" if we don't try, if we don't reach high, then we won't make any progress"

[babylonsister]

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/04/barack_hussein_obama_whats_in.html#more

Barack Hussein Obama: What's in a name
"I'm not naive,'' President Obama says of his hopes for a world dialog
Posted April 7, 2009 10:45 AM

by Mark Silva



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In his travels through Europe and in his closing visits to the largely Muslim yet secular nation of Turkey, a key U.S. ally in a difficult region, Obama has presented a new face of American foreign policy: A cooperative pledge to find a "common ground'' with erstwhile adversaries and rivals.

And with that has come a new face for America.

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"Well, some people say that maybe I'm being too idealistic,'' Obama said. "I made a speech in Prague about reducing and ultimately eliminating nuclear weapons, and some people said, 'Ah, that will never happen.'

"And some people have said, 'Why are you discussing the Middle East when it's not going to be possible for the Israelis and the Palestinians to come together?' Or, 'Why are you reaching out to the Iranians, because the U.S. and Iran can never agree on anything?'

"My attitude is... that all these things are hard,'' Obama said. "I mean, I'm not naïve. If it was easy, it would have already been done. Somebody else would have done it. But if we don't try, if we don't reach high, then we won't make any progress. And I think that there's a lot of progress that can be made.

"And as I said in my opening remarks, I think the most important thing to start with is dialogue,'' he said.

"When you have a chance to meet people from other cultures and other countries, and you listen to them and you find out that, even though you may speak a different language or you may have a different religious faith, it turns out that you care about your family, you have your same hopes about being able to have a career that is useful to the society, you hope that you can raise a family of your own, and that your children will be healthy and have a good education -- that all those things that human beings all around the world share are more important than the things that are different.''

[mkultra]

1. we must make the pie higher

:)

[AtomicKitten]

2. mmmmmmmmmmm - pie

:patriot:

[BlooInBloo]

3. It all begins with trying.

[bdamomma]

4. Amen you said it President Obama

"And as I said in my opening remarks, I think the most important thing to start with is dialogue,'' he said.