President Barack Hussein Obama granted his first interview as President to Dubai-based Al-Arabiya, extending a mea culpa to the Muslim world for US “mistakes” of the last two decades.
Obama said he hoped to restore the “partnership” with Muslims that he felt had been in place as recently as 20 to 30 years ago. I’m not quite savvy to what partnership he refers; perhaps he’s citing our co-dependent relationship with the Saudi Kingdom and its chief exports of oil and Wahabism, or our unique partnership with Osama bin Laden and the Mujahideen fighters against the Soviets in Afghanistan – we saw how well that turned out.
The President cited his own Muslim background in an effort to remind Muslims and the Arab world that “Americans are not your enemy.” Remember during the campaign when the slightest mention or question of Obama’s religious upbringing was met with immediate howls of protest from the left and his own campaign people?
President Obama is going to find out fairly quickly that he cannot continue to play both sides of the fence when it comes to domestic and foreign policy; nor can he keep blaming the other guy very much longer. The American people won’t tolerate it – neither will the Arab world.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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