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dramarama obama
4.6.09 || 8:51:00 PM
hiiyaa there, people!! :)
did any of u watch obama this noon?? he was on tv, deliverin his speech in Cairo Uni. - Egypt. soooo. i'm gonna tidbit a lil bout it. how does dat sound?? lol i wont take "boring" as an answer. x)
obama, university of cairo - egypt
anyways. d first thing appearing in my mind was... i felt even MORE respectful to mr.obama. he was.. commited n he seemed so determined in building a better relationship with moslems around d world. a new beginning. he humbly said that islam has contributed so much throughout the mankind history. and i think, he was right. i mean, world culture was woven also from d islam threads, right?? :) let's just remember about ottoman, etc.
and i think, obama delivered quite a courageous speech. he undoubtfully stated not only about his promises for moslems countries (he promised for the U.S. troops to leave Iraq as early as the midst july, health and education support for aghanistan+pakistan, diplomacy with iran regarding nuclear weapon, and peace reconciliation between israel-palestine) and the fight against extrimist+terrorist, but also his strong request for moslems countries to look at the united states with the right perspective. no longer as enemy or a tyrany, but more as a partner.
i personally think that obama inherited such heavy burden, especially left by w. bush. the mistrust between moslems countries and the united states, the cynical skepticism toward the united states' intention, etc. but still i think of obama as a courageous man, who believes what he said and does what he could - d best he could. yet skeptical parts of our world think of him as "a PR campaign cooked up by the CIA".
yeaa. i think it's understandable that they doubt obama and the united states. they've suffered too much especially in d time of w.bush's regime. hummmmmm.
at least, let's just hope that this new beginning can really bring something good to the world and our mankind and wish obama gudluck. we can help by signing petition online, being well-informed about our world situation, and just being nice+tolerant to anyone anywhere anytime anyhow. :)
ooh!! btw. there's one line of obama's speech dat intrigued my mind. he said, more or less like this, "islam is tolerance. i learned about this in indonesia - where christians can worship freely in this largest islam country."
i was kinda reluctant on dis one - not that i decline his opinion that islam is tolerance. no. i do feel the same about that. what i pitied was his second sentence about indonesia. i pitied the fact that i know, that there are still many christians who meet dead-ends in worshipping Jesus. the difficulty of church building/developing permission, etc. i dun say that this happens everyday, everywhere, supported by everyone. no. i just wanna remind us all, that aren't we ashamed by the fact that the world is applauding for us for something that isn't truly true??
i thank God that indonesia indeed has shown quite a good progress in tolerance. but there's still a gap between religions. there are still stereotyping, mistrust, and wrong perceptions. let's fix that together, people. let us be the TRUE model - not just from the outer appearance but also inside out. let's make indonesia a country that can lead our world to tolerance and peace. :) a big dream. uh-huh, i know. but it's not impossible, pal. obama believes in changes. let's make a change in indonesia. let's make a change in this world.
i believe we can.
ciao ciao people. muchos lurv and blessings! ;)
Labels: brand-new-beginning, justmythought, wordswords
