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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Picture of the Day



(John McCain visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem. McCain has signalled vigorous support for Israel during a fact-finding mission widely seen as a bid to polish his credentials as a statesman.(AFP/Menahem Kahana))

posted by mikevotes at 8:39 AM

8 Comments:

  • And so they're going to Mecca next? Right?

    By Blogger matt, at 2:09 PM  

  • Ha!

    Made me cackle out loud.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 2:34 PM  

  • That is funny... but could you imagine if an American president did go to Mecca? Not in a pandering way, but just as an acknowledgement of respect. I wonder what this might do to focus the attention of the actors in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict... and the broader Middle East. Maybe nothing, I dunno, but it's an interesting idea.

    By Blogger -epm, at 5:39 PM  

  • I get your point, but the perception on that might be bad as well.

    I guess it depends on the president.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 6:07 PM  

  • I believe Mecca is closed to non-Muslims.

    And I wouldn't DREAM of taking the obvious anti-Obama cheapshot here.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:10 PM  

  • Yeah, I wasn't really thinking about Obama. It was just the notion -- first expressed in jest -- seemed really compelling to me as a "what if".

    I didn't know about the non-Muslim thing with Mecca.

    By Blogger -epm, at 8:37 PM  

  • TG, if it's not, the politics of a non-muslim American would be nearly impossible.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:52 PM  

  • The Dome of the Rock is close by and open to non-muslims.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:03 PM  

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