Saturday, June 6, 2009

Obama's Speech Could Mark Shift in U.S.-Muslim Relations

As'ad Abu Khalil (among others) on Jim Lehrer's The News Hour

As reaction to President Obama's address in Cairo continues to filter in, analysts consider what the lasting effect Thursday's speech may have on U.S. policy and global attitudes.
"JIM LEHRER: Judy Woodruff has more on the president's speech.

JUDY WOODRUFF: And for that, we get four views.

Rami Khouri is an editor-at-large of the Daily Star Newspaper in Lebanon. He's also the director of the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut.

Abderrahim Foukara is the Washington, D.C., bureau chief for Al Jazeera Arabic.

Sumaiya Hamdani is an associate professor of history at George Mason University, where she founded the school's Islamic studies program and served as its director until last year.

And As'ad AbuKhalil is a professor of political science at California State University at Stanislaus.
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5 comments:

  1. vzaJune 6, 2009 at 8:12 PM

    Time for some lovely music
    Armenian Chant
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjOFyAESeK8

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  2. AnnJune 7, 2009 at 12:02 AM

    It was interesting how the first 3 people on their panel gave these blah inane statements on Obama's speech, then As'ad AbuKhalil tore it up and made it impossible for them to go back to their puff piece.  The moderator and the other 3 spent the rest of the piece talking about the real issues that AbuKhalil brought up.  He pulled it to the left.  The others then chimed in and agreed with him.
     
    The speaker who most defended Obama, a professor I think, sounded downright defensive in her last statement.

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  3. vJune 7, 2009 at 1:02 AM

    ZIONIST'S RANT ABOUT OBAMA'S SPEECH
     
    http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/06/max-blumenthal-feeling-the-hate-in-jerusalem-on-eve-of-obamas-cairo-address.html

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  4. vzaJune 7, 2009 at 5:52 AM

    What a bunch of idiots! That one girl did not even know who Netanayu is.

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  5. DancingOpossumJune 8, 2009 at 7:45 AM

    Ann, I had the same reaction to the interviews. Interesting that the Lebanese journalist was the only other one to express real skepticism about Obama, but it's true that the Angry One forced them to put real issues on the table. And he did it without even getting too angry! The George Mason professor (the woman) was useless, said nothing of note.

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