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Although it's not exactly as exciting as a manned mission to Mars, at least NASA now has a definitive goal -- to make Muslim nations feel good about themselves. The head of NASA, Charles Bolden, told Al Jazeera that the "foremost" task President Obama had given him is "to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with predominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good" about themselves.

Embarassing -- can you get any more condescending that this? I seriously doubt that the average citizen of a Muslim nation now thinks, "WOW, NASA's goal is to make me feel good about myself." For anyone with an ounce of pride, the more likely reaction might be to say, "Stick it up your a$$. I don't need an American bureaucracy to enlighten me or to make me feel any better about myself, my culture or country."

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<blockquote data-quote="davide" data-source="post: 92671" data-attributes="member: 1308">Although it&#039;s not exactly as exciting as a manned mission to Mars, at least NASA now has a definitive goal -- to make Muslim nations feel good about themselves.&nbsp; The head of NASA, Charles Bolden, told Al Jazeera that the &quot;foremost&quot; task President Obama had given him is &quot;to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with predominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good&quot; about themselves.&nbsp;Embarassing -- can you get any more condescending that this?&nbsp; I seriously doubt that the average citizen of a Muslim nation now thinks, &quot;WOW, NASA&#039;s goal is to make me feel good about myself.&quot;&nbsp; For anyone with an ounce of pride, the more likely reaction might be to say, &quot;Stick it up your a$$. I don&#039;t need an American bureaucracy to enlighten me or to make me feel any better about myself, my culture or country.&quot;&nbsp;Video: [media=youtube]1cCaW-ScplE&amp;feature=related[/media]&nbsp;<a href="http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/07/06/nasas-mission-to-muslims/" target="_blank">http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/07/06/nasas-mission-to-muslims/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="davide, post: 92671, member: 1308"] Although it's not exactly as exciting as a manned mission to Mars, at least NASA now has a definitive goal -- to make Muslim nations feel good about themselves. The head of NASA, Charles Bolden, told Al Jazeera that the "[B]foremost[/B]" task President Obama had given him is "to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with predominantly Muslim nations to [B]help them feel good[/B]" about themselves. Embarassing -- can you get any more condescending that this? I seriously doubt that the average citizen of a Muslim nation now thinks, "WOW, NASA's goal is to make me feel good about myself." For anyone with an ounce of pride, the more likely reaction might be to say, "Stick it up your a$$. I don't need an American bureaucracy to enlighten me or to make me feel any better about myself, my culture or country." Video: [media=youtube]1cCaW-ScplE&feature=related[/media] [URL]http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/07/06/nasas-mission-to-muslims/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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