CNN exclusive: Obama on foreign policy - (Obama believes jihad is a result of U.S. foreign policy)

cnn.com ^ | July 13, 2008

[Free ThinkerNY]

(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama discussed his vision for the world in a wide-ranging foreign policy discussion with CNN's Fareed Zakaria.

The Democratic presidential hopeful answered some tough questions about how he would deal with the world's crises, what he would do if Osama bin Laden is caught and his plan for Iraq.

Here are some highlights from the interview, which aired Sunday on "Fareed Zakaria -- GPS."

ZAKARIA: Tell me, what is your first memory of a foreign policy event that shaped you, shaped your life?

OBAMA: A first memory. Well, you know, it wasn't so much an event.

I mean, my first memory was my mother coming to me and saying, "I've remarried this man from Indonesia, and we're moving to Jakarta on the other side of the world."

And that's, I think, my first memory of understanding how big the world was. And then, flying there and landing. This was only maybe a year, or even less than a year, after an enormous coup, the military coup in which we learned later that over half-a-million people had probably died.

[dixiechick2000]

Sometimes, a “denial” is just that, and should be considered.

I could not find an original of her work, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t have come from her.

Lord only knows...

Be healthy and happy yerself. ;o)

[FARS]

“Lord only knows” resonates right on the money. Since I don’t, we went with the flow. The content was worth the mention.

cheers,