Posted on 01/27/2009 12:52:40 PM PST by EagleUSA
WASHINGTON -- 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.
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Back to his roots..........
“My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy,” Obama said.
BS!!! His job is to protect and to defend the USA and this statement is completely detrimental to that responsibility. Can we start impeachment yet???
First phone call to Foreign “Leader”: Terrorist Abbas.
BS!!! His job is to protect and to defend the USA and this statement is completely detrimental to that responsibility. Can we start impeachment yet???
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Pure disgust. We knew this is what we would get. This fraud is not my president. He does NOT speak for me, as I am a patriotic American who loves his country. God help us and our great country. Is it 2012 yet???
In other news, Al Arabiya network did a "Local Boy Makes Good" interview today with a Chicago hoodlum from the "IL-Qaeda" organization.
I remember being ridiculed by people at work for being worried about his muslim roots.
I remember being ridiculed by people at work for being worried about his muslim roots.
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Don’t feel bad — there are many IGNORANT people. It was clear we had a real problem when his Muzzie-blood became clear.
Unfortunately Obama will find out that they hate us not because of Bush but because we are what we are and that making kissy-faced with terrorists doesn’t make them love you.
He’s Jimmy Carter 2. Does anyone really believe that the terrorits won’t take total advantage of this weakling?
He’s Jimmy Carter 2. Does anyone really believe that the terrorits won’t take total advantage of this weakling?
“I remember being ridiculed by people at work for being worried about his muslim roots.”
So what if his daddy was muslim.
So what if his middle name is a way of being ‘claimed’ as muslim.
So what if his mommy married a muslim.
So what if he lived in the world’s largest muslim nation for four years.
So what if his school records categorized him as muslim.
So what if his roomies at Occidental were from Pakistan.
So what if his mommy lived in Pakistan.
So what if O himself took an extended trip to Pakistan.
So what if he can recite the muslim call to prayer, 40 years after he left Indonesia.
Quit worrying about his muslim roots, you racist.
Oops, there’s more:
So what if he campaigned for an african thug who burned Christians alive.
He’s not muslim!
The new President is acting like he supports foreign governments not the his own.
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