Barack Jaan So was it "Yes We Can" Or Was It Just "Hot Air"?

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Barack Jaan So was it "Yes We Can" Or Was It Just "Hot Air"?
by Darius Kadivar
07-Apr-2011
 

The following is the video of President Obama's prepared remarks to the Muslim world, delivered on June 4, 2009, as released by the White House.


Related Full Text:
Text:Obama’s Speech in Cairo



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***************************** *****************************   Miscellaneous   ***************************** *****************************
President Sadat on Khomeinism Vs Islam:

Jack Wallace interview of Khomeiny mentions Sadat's comments "calling the Ayatollah a Lunatic":

Shah of Iran to Mike Wallace: The Brown Eyed People Teaching the Blue Eyed People a Lesson:

Did Obama Bow to Saudi King ?:

As He did with the Emperor of Japan ?:

Obama says US "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world":
In an interview for French TV channel CANAL+, President Barack Hussein Obama said that "we in the West have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam" and that the US is "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world".


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Bloody Lucky Arab - Omid Djalili:
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Sketch Two:

Sketch Three:


Omid Djalili - Iranian in UK:


omid djalili meets bin laden:











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Thank you DK Jaan for your blogs and I tip my hat to you for consistently supporting the Libyan campaign from day one.

Obama has a few challenges with Libya and that’s why he is walking a tight rope and being quiet about US’s role in the whole affair. He does not want to become a martyr!

First of all, his base in the US, the liberal left, is not on board with this or any other wars. They want him to get out of Iraq, Afghanistan and all other engagement today, notwithstanding the consequences. The Republicans will not vote for him in 2012 no matter what miracle he performs.

Secondly, the make-up of the anti-Qaddafi rebels is a mix of the good guys and the al-Qaeda types that came to Iraq and fought the US forces. That’s why he is acting cautiously and wanting to make sure that he is not feeding a hungry lion.

He is doing a lot though. CIA is on the ground training the rebels and US air power is enforcing the no-fly zone. But this will take a while partly because Libya unlike Egypt is a tribal society where the eastern people (Benghazi) are different from the western people (Tripoli.)

One thing that is certain is that the Libyan success will be the blueprint for the removal of the IR Regime in our beloved Iran.


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Dear Darius

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I should actually thank you for your hard work and for bringing all these various news to our attention .... good job  

 


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OK Soosan Khanoom Will do ... For the sake of contradiction ;0)

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OK thanks for your feedbacks !

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