re: #301 wrenchwench

Your ‘debate style’ sucks.

I call the statement bigoted because Seib is clearly referring to a specific area in the world, and it is not the ‘area’ known as ‘the Muslim world’, it is the area of Iraq and Syria. I come to that conclusion by taking the context of his words into account. The ‘context’ is the complete article, so if you want to know ‘which part’, just go read it all again.

In that it is persuasive, I can see why you might not like it. The context and the quote are clear. The author speaks broadly about Obama wanting his second term to be less impacted by war and terror in the Muslim world so he could focus on a domestic agenda. Which wars and terror did he face in the first term? Afghanistan, which he left, and Iraq which he left. I read it again. No different conclusion. I believe that in saying the Muslim World he is including other conflicts and hot spots which Obama has tried to disengage with that are not in the middle east. Simple.