Questions came from presenters in MTV’s Times Square studio and from online and in-studio participants.
If I convene a meeting of Muslim leaders to try to bridge the divide between Islam and the West, I do so with the credibility of someone who lived in a Muslim country for four years when I was a child
Barack Obama Speaking in the forum, Mr Obama said that his multicultural heritage allows him to “see through the eyes of other people” abroad in ways another president could not.
“If I convene a meeting of Muslim leaders to try to bridge the divide between Islam and the West, I do so with the credibility of someone who lived in a Muslim country for four years when I was a child,” he said, referring to time spent in Indonesia.
“And although I’m a Christian I have a sense of that culture.”
Sorry, sister, that dog ain't gonna hunt.
And Bush looked into Putin’s eyes.....