Obama wants summit with Muslim countries...

PARIS (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told a French magazine in an interview that if he wins office, he will hold a summit with Muslim countries to better the United States' image in the world.

"Once I'm elected, I want to organize a summit in the Muslim world, with all the heads of state, to have an honest discussion about ways to bridge the gap that grows every day between Muslims and the West," Thursday's edition of Paris Match quoted Obama as saying,

"I want to ask them to join our fight against terrorism. We must also listen to their concerns," Obama said in the French-language transcript.

The Illinois senator is running neck-and-neck against senator Hillary Clinton from New York to lead the Democratic ticket in November's presidential election.

Surveys around the world show high levels of anti-Americanism in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Negative opinions are strongest in the Muslim world, according to the Pew Research Center.

(Reporting by Brian Rohan)

So Obama is concerned with what the Muslim countries think of us. Is he basing his concern off of the people of the US? Am I concerned what Muslim countries think of us? Not the slightest bit. In fact, I'm more concerned about that cow I saw this morning who was trying to cross a creek bed to get to some hay, than I am with the Muslim countries liking us. And also notice who Obama told this to...yes, a FRENCH interviewer. So Obama is already getting in bed with the French AND the Muslims. Wow, I can't think of any other two groups of people that I just can't wait to get more involved with....ha ha ha ha ha ha....yeah I couldn't hold that one in.

Am I way off base here with my thinking, or does the majority of this country actually care what they think. My opinion, they're lucky we still talk to them. It's people stemming from their religion that is causing all of the crap right now. They should be the ones standing up and saying it's not right but we're having to do their job for them. Too bad all of Obama's young followers, who think they are sophisticated-next leaders of tomorrow-type people but are really just uninformed hippies, don't realize this stuff. They can't read past that first level of BS and they can't put 2 and 2 together to see what all of this really means for us. I know those types and they all live in a fantasy world.