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Obama to Announce Economic Plan for Middle East
Daily Caller ^

Posted on 05/18/2011 10:41:38 PM PDT by Paul8148

President Barack Obama is set to announce a government-directed plan for economic development in the Middle East that emphasizes the role of Western multinational organizations, but that also sidelines the role of companies, ignores the new democracy in Iraq and downplays regional cultural, tribal and religious practices.

“We’re going out of a decade of great tension and division, and now, having wound-down the Iraq war and having taken out Osama bin Laden, we’re turning the page to a positive future for the United State in the region,” said a senior administration official during a 25-minute press briefing on Wednesday that did not include any mention of Islam, the tribal cultures of the region, democracy in Iraq, or the word “company.”

The plan, which Obama will include in his Thursday speech on Middle East policy at the Department of State, calls for at least $2 billion in debt-relief and loan guarantees to be delivered to Egypt, Tunisia and other countries via non-profits, funding agencies and universities.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/18/obama-to-announce-major-plan-for-economic-development-of-middle-east-thursday/#ixzz1Mm0s1sPx

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arabspring; egypt; foreignaid; mideastporculus; obamaganda
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To: Paul8148

“We’re going out of a decade of great tension and division, and now, having wound-down the Iraq war and having taken out Osama bin Laden, we’re turning the page to a positive future for the United State in the region,”

Delusions of grandeur? That was my first reaction. Then I remembered, everything obama does is to collapse our economy and aid the enemies of our country. It’s double-speak.


21 posted on 05/19/2011 2:41:31 AM PDT by Bluebird Singing
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To: MestaMachine
How about emir of the rising caliphate which he is quite literally responsible for? A lofty goal for a muslim pos.

It's just a gut feeling but I don't think he would poll so well in the Muslim world as he has here. For one the race card won't buy him squat or a used goat there. Secondly, I watched his speech to Turkish college students which basically centered around community organizing and world harmony. The entire room full of students looked at him like he was the giant cockroach monster from Men In Black.

22 posted on 05/19/2011 3:03:55 AM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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To: Paul8148

I was wondering if this was satire.

Thanks for setting me straight. I’m now going to weep for my country, then slit my wrists.


23 posted on 05/19/2011 3:06:35 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (I hate politically correct sorosmonkey superheroes!)
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To: TigersEye

He thinks this is a subtle way of saying he’s sooo much smarter than President Bush because he got osama.

I think obama is deranged and has lost all sense of reality.

Can no one around him convince him to shut up?


24 posted on 05/19/2011 3:53:17 AM PDT by Carley (We will not tire. We will not falter. We will not fail. W, 9/20/01)
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To: FredZarguna
The plan, which Obama will include in his Thursday speech on Middle East policy at the Department of State, calls for at least $2 billion in debt-relief and loan guarantees to be delivered to Egypt, Tunisia and other countries via non-profits, funding agencies and universities.

Let's see, why don't we appoint a czar to oversee all of this? Let's appoint one recommended by George Soros! I wonder who is likely to profit?


25 posted on 05/19/2011 4:07:56 AM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: nathanbedford

Didn’t nobama, the WTF president, say “There is no more money” some time back? nobama is a freakin’ loon.

nobama hates you, hates your family, hates Free America, hates Americans, hates the Constitution and hates the Bill of Rights. nobama is a hate crime foisted upon America. nobama is the Destroyer.

Everything nobama does is intentional.

God help us all.


26 posted on 05/19/2011 4:46:22 AM PDT by hal ogen (1st amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: Paul8148
Middle East, you thought you had it bad.
It's about to get worse.

27 posted on 05/19/2011 5:24:35 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: Paul8148
Reparations / wealth redistribution of America's wealth to the rest of the world, because we are so evil.


Other parts of my comment # - - are self censored by Arrowhead1952.


28 posted on 05/19/2011 6:11:16 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (zero hates Texas and we hate him back.)
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