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September 23, 2012

Obama Learns Lesson in Muslim Rage

David Frum, National Post

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All the way back in 2009, the newly inaugurated president Obama granted his very first TV interview to the al-Arabiya network. Speaking to veteran journalist Hisham Melhem, the new president said: “My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy.” As anti-American riots burn from Benghazi to Islamabad, that hope looks distinctly “Mission Unaccomplished.”

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TAGGED: Islam, Clash of Civilizations, Barack Obama

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