Posted on 01/26/2009 3:47:29 PM PST by Rebelbase
resident Obama Does First Formal TV Interview as President with Al-Arabiya
January 26, 2009 6:29 PM
As special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell heads off to the region to begin work on negotiating a cease fire between Israel and the Palestinians, President Obama has sat for his first formal TV interview with the Arabic cable TV network Al-Arabiya, ABC News has learned.
The interview was taped this evening and is set to air at 11 pm ET, as Mitchell is in the air and on his way to the region.
Based in Dubai, Al-Arabiya estimates that it has a potential audience exceeding 23 million in the Gulf region.
-- jpt
bttt
Depends upon how many agents are assigned to surveil.
Might be as many as 2, maybe 3.
Or did you mean “Americans”, as in the Muslims gathered around the TVs in the Dearbornistan mosques?
his first phone call was to a Palestinian leader.
Again, why would you expect otherwise from someone named HUSSEIN?
In the television interview, Obama reiterated U.S. support for Israel, calling it “a strong ally of the United States” and saying he will “continue to believe that Israel’s security is paramount.”
Obama went out of his way to say that if America is “ready to initiate a new partnership [with the Muslim world] based on mutual respect and mutual interest, then I think that we can make significant progress.”
The president declined to reveal where he plans to give his first major speech in a foreign country. In the past he had said he would speak in a Muslim capital sometime within the first 100 days of his administration.
And he reiterated a point from his inaugural address: He plans to reach out to Muslims around the world who are willing to “unclench your fist” but will go after terrorists who continue to be bent on destruction.
“Now, my job is to communicate the fact that the United States has a stake in the well-being of the Muslim world, that the language we use has to be a language of respect. I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries,” Obama said in the interview.
He said that the United States must be “willing to talk to Iran” and that he would lay out a “framework” for those discussions over the next several months.
excerpt Washingtonpost.com
Yes, we all know how productive it is to ‘reach out to Muslims’. /s
Incredible.
No?
I didn't think so...
I agree that he's a sympathizer. What else could he be? I don't to deal with the consequences of this change peddler, either.
Go figure.
Sure, it's pretty obvious.
He's ceding US sovereignty to more 'world government'.
Reducing our military strength.
Making a more socialist, more intrusive, more controlling, more expensive, more regulating, more litigious government while promoting a far-left, liberal extremist agenda.
It's the "NEW, NEW DEAL".
Is it time yet to get out the trumpets and march around the White House for seven days?
I’m a Geddon it. Ahmadinejad is in a hurry to usher in the 12th Imam. Guess he and Obama will have plenty to talk about whenever they sit down together.
That’s about where I’m at anymore. Just sit around with my mouth open wondering if this movie has an ending.
“First phone call to a muslim.
First interview to a muslim.”
Refuses to produce a valid birth certificate because it says something he knows we would reject like, I don’t know, something like:
“Religion: Muslim”
I bet no one asked him about his ‘exception’ to his no lobbyists rule.
This oughta help boost troop morale!
Yeah!
I can see the enlistments skyrocket can’t you?
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