Obama Gives First TV Interview To Arabic Network (Obama slams the US to appease Muslims)

fox news ^ | 1/27/2009 | ap

[tobyhill]

President Barack Obama gave his first formal television interview as president to an Arabic cable TV network, telling Al-Arabiya that when it comes to Middle East matters "all too often the United States starts by dictating."

Obama taped the interview with the Dubai-based network Monday as his envoy to the Middle East, former Sen. George J. Mitchell, set out for an eight-day trip to the region and elsewhere.

"My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy," Obama said. "We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect."

The interview complemented the new administration's first efforts to reach out to Arab leaders in the region, who have been wary at best of U.S. efforts to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

Obama said he felt it important to "get engaged right away" in the Mideast and had directed Mitchell to talk to "all the major parties involved." His administration would craft an approach after that, he said in the interview.

"What I told him is start by listening, because all too often the United States starts by dictating," Obama told the interviewer.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

"[Americans] sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect."

Keep on truckling, Obama.

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[SECURE AMERICA]

My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy,” Obama said

What an traitor. Of course we are their enemy. They declared war on us and have been attacking us and killing our people for over 15 years. The hate our freedom, they have sworn to kill all infidels (us). What part of the past 15 years does this moron not grasp?

[ViLaLuz]

Can’t we all just all join hands and live together in peas’n’luv.

[autumnraine]

See, the problem isn’t that their religion says to kill us all, it’s that we aren’t NICE ENOUGH to them. /s

[Impy]

We made a mistake alright..last November.

[big'ol_freeper]

The great and powerful Wizard of Uh has spoken.

[RSmithOpt]

Typical inbred Utopian thinking of a Marxist raised by women. For a liberal, it’s easier to back up to and then swallow the wishes of a muzzie than to gird up and actually confront the enemy face to face. Add in the exposure to Ayers, etc., 0 will not drift from The Doctrine.

[tobyhill]

These yuts that voted for Obama didn't get enough spankings by their parents. The government and schools have managed to outlaw parenting and that's why we are in the situation we're in, with an idiot for President.

[raybbr]

I think of him more like this...

[RU88]

Any student of history knows that the muslim world does not value compromise or reconciliation. In fact, these views are taken as a sign of weakness which is just what Zero will turn out to be: a weak and ineffectual leader of the strongest country in the world.

[Texas Fossil]

The "Trojan Horse" allowed the Greeks to finally enter the city of Troy during the Trojan War.

Now we have one, and need to know his intent is the same.

To destroy the U.S. as we know it.

And make us all serf's to the Globalists (Commies, Mussies, Dictators)

[wita]

“My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy,”

...and pray tell oh wise ONE, what does your country’s presence in Afghanistan and drones over Pakistan tell me more than your words?

[DB]

Funny, he likes to dictate here.

After all, “he won”...

[blueyon]

“We made a mistake alright..last November.”

Don’t count me in on that(LOL). I voted republican.I had a few signs (about 40)in front of the business, had democrats call and complain and want equal space for Obamamania signs and say they will not buy from us anymore. Oh Well.
To all the people that just didn’t feel like voting or voted democrat, Do not complain when the other countries do not catch on to the “I just want to be friends” mindset and bomb us. Bullies love people like you and usally try to take you down!

[Kolokotronis]

“What part of the past 15 years does this moron not grasp?”

Maybe the part where we were continually told that Islam is the Religion of Peace.

[AppyPappy]

Look at Barry. All smiles and noddin to the Muslims while Americans lose their jobs.

[wita]

PS, Sigh, S$$t like this really gets my blood boiling. This is going to be a very long and difficult experience watching a complete idiot running my country every day times 365, times at least 4. Did anyone in the course of human events, bother to ask the question of Mr Obama, “why did you want to be President”?

...and just for the record, I will be the first to say welcome and thanks for saving the Nation, the Republic, the economy, and our principles (what ever those turn out to be) should any of these see the light of day, and or a glimmer of success.

As I stated during the realm of the previous one, (you know the first black President) not the half white guy, God help us, please.

[villagerjoel]

“My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy,”

Funny, I thought his job was to represent the best interests of the US.

[HawaiianGecko]

Obama said. "We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect."
I disagree.  By definition we have never made mistakes and are always perfect.  The United States government and whole diplomatic structure of the United States is by law to negotiate the best position favorable to the United States. It is based upon our legal system of representatives for the client being advocates of the client without  prejudice, whether or not they are "right or wrong" based upon some other system of measurement.

In other words, we have only made mistakes and have not been perfect when looking at a situation from the exploited side. But we have been perfect with respect to American business and people.