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Obama""Now, the flip side is I think that the United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam. And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. And so there’s got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples.
Hard-core rhetoricians will note that Obama was employing an obscure tense known as the “conditional,” and an arcane rhetorical device known as a “hypothetical.” He said that if you were to take the number of Muslims in America, then one could see America as ranking up there with other Muslim countries — in numerical, hypothetical terms.
To say "one of the largest" a bit of a stretch, when countries like Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Yeman all have double and triple digit Muslim populations. With only about 2.4 million Muslims, the US is a is a middling player when it comes to a Muslim population.
To say "one of the largest" a bit of a stretch, when countries like Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Yeman all have double and triple digit Muslim populations. With only about 2.4 million Muslims, the US is a is a middling player when it comes to a Muslim population.
Larger (muslim population) then 75% of the countries. So wouldn't that be included in "one of the largest"?
Because most of those other countries could not qualify as "one of the largest" if 100% of their population were Muslim due to their low total population. Now do you understand?
We can see by his actions that he is more muslim than Christian.
We should never listen to what he says anymore but only watch what he does.
The only problem with that, he makes sure we can't see what he does.
The healthcare bill for starters.
We also know that his "christianity" came from Rev Wrights church which hates America.
A Christian knows from the bible that we are to support Israel.
He supports muslims, not christians or jews.
Any chance you could explain what Obama's "muslim actions" are???
Nah. He has done a lot of "damage control bowing" to other leaders since that first bow to King Abdullah.
Odd, I thought it was because it was a sign of respect and trust in their culture. And instead of being ignorant to that fact, he embraced it. It is also odd that if bowing is what caused the damage (whatever that may be.) than why would more bowing be damage control?
Nah. He has done a lot of "damage control bowing" to other leaders since that first bow to King Abdullah.
Seriously. It's called showing respect to other world leaders.
I'm having trouble finding your posts complaining about Bush holding hands and kissing King Abdullah. Could you please repost them so we can all see the nonpartisan consistency of your complaints?
Thanks.
(just imagine how the far right would respond if Obama kissed and held hands with the guy! Oh my.)
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