Obama's call to Muslim world
CNN recently released an exclusive interview of US President Barack Obama with Al-Arabia Television. This interview is considered as part of President Obama's commitment during his election campaign to improve relations between the US and the Muslim world.
In his interview, the President was mostly on the back foot. Unlike President Bush, Obama showed a great deal of politeness and eagerness about the success of any peace process in the Middle East. At one point he even mentioned that some of his family members are Muslim. President Obama strongly suggested that peace between Israel and the Arab world is only possible through the creation of an independent and sovereign land for Palestinians and ensuring a better life for their children. Then only will children in Israel not have to grow up with fear of attack by their neighbours. He also mentioned that ever-lasting peace is possible only when both the parties will look forward and forget the miseries and tragedies in the past. He said, 'It's not easy, but very much possible'.
The interview was published at a moment when people in Pakistan are frightened by the US missile attack along the Pak-Afghan border region.
President Obama's interview is a message to terrorists that the so called 'war on terror' is over and everyone should make the world a better place to live. If terrorists fail to appreciate this good gesture, then they ought to prepare for the worst.
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