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| Obama temple visit to be cancelled due to headscarf requirement? |
| 2010-10-19 |
| Obama's visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar is likely to be called off after a controversy over what he should use to cover his head. The White House team which visited India last month decided against Obama wearing the traditional scarf on his head. Indian officials were told off-the-record that Obama wearing a headscarf to visit the Golden Temple may convey an image of him appearing to be a Muslim. This is one misinterpretation ObamaÂ’s advisors did not want at any cost, given the political sensitivities over this issue in the US. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #9 unlike the Mighty Pak Army, India has tasted victory |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-10-19 22:16 |
| #8 Awesome photo diary John. |
| Posted by: Incredulous 2010-10-19 22:06 |
#7  Sikh mountain gunners cleaning Italian guns captured by the 5th Indian Division in Eritrea, north-east Africa. Circa 1941.  A Lieutenant Colonel from the 20th Indian Division, accepts the formal surrender of a Japanese Commander at Saigon, Vietnam in September 1945. |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-10-19 19:46 |
#6  Engineers of the 8th Indian Division rest on the morning of 12 May 1944. They spent the previous night clearing enemy mines planted on the Gustav Line, allowing infantry and armour to break through during the drive that would take the Allies north to Rome.  A Sikh-manned Bren gun team of the 4th Indian division participating in manoeuvres prior to Operation Compass, the December 1940 offensive against the Italian Army in the desert of Western Egypt and Eastern Libya.  Indian Sikh soldiers storm a German trench, after exploding it with hand grenades. Circa 1945.  |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-10-19 19:43 |
| #5 And since H-MCD put this song on repeat in my head: |
| Posted by: ryuge 2010-10-19 17:24 |
| #4 I think that he may have called off the visit to have the opportunity to advance the narrative that Americans are turning against him because they think he's a crypto-Muslim, rather than because of his policies or his incompetence ("You know how those bitter, scared folks in fly-over country can be"). That's what he probably tells his friends off the record. I suspect that his more deeply felt motivation is that he is a thin-skinned crybaby who doesn't want anyone to be able to make fun of him in a silly outfit. |
| Posted by: ryuge 2010-10-19 17:20 |
| #3 What does that say, other than the man is a dirty rat, when he wants to promote and protect the Muslim cause but doesn't want to be seen attributed to it. That is scary scary shit. |
| Posted by: kojack 2010-10-19 16:31 |
| #2 How about an Homburg? I've always liked Homburgs. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-10-19 14:08 |
| #1 Read that, .....we wish not to venerate Sikhism or memorialize the Sikhs who bravely fought the Nazis at the expense of Islam. Move along now, very little left to the imagination here. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-10-19 06:53 |