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Metro Detroit's Middle Eastern community reacts to Obama's speech
Metro Detroit's Middle Eastern community reacts to Obama's speech
As President Bararck Obama described in detail Tuesday night the pain and torture that victims of Syria’s most recent chemical weapons attack faced, Dr. Yahya Basha of West Bloomfield couldn’t help but weep.
“I had tears in my eyes hearing his description of the horrors that (Syrian President Bashar Assad) inflicted,” said Basha, who has worked to get rid of Assad for decades. “I could not help it. I love the heart of the president (Obama). I trust his heart. He has so much passion describing the feelings he had for those children being gassed...gasping for breath and foaming at the mouth. So painful and tragic.”
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Osama Siblani, publisher of the Dearborn-based Arab-American News and an opponent of U.S. military action in Syria, praised Obama for considering the Russian deal that would stop any U.S. strike. In his speech, Obama said the evidence is clear the Syrian government used chemical weapons, but Sibalni said he wasn’t convinced.
“I was waiting for Obama to bring evidence to the table,” Siblani said. “He didn’t. He brought rhetoric.”
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Anas Fattahi, Dearbon, 54, a Syrian-American, liked the speech, saying Obama was “simple, clear, and direct to help Americans understand the tragedy the Syrian peopel have gone through.”
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http://www.freep.com/article/20130910/NEWS05/309100182/Metro-Detroit-reaction-to-Obama-s-Syrian-speech
As President Bararck Obama described in detail Tuesday night the pain and torture that victims of Syria’s most recent chemical weapons attack faced, Dr. Yahya Basha of West Bloomfield couldn’t help but weep.
“I had tears in my eyes hearing his description of the horrors that (Syrian President Bashar Assad) inflicted,” said Basha, who has worked to get rid of Assad for decades. “I could not help it. I love the heart of the president (Obama). I trust his heart. He has so much passion describing the feelings he had for those children being gassed...gasping for breath and foaming at the mouth. So painful and tragic.”
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Osama Siblani, publisher of the Dearborn-based Arab-American News and an opponent of U.S. military action in Syria, praised Obama for considering the Russian deal that would stop any U.S. strike. In his speech, Obama said the evidence is clear the Syrian government used chemical weapons, but Sibalni said he wasn’t convinced.
“I was waiting for Obama to bring evidence to the table,” Siblani said. “He didn’t. He brought rhetoric.”
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Anas Fattahi, Dearbon, 54, a Syrian-American, liked the speech, saying Obama was “simple, clear, and direct to help Americans understand the tragedy the Syrian peopel have gone through.”
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http://www.freep.com/article/20130910/NEWS05/309100182/Metro-Detroit-reaction-to-Obama-s-Syrian-speech
Prediction: Obama's speech is going to sway public opinion
President Obama: "However, over the last few days, we’ve seen some encouraging signs."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023642225
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