Comments on: The Al Arabiya interview http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/2009/02/08/the-al-arabiya-interview/ Matt Casey's Blog Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Peyton http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/2009/02/08/the-al-arabiya-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-801 Peyton Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:17:17 +0000 http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/?p=2255#comment-801 @Brendan... I posted a detailed response to you (and this Krauthammer article) on my blog. It was too long for a comment, Matt ;-) Your immediate reaction may be one of confrontation... but I cared enough to take the time to write it (it took a couple of hours)... if that matters.... so alas, get from it what you will. -P http://streetsavoirware.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-we-should-care.html @Brendan… I posted a detailed response to you (and this Krauthammer article) on my blog. It was too long for a comment, Matt ;-) Your immediate reaction may be one of confrontation… but I cared enough to take the time to write it (it took a couple of hours)… if that matters…. so alas, get from it what you will. -P http://streetsavoirware.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-we-should-care.html

]]> By: Matt http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/2009/02/08/the-al-arabiya-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Matt Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:18:11 +0000 http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/?p=2255#comment-792 @Brendan Ha! :) @Brendan Ha! :)

]]> By: Brendan http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/2009/02/08/the-al-arabiya-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Brendan Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:14:57 +0000 http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/?p=2255#comment-791 @Peyton I'm certain we're not reading the same article. @Peyton I’m certain we’re not reading the same article.

]]> By: Peyton http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/2009/02/08/the-al-arabiya-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Peyton Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:35:08 +0000 http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/?p=2255#comment-790 Ok.. just watched the interview... in my opinion, this is in incredible: this is exactly what I was hoping for from this administration. The president's view that the U.S. ideology is one of "building" whereas terrorists are "destroyers", and the respect and open hand that he offers to the Muslim world in this interview is just outstanding. I particularly liked his piece about trying to find a compassionate and realistic solution to solving the Palestinian crisis. I thought this interview was exceptional, I even enjoyed the interviewer's candid and frank expression of how the Muslim world views America. This interview gets an A+ from me. In my opinion, this is precisely the start and exactly the message we should be sending to people in that region. This is not an apology; this is the President of America making a whole lot of sense--- and yeah--- I think this sort of stuff matters. -P @ Brendan Just look at Krauthammer's piece and view the difference in tone. Obama's interview is about building friendships, and whereas Krauthammer's piece is about building fences. Ok.. just watched the interview… in my opinion, this is in incredible: this is exactly what I was hoping for from this administration. The president’s view that the U.S. ideology is one of “building” whereas terrorists are “destroyers”, and the respect and open hand that he offers to the Muslim world in this interview is just outstanding. I particularly liked his piece about trying to find a compassionate and realistic solution to solving the Palestinian crisis. I thought this interview was exceptional, I even enjoyed the interviewer’s candid and frank expression of how the Muslim world views America. This interview gets an A+ from me. In my opinion, this is precisely the start and exactly the message we should be sending to people in that region. This is not an apology; this is the President of America making a whole lot of sense— and yeah— I think this sort of stuff matters. -P

@ Brendan Just look at Krauthammer’s piece and view the difference in tone. Obama’s interview is about building friendships, and whereas Krauthammer’s piece is about building fences.

]]> By: Peyton http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/2009/02/08/the-al-arabiya-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Peyton Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:28:24 +0000 http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/?p=2255#comment-789 brendan, I hope you don't agree with that Krauthammer piece... I have yet to check out the Obama interview (will do that later)... but Krauthammer's piece is disgusting. brendan, I hope you don’t agree with that Krauthammer piece… I have yet to check out the Obama interview (will do that later)… but Krauthammer’s piece is disgusting.

]]> By: Matt http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/2009/02/08/the-al-arabiya-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Matt Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:05:50 +0000 http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/?p=2255#comment-786 Thanks for the link, I have a response to a lot of the issues raised there, but I'll write it as a separate post, as it's a bit involved. Thanks for the link, I have a response to a lot of the issues raised there, but I’ll write it as a separate post, as it’s a bit involved.

]]> By: Brendan http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/2009/02/08/the-al-arabiya-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Brendan Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:06:13 +0000 http://www.magicspatula.com/blog/?p=2255#comment-783 Just dropped by to throw up a link to Charles Krauthammer's response to the Obama interview: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/01/us_respected_and_bled_for_musl.html Just dropped by to throw up a link to Charles Krauthammer’s response to the Obama interview: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/01/us_respected_and_bled_for_musl.html

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