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US is not, and never will be at war with Islam -- Obama
2010-11-11
(KUNA) -- US President Barack B.O. Obama called on Wednesday for resolving any mistrust between the US and the Islamic world, adding that the US is not, and never will be at war with Islam.

The US has developed firmer relations with the Islamic world, "but we have much more work to do," Obama said in speech to Islamic world at the University Of Indonesia in Jakarta.

"All of us must work together to defeat Al-Qaeda and its affiliates, who have no claim to be leaders of any religion -- certainly not a great world religion like Islam," Obama said.

The US administration is working with the Afghan government to bring peace and not to become a refuge for hard boys, and it IS also working on ending the war in Iraq, where 100,000 soldiers withdrew from Iraq since Obama took office, it added.

He said security issues would not be the sole focus for the US as it moves ahead to build bridges with the Mohammedan world, in his June 2009 speech in Cairo.

On the other hand, dozens of demonstrators raised hostile slogans against Obama and his administration in front of the US embassy in Jakarta, although the demonstrators were peaceful amid the tight Indonesian police.

Indonesia is his second stop within the framework of his four-nation tour of Asia after India. The next stops are South Korea for the summit of G20 leaders and finally Japan.

Obama has been forced to leave Indonesia about two hours early due to volcanic ash cloud thrown up by the recent deadly eruption of Mount Merapi.
Posted by:Fred

#12  Wee President Obama is right- we do have much more work to do.

We haven't come close to killing the large numbers of Talib and fundamentalists in Pakistan that it will take to destroy their organization and capabilities, we haven't taken out the Mohammadean slave traders in Africa, we haven't bombed out of existence the vipers nest that is Iran theocracy...

We have a lot more killing to do since that is all the fundamentalists know, the president is right (even though not in he way that he thinks)
Posted by: OldSpook   2010-11-11 21:57  

#11  "So Obama's statement is both ill-advised and objectively nonsensical. That's quite and achievement!"

That's our President, OW. ;-p


"He won't be President for all eternity."

Not for lack of his trying. :-(
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-11-11 18:37  

#10  This statement is stupid on so many levels.

First, Obama's giving Carte Blanche to 'Islam.'
He's telling the world that whatever 'Islam' does to the US or an ally of the US, 'Islam' will never have to face the US as an adversary in a war.
Goodbye 'deterrence'!
Goodbye 'umbrella' for non-nuclear allies!

Second, this commitment is obviously one that he cannot force the US to honor. He won't be President for all eternity. A future US government, be it in 4 years or 400 years, might very well decide to declare war on 'Islam.'

So Obama's statement is both ill-advised and objectively nonsensical. That's quite and achievement!
Posted by: Omaing White7048   2010-11-11 17:36  

#9  Yes, you IDIOT - we are.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-11-11 16:01  

#8  Yeah, but Islam is always at war with US.
Posted by: newc   2010-11-11 09:52  

#7  As long as muslims believe they are at war with us, we are at war no matter what BO says.
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-11-11 09:29  

#6  the US is not, and never will be at war with Islam.

You had better re-think that statement Obama. You been had. We will fix that in 2012.

Islamist spokesman Muslim Anjem Choudary [On muslim apologist Christina Amananpour in October] openly admits that he and other Muslims believe that one day an Islamic flag will fly over the White House. Here is more of what Choudary said:

“We do believe, as Muslims, the East and the West will one day be governed by the Sharia. Indeed, we believe that one day, the flag of Islam will fly over the White House. Indeed, there’s even an oration of the Prophet where he said, “The day of judgment will not come until a group of my oma… [interrupted] Conquer the White House.”

Posted by: JohnQC   2010-11-11 09:28  

#5  

We (the US) has.... much more work to do?


Yeah; we haven't surrendered totally to his Muslim faith.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2010-11-11 08:54  

#4  Send him a carton of Virginia Slims, Besoeker; it might speed up your kak relief.
Posted by: Glenmore   2010-11-11 07:33  

#3  The US has developed firmer relations with the Islamic world, "but we have much more work to do,"

We (the US) has.... much more work to do? Blithering wonk! Please someone tell me, when can I look forward to hearing his senseless, kak no more?
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-11-11 05:52  

#2  One of the natural laws: whatever Obama says, the opposite is probably true.
Posted by: Bulldog   2010-11-11 03:11  

#1  "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you."
Posted by: gromky   2010-11-11 00:57  

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