an Infidel.


6 posted on 10/24/2012 6:52:14 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE www.fee.org/library/books/economics-in-one-lesson)
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To: Doogle

I have to parody....

Muslims Offer Support for Obama
http://asspos.blogspot.com/2012/10/muslims-offer-support-for-obama.html


7 posted on 10/24/2012 6:56:59 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gives a whole new meaning to “grudgingly”. He’s one of them.


8 posted on 10/24/2012 7:11:13 AM PDT by crosshairs (America: Once the land of the free. Still the home of the brave.)
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To: onyx

But like it or not, America WILL BE coming under new management in a few short weeks.


9 posted on 10/24/2012 7:37:34 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: arthurus

Unless you are plannng to leave Islam.


10 posted on 10/24/2012 7:38:47 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s bad when his bros don’t like him.


11 posted on 10/24/2012 7:49:43 AM PDT by bgill (Evil doers are in every corner of our government. Have we passed the time of no return?)
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To: Biggirl

I don’t think the kenyan will apostasize any time soon.


12 posted on 10/24/2012 10:27:11 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE www.fee.org/library/books/economics-in-one-lesson)
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13 posted on 10/24/2012 4:27:32 PM PDT by SJackson (none of this suggests there are hostile feelings for the US in Egypt, Victoria Nuland, State Dept)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
These countries will live to rue the day that they opened the door for radical Muslims to take over their governments. Many of these countries know that their kings are not that bad, but see such countries as Iran as their enemies.

Who helped them when the Iraqis moved to conquer Kuwait? It was the USA, who was also a friend to Israel. They are much better with their kings ruling than the factions who seek to take them over. They will learn what true misery is if things continue in the same direction that they have with Obama as President of The USA. They are too ignorant with hatred for Israel, to know when they are being suckered into an existence that will not be worth living.

14 posted on 10/24/2012 7:59:48 PM PDT by Bellflower (The LORD is Holy, separated from all sin, perfect, righteous, high and lifted up.)
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