Posted on 12/04/2008 4:51:14 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Barack Obama is considering making a major foreign policy speech in an Islamic capital during his first 100 days as president in an effort to mend rifts between the U.S. and the Muslim world.
Helene Cooper of The New York Times spoke to several sources, including diplomats, about which Islamic capital Obama might choose, and the consensus was Cairo, Egypt.
The reason: Process of elimination.
A speech in Baghdad would appear to validate the Iraq war, which Obama opposed. A visit to Damascus, the Syrian capital, “would look as if he was rewarding the Syrians and it’s too soon for that,” Ziad Asali, president of the American Task Force on Palestine, told Cooper.
Asali also ruled out:
Ramallah on the West Bank, noting that “Palestinians seek Jerusalem as their capital.”
Tehran in Iran. “Too soon for that.” Amman, Jordan. “Been there, done that.”
Islamabad, Pakistan. “Too dangerous.”
Ankara, Turkey. “Too safe.”
As for Jakarta, Indonesia, where Obama spent part of his youth, “people would yawn about that,” said Asali.
One of Obama’s foreign policy advisers ruled out Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and other capitals around the Persian Gulf.
Cooper concluded: “It’s got to be Cairo. Egypt is perfect. It’s certainly Muslim enough, populous enough and relevant enough. It’s an American ally, but there are enough tensions in the relationship that the choice will feel bold.”
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I predict he will use the occasion to announce that Sharia law is completely compatible with the US Constitution and will be implemented immediately. He Was a Constitutional law professor you know...
LOL.
OK, the Sharia law post was way out there. More likely that he’ll announce an immediate nuclear strike on Israel.
Barack Obama is considering making a major foreign policy speech in an Islamic capital during his first 100 days as president in an effort to mend rifts between the U.S. and the Muslim world.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Dhimmitude not far away, after Obama negotiates for elective Sharia law in our court systems for those who want it in the USA, as a condition of “Peace.”
Freemen and Freewomen must not allow this sort of thing!
Maybe Minneapolis. It’s closer than most other Muslim capitols.
And maybe they’ll kidnap him for ransom and by that time the federal government will be broke from the fleecing it its getting by the rats in congress that they will be unable to pay! AH WELL!
Just maybe this is the kinda stuff that people thought was going to take place, and thats why ammo sales are thru the roof.
obama will apologize for America but it’s population WILL NOT! What will he say to all of the military families of those who died fighting this war that could have been won by taking out MECCA!
Now that was funny.
Is this when he announces he is a Muslim, and then chants the evening prayer with them, Kumbaya-style?
It’s gonna be a looooooooooong 4 years.....
Personally, I dont want to mend rifts between us and uncivilized ignorant animals any time soon.
Racist comment.
Will he speak in Arabic(his first language) or in English, that is the question
Day-um! I hope he doesn't mean Washington DC!
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"Ich bin ein Berliner'
The real Obama, unmasked.....
sounds great. and since these economic times are tight, please help the country by reducing your staff while you travel overseas. and please... start with security. ‘the 0ne’ doesn’t need any
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