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cindys <cste...@rochester.rr.com> writes:
> topazgalaxy <topazgal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> cindys <cste...@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>>> topazgalaxy <topazgal...@gmail.com> wrote:

snip

>>>> His Cairo speech was indeed quite ignorant. However Obama may
>>>> have a different world view than prior Presidents
>> > ----
>>> What different world view would that be? And why would he have
>>> this different world view?
>>
>>>> which may have influenced his speech. Speaking of his daughters,
>>>> did he not think of the way women are treated in so many
>>>> countries in the Middle East? Would he want his daughters
>>>> treated that way?
>>
>> The impression that I have is that our current President does not
>> view America as a shining and special country, but instead views
>> America  as just one country out of many in the world and nothing
>> more than that.
> 
> Who has that impression? Not anybody I know.

<Waves hand>

That's why he always talks about "consensus" and the "UN" rather
than "lead" the free world.

>> It is as if a country that has advanced it self, or is wealthier
>> than its neighbors has to somehow feel guilty about its own
>> advancement and keep humbling itself before other countries in
>> the world.

We've heard this from Herman many times. That's the reason Israel is
so hated on the Left. If it is more advanced than its neighbors, it
_must_ be because they *exploited* those neighbors, not because of
its own initiative and hard work.

>> As to why he would have this different world view, well, Obama's
>> upbringing by his family would be a major influence as well, as
>> it is for all of us..
> 
> You mean his upbringing in Hawaii by his grandmother?

I would say it's the influence of Saul Alinsky and those like him.
Obama cut his political teeth in Chicago as a "community organiser"
whatever that means.

-- 
Moshe Schorr
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The home and family are the center of Judaism, *not* the synagogue.
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