Posted on 04/06/2009 7:36:07 AM PDT by Schnucki
President Barack Obama has declared that "the United States is not and will never be at war with Islam" and spoken of his "deep appreciation for the Islamic faith" in a speech to Turkey's parliament.
"So let me say this as clearly as I can: the United States is not and will never be at war with Islam," he said.
Many Americans "have lived in a Muslim-majority country – I know, because I am one of them" Obama, on the first stop of a two-day trip to Turkey, his first as president to a Muslim country, said earlier that the U.S. and Turkey can forge a "model partnership"that bridges the religious and cultural divide between the western world and the predominantly Muslim east.
The US leader was introduced to the parliament as "Barack Hussein Obama"
In a speech that celebrated the cultural ties and shared history between American and Turkey, Obama said their alliance has made the world "more secure." He pledged to give U.S. support to combat the "terrorist activities" of the Kurdish separatist movement, the PKK, winning applause from lawmakers. The U.S. is prepared to be a partner to help work through the issue of Armenian massacres in 1915, and "strongly supports" Turkish membership of the European Union, Obama said.
"Our partnership with the Muslim world is critical," he said.
President Obama urged Turkey to speed up liberal reforms aimed at bringing the Muslim country into the European Union.
Obama said during a speech before parliament that Turkey had made progress on freedom of expression and minority rights for ethnic Kurds, but said Ankara should press on with reforms.
Turkish entry talks with the EU have been held up by European concerns over human rights, a perceived lack of progress on reforms, and by a long territorial dispute
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He is right, the US, nor the world is at war with Islam. But radical Islam is at war with the US and the other free nations of the world.
No, but they are at war with us, even if our president doesn’t know it.
OK, how about agreeing that islam is at war with the civilized world, then?
Moderate Taliban = Patriotic Liberal. There aren’t any of either.
Now The One says we should scrap Nuclear Weapons first because we used them in the past. He says it is our Moral Responsibility.
Now surrender is Moral?
Self-selecting sample.
I bought a SKS this weekend because I’m afraid of that very thing, that he may try to disarm us. and boy is it beautiful!
True, hence my disclaimer...
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