Comments on: Obama’s First Television Interview May Patch Relationships With Arab World http://fightback.inquisitiveidiot.com/?p=269 "If I say I am a wise man, It surely means that I don't know." Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:53:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kirk Petersen http://fightback.inquisitiveidiot.com/?p=269&cpage=1#comment-427 Kirk Petersen Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:25:01 +0000 http://fightback.inquisitiveidiot.com/?p=269#comment-427 Actually, President Bush reached out to the Muslim world many, many times, starting <a href="http://kirkpete.blogspot.com/2008/11/whats-matter-with-islam.html" rel="nofollow">six days after 9/11</a>, when he removed his shoes in accordance with custom, walked into a mosque in Washington and said "Islam is peace." On other occasions he repeatedly said Islam is not that Islam is not the enemy -- the enemy is a small broup of fanatics trying to hijack a great religion. He even <a href="http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58026" rel="nofollow">gave interviews to Al-Arabiya</a>. The notion that dialogue is an approach that Bush "never tried" is simply not true. <abbr><em>Kirk Petersens last blog post..<a href="http://kirkpete.blogspot.com/2009/02/in-iraq-people-have-spoken-peacefully.html" rel="nofollow">In Iraq, the People Have Spoken -- Peacefully</a></abbr></em> Actually, President Bush reached out to the Muslim world many, many times, starting six days after 9/11, when he removed his shoes in accordance with custom, walked into a mosque in Washington and said “Islam is peace.” On other occasions he repeatedly said Islam is not that Islam is not the enemy — the enemy is a small broup of fanatics trying to hijack a great religion. He even gave interviews to Al-Arabiya.

The notion that dialogue is an approach that Bush “never tried” is simply not true.

Kirk Petersens last blog post..In Iraq, the People Have Spoken — Peacefully

]]> By: Political Blog Weekly: 30 January 2009 | U.S. Common Sense http://fightback.inquisitiveidiot.com/?p=269&cpage=1#comment-424 Political Blog Weekly: 30 January 2009 | U.S. Common Sense Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:38:42 +0000 http://fightback.inquisitiveidiot.com/?p=269#comment-424 [...] "Obama’s First Television Interview May Patch Relationships With Arab World" Originally published:  29 January 2009 Submitted by:  U.S. Common Sense Summary:  Discussing the possible benefits by President Obama talking with the press in the Middle East. [...] [...] "Obama’s First Television Interview May Patch Relationships With Arab World" Originally published:  29 January 2009 Submitted by:  U.S. Common Sense Summary:  Discussing the possible benefits by President Obama talking with the press in the Middle East. [...]

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