The Obamanation

[classicman]

Originally Posted by classicman

Specifically those in the US. I am curious.

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

They saved Classical knowledge from the Christians (and added a significant amount of their own), enabling the Rennaissance.

That was quite a while ago, though, and they now seem to be where the Christians of that period were. Hopefully it takes them less time to get through it.

I agree - I find his comments quite intriguing and with respect to the U.S., I am curious to know what Obama meant by that.

[Bullitt]

He might have just been speaking in general terms, alluding to the fact that we're a nation of immigrants all bringing different contributions to our local, state, and nationwide society. The "Great Melting Pot" idea and all that. An appeal to commonality, and an attempt to make the US appear more benevolent, in an effort to reverse the hawkish nature that some in the foreign Islamic communities see the US as is my knee-jerk reaction to what he said there. I doubt he'll make much progress with Turkey since he has recently (2008 I think) called for those yahoos to accept the Armenian Genocide.