Posted on 02/17/2009 9:05:10 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Clinton Vows to Reach Out to Islamic World
By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, February 17, 2009; 10:02 AM
TOKYO, Feb. 17 -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday the Obama administration will make "a concerted effort" to restore the image of the United States in the Islamic world and will seek to "enlist the help of Muslims around the world against the extremists."
Clinton, who on Wednesday will travel to Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, told students at Tokyo University that "this is one of the central security challenges we face -- as to how to better communicate in a way that gets through the rhetoric and through the demagogy and is heard by people who can make judgments about what we stand for and who we truly are."
Clinton's remarks came in response to a question about the "prejudice" in the United States against Muslims because of terrorism, a term she rejected forcefully, pointing to the history of Christians. "I am a Christian," she said. "Through the centuries we have had many people who have done terrible things in the name of Christianity. They have perverted the religion."
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“The wold is a far better place because of Christians.”
Agreed. Also, I’d like to point out that the Crusades were hundreds of years ago.
That Muslim guy beheaded his wife, right here in this country, last week.
When will they apologize for their atrocities?
Why?
The Crusades were defensive wars against Muslim aggressors that were destroying churches and slaughtering Christians.
Nothing to apologise for there.
“then signed an agreement moving 8,000 U.S. troops from Japan to Guam”
That’s been in the works for about 20 years. IIRC, they are mostly III MEF troops coming out of Okinawa. Above small unit level, you can’t effectively train on Okinawa anyway (no large contiguous training areas), so it is not a big loss.
Personally, I liked the idea, now long quashed, of moving the entire III MEF to northern Austrailia.
Usually, you “follow the money” to figure out motivations.
With Clinton, you “follow the”... kitty?
I wish they'd all taken their shoes off and hurled them at Hillary.
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