Posted on 04/06/2009 5:46:21 AM PDT by maggief
ANKARA, Turkey – President Barack Obama says the United States is not at war with Islam.
The U.S. president is trying to mend fences with a Muslim world that felt it had been blamed by America for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Speaking in Muslim-dominated Turkey, Obama acknowledged that relations between the United States and the Muslim world has been strained. So he said, "Let me say this as clearly as I can: The United States is not at war with Islam."
In fact, Obama said, the partnership between the U.S. and the Muslim world is critical in rolling back what he called a fringe ideology that people of all faiths reject.
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After all, if "we" were at war with islam, obammer would have to be at war with his chosen faith and himself.
Even he ain't good enough to pull that off.
We sure as Hell should be!
I didn't see any Buddhists plotting or celebrating the 9/11 attacks.
It's the Muslim World that is at war with us. Have been for ooooooh -- 15 centuries?
Beat me to it.
“President 0bama says, ‘The United States is not at war with Islam. However, we are keeping an eye on the Amish.’”
We are at war with RADICAL islam, a fact that Zero does not want to acknowledge.
then why is islam at war with us??
oh wait....like we are expecting a rational answer
True, but it’s at war with us.
It is not up to peaceloving democracies who need to appologize to Islam, it is Islam who needs to appologize to Western democracies!
“Let me say this as clearly as I can
He always uses this phrase. Is it to emphasize to us Dummies in the World that he really means what he is saying? The arrogance of this role model for affirmative action is demonstrated every time he speaks. America is bad, but he will fix it.
As opposed to the “moderate” Muslims who either are too cowardly or secretly agree with the “radical” Muslims?
The Koran’s pretty clear -
make war on (ie, kill) the infidel (that’s you) until all are either paying the Jizya tax (living as a slave) or converted to Islam.
Exactly, yet how much have we heard about even this since Obama has been elected?
“We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over so many centuries to shape the world for the better, including my own country,” Obama said.
How about some examples of these great contributions.
Islam is at war with the United States, not the other way around. Islam is also at war with everyone else.
Obamas war against the U.S. Constitution, is taking up all his time.
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