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 | Obama reaches out: But would Muslim world respond Our Correspondent The best thing that can be said about US President Barack Hussein Obama’s speech at Cairo University, Egypt, is that his intentions are indeed noble. He ended the address, saying, “The people of the world can live together in peace. We know that is God’s vision. Now that must be our work here on Earth... And may God’s peace be upon you.” But, unfortunately, the noble intentions have been ambushed by his faith in the dogmas of contemporary American liberalism. One of them is that it is not the ideology of terrorists which is the prime mover; it is ‘socio-economic’ root causes which give rise to terrorism. As the US President said in his outreach endeavor: “Now, we also know that military power alone is not going solve the problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan. That’s why we plan to invest $1.5 billion each year over the next five years to partner with Pakistanis to build schools and hospitals, roads and businesses.” Such views underline Obama’s—and liberals’—dogged refusal to acknowledge the reality as it exists; this doggedness is the result of moral cowardice and intellectual laziness to give up the mendacious postulates. We need to ask Obama how would schools and hospitals, roads and infrastructure would help in the war on terror if the Taliban are allowed to go berserk—and Islamabad prefers to look the other way, as evident from its recent pact with the Taliban. It is also a well-known fact that it was the Pakistani elite which created the Taliban in the first place. But why slam the Pakistanis when Obama himself is not unwilling to do business with what is fashionably called ‘moderate Taliban.’ It may appear odd that Obama, an educated and polished man, could believe that such an oxymoronic entity could exist, but then the canons of liberal orthodoxy do accept its existence. This orthodoxy also inspired Obama to make made an all-out effort to woo Muslims. He quoted from the Koran; he mouthed the usual politically correct notions about Islam’s great contributions to mankind. He said, “America is not and never will be at war with Islam.” He went to the extent of lambasting his own country for its reaction to the September 11 outrage: “9/11 was an enormous trauma to our country... But in some cases, it led us to act contrary to our traditions and our ideals. We are taking concrete actions to change course. I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States. And I have ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed by early next year.” The outreach speech was the epitome of Muslim appeasement. But the most disturbing question is: would the gesture be reciprocated? Posted on : 6/5/2009 Mail this article to your friend |