By the way, I’m longing for a day when I can vote by choosing the best of 2 goods, rather than the least of 2 evils, but I digress… Obama called for an international order (see the video below), echoing the call of George Bush Sr when he mention a ‘new world order’. Maybe that pyramid on the back of our dollar bill is closer to completion than we thought?
I don’t know… this latest Obama pick doesn’t give me the same warm and fuzzy feeling I usually get with my President. If anything, this has huge potential to mess up a timely opportunity for change in the world.
I once heard of a patient at my hospital telling his surgeon (a friend of mine) that Obama was a “post turtle”. When asked what a post turtle was, the man responded… “I don’t know. A turtle on a post. You gotta wonder, how did he get there? Someone had to put ‘im there. And then you wonder… how’s he gonna get down?” If someone really did put him on that post, then that same someone is probably pulling the strings on these appointments.
Dennis Ross will provide Mrs. Clinton with “strategic advice and perspective on the region, offer assessments and also act to ensure effective policy integration throughout the region”
… Great… “strategic advice”, “perspective on the region”…
And how does one “ensure effective policy integration throughout the region”? Sounds like a big task, but really is just a bunch of politico-avoid-the-question speak. It almost even sounds unbiased.
I have received several emails about my statement above this video. Yes. I do have new hope for my country. I do.
Does this mean I will agree with every decision the leaders make? No. I certainly will not. And that’s okay. I am not in their position. I am not faced with the same challenges and circumstances that they are. And I should be grateful that I am in an environment where I can disagree, where I can object, where I can speak out… I can go beyond simply doing good… I can object to wrongdoing.
My point in saying that “I have new hope for my country” has more to do with the people… That my fellow Americans could rise above past (hopefully past) prejudices in this election, for me, offers hope.
Do my wife and I still get stares when we go out to dinner? Do people still say some mean things to us in front of the kids? Do people still (assuming that I’m Jewish or Amish) have Muslim-bashing conversations in my presence? Did it break my heart when my daughter came home and asked me, “Abu (Daddy), why do so many people hate Muslims?”
Of course.
But you know what? There is more of the opposite. More people start out ignorant, but later want to know. More people smile at my wife and kids. More people ask where we are from and are amazed when we say, “Right here” – they want to talk more. They genuinely want to learn. They want to understand.
So, yes, I have hope.
…and here’s another reason why…
For every one person that has the ignorance of that woman speaking to McCain, there is one who knows better, and one more who wants to know better.
Allah Subhannahu Wa Ta’ala mentions in a hadeeth Qudsi (the rough meaning of which is…) “If you find something good, then praise Allah. If you find something other than that, then blame no one but yourself.”
