Al-Arabiya, the Arab satellite channel based in Dubai, obtained the first televised interview of the Obama administration.(Al-Arabiya Productions FZ L.L.C., Barack Obama)(Brief article)

Al-Arabiya, the Arab satellite channel based in Dubai, obtained the first televised interview of the Obama administration. The point no doubt was to emphasize that he himself has Muslim roots, and therefore is well placed to deal with the Muslim world, Osama bin Laden and other Islamists included. He called for a relationship with Muslims "based on mutual respect and mutual interest." His job, he elaborated, is "to communicate that Americans are not your enemy." But who, within the reach of rational conversation, ever thought they were? In one military campaign after another, the United States has been liberating Muslim populations from oppression and ...