Posted on 12/04/2008 9:45:15 AM PST by Alter Kaker
WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obamas aides say he is considering making a major foreign policy speech from an Islamic capital during his first 100 days in office.
So where should he do it? The list of Islamic world capitals is long, and includes the obvious Riyadh, Kuwait City, Islamabad and the not-so-obvious Male (the Maldives), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Tashkent (Uzbekistan). Some wise-guys have even suggested Dearborn, Mich., as a possibility.
Clearly it would be cheating for Mr. Obama to fly to Detroit, talk to Dearborns 30,000 Arab residents and call it a day. And Male and Ouagadougou, while certainly majority Muslim, cant really be what Mr. Obamas aides have in mind when they talk about locales for a high-profile speech that would seek to mend rifts between the United States and the broader Muslim world.
So Burkina Faso and the Maldives are out. But that leaves a whole swath of Islamic capitals, all ready to be spruced up for Mr. Obama to make his speech. Ive thought hard about this, and asked a few people diplomats even which capital Mr. Obama should pick.
The consensus, after an entire day of reporting, is Cairo.
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Why not go for the gold and give the speech in Tehran?
Don’t you mean Londonistan??
He cannot possibly be this stupid.
Oh, forgot, yes he can.
It will be Egypt..
ZERO HUSSEIN will give the speech in MECCA!! That is a certainty.. During that speeech, ZERO will announce that he has signed a Treaty there and ZERO has approved and started the Construction of a New Eastern WHITEHOUSE on the ground he is speaking from at that time!
Damien Thorne..
if he makes a speech in Mecca, his very prescence there is prima fascie evidence that The Anointed One is of TROP. Non Muslims are forbidden to enter Mecca..
My guess - either Tehran or Cairo. But I’d bet on Tehran. They love to gather in these enormous crowds to hear their POS leaders speak (shouldn’t they love to hear ours?), he can meet with Mahmoud to dazzle him with his hypnotic speaking powers after Israel has destroyed their nuclear sites, and he can present himself as the Mahdi.
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But in all honesty, I would bet Cairo, Tehran, or maybe Jakarta. I love the Babylon comment, though. LOL - classic.
Then Entitlement Uncool hasn’t even taken office yet.
Is this for real? It’s that citizen of the world bullshit again.
So how will ABCCBSNBCNPRPBS cover the event? Will all reporters have to convert to Islam first?
So where should he do it?.....
The bottom of a Baghdad porta potty, per chance?.....
A suggestion: ground zero in the Marianas Trench.
Tehran of course. he can stand side by side with little Ima_nutcase_on_a_jihad and help to bail him out. Times are tough in Iran too..
I think he’d be comfortable in Mecca - maybe he can stand on top of that big black rock.....
This-is-Not-from-the-Onion-Ping.
Mogidishu alos has balmy beach breezes.
A wonderful vacation spot after a hard fought election.
He’ll speak from Al-Quds, Baitul-Maqdis. Just my guess.
Oh BULLSH*T! How about we sit back and wait for a speech by an Islamic leader who apologizes for all the murder and mayhem caused by THEIR people.
Then we might consider talking...
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