Sunday, April 12, 2009

America Seeks Bonds to Islam, Obama Insists

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/world/europe/07prexy.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=wants%20ties%20to%20islam&st=cse

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From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Subject: re: America Seeks Bonds to Islam, Obama Insists
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:
    Nine years later, people still argue whether John Paul II did or did not apologize for the Crusades as he undertook his first trip to the Middle East. President Obama would do well to make himself clear there, as elsewhere. He should disown explicitly George Bush's call for "Crusade". With that single word, president Bush alienated crucial allies around the world. We need those allies, and we need to be clear; our struggle is against a criminal organization and not against Islam.
Barry Levine

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