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22 March 2008 »
In 2008 Presidential Campaign »
Senator John McCain touts his foreign policy experience, yet he doesn’t know the difference between the Sunnis and the Shiites in Iraq and Iran. Sunnis are a majority in the Arab and Muslim world. Most of the Arabs, Turks, Kurds, and Iranians are Sunni. Turks, Kurds, and Iranians are not Arabs. Iraqis are Arabs, and most are Shiite.
Not knowing the difference is kind of like not knowing the difference between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland. Or Baptists, Catholics, Episcopalians, and Mormans in the United States. Or Puerto Ricans, Italians, and Irish Catholics in Brooklyn.
(Note - this blog is generally more about Policy than Politics. However, the two are inseparable, and people who would make and enforce Policy, i.e., Presidents of the United States, must understand Politics.)
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Tags: Arabs, McCain, Moslems, Presidential Campaign, Shiites, Sunnis
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20 March 2008 »
In 2008 Presidential Campaign, 9/11, Cheney »
Interview of the Vice President by Martha Raddatz, ABC News
Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa
Muscat, Oman
10:20 A.M. (Local)
Q Mr. Vice President, I want to start with a speech Barack Obama gave. I doubt you’ve seen the entire speech, but he denounced comments by Reverend Wright, but he didn’t distance himself completely. Do you think he did the right thing?
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Martha, one of the things I’ve avoided so far is getting in the middle of the Democratic presidential primary process. And I think I’ll stay there.
Q But it was an important speech.
THE VICE PRESIDENT: It was an important speech, …
Click here for the full transcript, on ‘WhiteHouse.gov’
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Tags: 9/11, Cheney, obama, Presidential Campaign, Race
