President Obama Signals New Tone in Relations With Islamic World

[spanone]

i hope you saw this interview...it's so nice to have intelligence back in the white house
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD3P99bxwXg

PARIS — In an interview with one of the Middle East’s major broadcasters, , President Barack Obama struck a conciliatory tone toward the Islamic world, saying he wanted to persuade Muslims that “the Americans are not your enemy.” He also said “the moment is ripe” for negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.

The interview with Al Arabiya, an Arabic-language news channel based in Dubai, signaled a shift — in style and manner at least — from the Bush administration, offering what he depicted as a new readiness to listen rather than dictate.

It was Mr. Obama’s first televised interview from the White House and the first with any foreign news outlet.

In a transcript published on Al Arabiya’s English language Web site, Mr. Obama said it is his job “to communicate to the Muslim world that the Americans are not your enemy.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/world/middleeast/28arabiya.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print

[Ikonoklast]

1. As it should be.

The only reason that Islamic people have been demonized in this country is that it is good for those that are in the business of creating chaos and destruction for profit, and needed a new enemy to fill the void left by the monolithic communist states.

Using the reasoning set forth by those that would have Islamic states as the adversary, we should have invaded Saudi Arabia after 9-11.