UPDATED: Obama in Cairo: Dream a Silly Dream June 4, 2009
Posted by Jehuda in Uncategorized.Tags: News, Politics, Security
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Reuters: Obama seeks to change Muslim perceptions of U.S.
Good luck with that. Why don’t you try to change their religion while you’re at it? Your odds of success are about the same.
Let’s just say it’s a pointless exercise. And that’s not just my opinion: Reuters: Iran says Obama sweet talk not enough for Muslims.
Perhaps we should just tell Muslims that if they let us be, we’ll let them be; although, if they ever need American help – like our servicemen gave them in Kuwait, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and even Iraq – they may come to regret the bargain.
Obama’s time could have been better spent asking Muslims to foster justice and freedom, instead of buttering them up, but that would be inappropriate because the U.S. can’t “impose its values” on them just like that.
And here I thought human rights were universal values. Who knew?
UPDATE: U.S. Muslims respond positively. Of course they do. It takes a certain kind of person to immigrate to the U.S. so they can bust their ass to make a living. And we should show them great appreciation. It’s the buttering up of the international Muslim community that I think is a useless gesture of appeasement.
MORE: Ed Morrisey also liked what he heard. Who knew?
