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.

[Guenevere]

you have Freepmail :)

[FARS]

FYI - at last someone is daring to aim in the right direction, though I don’t think the Saudis will care less.

http://noiri.blogspot.com/2008/07/protest-notice-for-california.html

[airborne]

I agree. The House of Saud is no friend of America!

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Bump Dat...

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Sacajaweau]

But more interesting...BOTH her husbands were Muslims, right??

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks FARS. Ahmedeadman is a creepy little bastard. He and the 12th imam are going to get the same treatment that the mahdi and his paramilitary commander did at the takeover of the mosque back in the late 1970s.

[FARS]

Very long detailed revue of ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) activities and links to extremist Islam.

http://alanpetersroundup.blogspot.com/2008/07/isna-in-review.html

[FARS]

Very long detailed revue of ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) activities and alleged links to extremist Islam.

http://alanpetersroundup.blogspot.com/2008/07/isna-in-review.html

[FARS]

Significant amounts from Saudi Arabia, Iran and other Middle Eastern countries. NOT U.S. voters! In case you missed the article in late June.

http://alanpetersnewsbriefs.blogspot.com/2008/07/obamas-campaign-funds-legal.html ???

[SunkenCiv]

Wow, FARS! Has this been posted to FR (as a topic, I mean)?!?

http://alanpetersnewsbriefs.blogspot.com/2008/07/obamas-campaign-funds-legal.html

[Guenevere]

Thanks for the ping!

[Darnright]

>I think her thesis at Princeton centered on her determination to “stay black”.<

Please tell me you’re exaggerating. She was rewarded a doctorate for the above thesis???

David Duke must be rolling on the floor, laughing his butt off.

[bayouranger]

Thanks for the links FARS!

[ryan71]

“Just under 90 alums responded to the questionnaires (for a response rate of approximately 22 percent) and the conclusions were not what she expected. “I hoped that these findings would help me conclude that despite the high degree of identification with whites as a result of the educational and occupational path that black Princeton alumni follow, the alumni would still maintain a certain level of identification with the black community. However, these findings do not support this possibility.””

She was disappointed that black Princeton alumni had somewhat disassociated themselves from the black community.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8642.html

No wonder she was never proud of America until now. She’s been in Chicago and Princeton her entire life. She saw the real America on the campaign trail.

[4woodenboats]

Amazing...a story by Maureen Dowd on His Oness's campaign finance illegalities and it never went anywhere?

Yep, I had sure missed that one. Thanks.

[4woodenboats]

Dowd and The O campaign are called that one a fake. From O in the wall's "smear" section (it was the only hit on Google);

Maureen Dowd and campaign funding—

The Claim: Dowd’s June 29 column asserted that Obama’s campaign funds came from the Middle East and China.

The Reality: Dowd herself said the “column” is a fake. She told Politifact.com that she did not write it and "It just seems like anyone who is familiar with my column would know this wasn’t me."

politifact.com

Though, it wouldn't surprise me much if this was yet another preemptive hit against anyone who might ever dare to question where in the O did his dough come from.

[bpjam]

Can you explain the role of the Hojatieh in its prior status and how it relates to what I’monajihad and his plans for Armeggedon?

[bmwcyle]

Yes, the DEMS in power do cause problems around the world.

[potlatch]

Very interesting article plus I’m surprised that MAUREEN DOWD wrote it!