Thursday, June 4, 2009

Obama's speech to Muslim world in Cairo

The transcript and a video of Obama's speech to the Muslim world can be found here.

Some comments on a few quotes from the speech:

-"the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam."
"Globalization" has nothing to do with the opposition to the US voiced around the world; the opposition comes from American foreign policies, such as invading Afghanistan, then invading Iraq, then torturing people, etc.

-" The first issue that we have to confront is violent extremism in all of its forms."
So why don't you start by stopping the killing of innocent civilians in say Pakistan by drones and other places.

-America "reject[s] the same thing that people of all faiths reject: the killing of innocent men, women, and children."
A big lie: how many died in Iraq? Hundreds of thousands to over a million according to estimates.

Etc...

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