US President to receive Royal advice

[beet1e]

It is felt the the US President is in need of a little Royal guidance in performing his duties. LOL! I bet this is going to stick in a few craws.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/30/nchas30.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/10/30/ixnewstop.html (picture of Camilla inside!)

The Prince of Wales will try to persuade George W Bush and Americans of the merits of Islam this week because he thinks the United States has been too intolerant of the religion since September 11.

The Prince, who leaves on Tuesday for an eight-day tour of the US, has voiced private concerns over America's "confrontational" approach to Muslim countries and its failure to appreciate Islam's strengths.
    
The Duchess of Cornwall will accompany her husband

The Prince raised his concerns when he met senior Muslims in London in November 2001. The gathering took place just two months after the attacks on New York and Washington. "I find the language and rhetoric coming from America too confrontational," the Prince said, according to one leader at the meeting.

It is understood that Prince Charles did not - and does not - believe that the actions of 19 hijackers should tarnish the reputation of hundreds of millions of law-abiding Muslims around the world.

Khalid Mahmood, the Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Bar, was also at the meeting at St James's Palace. "His criticism of America was a general one of the Americans not having the appreciation we have for Islam and its culture," he said.

Mr Mahmood and other Muslims present stressed that Prince Charles did not go so far as to criticise the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001. More recently, he has been careful not to express his views on Iraq.

The Prince also spoke of his sympathy for America after the terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of almost 3,000 people. He said he wanted to promote better relations between the different religions of the world.

Those present at the meeting in 2001 included Sir Iqbal Sacrani, the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, and Hashir Faruqi, the chief editor of Impact International, an Islamic affairs magazine.

Prince Charles, who is about to embark on his first official foreign tour since his marriage to the Duchess of Cornwall, wants Americans - including Mr Bush - to share his fondness for Islam. He has agreed to attend a seminar on religions at Georgetown University, Washington, on Thursday: the only event where he will not be accompanied by the Duchess.

"The seminar will look at how faith groups can alleviate social problems in their community," a royal aide said.

The Prince and Duchess will attend a lunch and dinner with President Bush and his wife, Laura, at the White House on Wednesday.

Prince Charles has done more than any other member of the Royal Family in history to understand Islam. He said in 1994 that when he became Supreme Governor of the Church of England, he would rather be "defender of faiths" than "defender of the faith".

A year earlier Prince Charles made a speech, acclaimed throughout the Arab world, on relations between Islam and the West. He urged the West to overcome its "unthinkable prejudices" about Islam and its customs and laws.

He spoke warmly of the West's debt to the culture of Islam and distanced moderate Muslims from misguided militants. "Extremism is no more the monopoly of Islam than it is the monopoly of other religions, including Christianity," he said.

A senior aide to Prince Charles said yesterday: "The Prince has never promoted political messages around religion. He has simply said that he wants a greater tolerance and understanding of each other religions which will, in turn, promote better relations between faiths."

A spokesman for Clarence House declined to discuss the Prince's comments four years ago. "We never discuss private conversations," he said.

Prince Charles has been wooing the US media ahead of next week's tour when he will visit New York, Washington and San Francisco. It is considered a risky venture because Diana, Princess of Wales, who died eight years ago, was so revered in the US.

In an interview to be shown on CBS's 60 Minutes today, he speaks of his desire to enrich people's lives through his work. "I only hope that when I am dead and gone they might appreciate it a little more," he jokes.

Don't forget to tune into 60 Minutes tonight!

[lazs2]

It's allways polite to pretend that you listen to royalty from former great nations.

lazs

[Chairboy]

About 230 years ago we made a pretty compelling argument regarding our opinion of royal advice.

[Maverick]

That's nice. We're getting another tourist visiting the Capital. WHat is mr. Charles' last name again??

I have absolutely no problem with islam. It's the lack of control those "hundreds millions of muslims" have over the people who are causing the problems around the world that actually maintain the "tarnish" of their religion. Once they get them to stop the acts of terrorism in their name perhaps they can be taken more seriously. If those "hundreds of millions of law abiding muslims" were really serious about it, those terrorists wouldn't have any place to hide so they wouldn't be able to continue to kill even more muslims and other people indiscriminately.

[DREDIOCK]

I guess he is upset with all the Mosques we've been burning down in this country and the way we've been attacking the gas station attendants
Or any of all the terrible terribe things we've been doung to the Islamic population here.
I mean hell. they cant find jobs,ride our busses,own homes in or build mosques in our neighborhoods or ANY of the other things that regular Amerikans do.

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by lazs2
It's allways polite to pretend that you listen to royalty from former great nations.

lazs

Its even more polite to recognise Royalty as being royalty inasmuch as we dont beleive in nor bow to royalty here.

Mighty considerate of you Laz.
your a bigger man then I on that front

To me. he is just "Charly"
No bigger a deal then the man at my local convieniance store.
Actually the guy at my local convieniance store is a bigger deal.
He sells milk, not BS

[Hangtime]

we got a bounty law for british subjects still on the books here.

Charlie better stay the hell outta my town or he's gonna wind up financing somebodys next cup of 7-11 coffee.

[lazs2]

I said "listen"  not heed.   Smile broadly and shake your head up and down... try to change the "subject" (pun intended)... and then...

"very interesting... thanks for dropping by... don't be a stranger.. can you find your own way out?"

lazs

[Furball]

look at all the yanks get all defensive

the British don't even listen to charles, you dont have to either.  besides, why are you all so against taking advice from pretty much your only ally? (we have a large muslim community here)

[SuperDud]

Originally posted by beet1e
LOL! I bet this is going to stick in a few craws.
 

What's a craw???

[rshubert]

Originally posted by DREDIOCK
I guess he is upset with all the Mosques we've been burning down in this country and the way we've been attacking the gas station attendants
Or any of all the terrible terribe things we've been doung to the Islamic population here.
I mean hell. they cant find jobs,ride our busses,own homes in or build mosques in our neighborhoods or ANY of the other things that regular Amerikans do.

Yeah, those of us living in the Detroit-Toledo corridor have been practicing ethnic cleansing against our Muslim population, which is the largest in the US.  Why, on a weekend night, you can read by the light of the fires from the burning mosques.

And nobody is eating Syrian or Iranian food anymore, either.  The restaurants are all closing down.

Sheesh, I don't have anything against the brits, I think they are wonderful people and good allies.  But to be lectured by a rich do-nothing with terrible taste in women...

That's too much.  After all, what are Charlie's qualifications in international relations?  He got birthed by the queen?

(edit for typos)

[lazs2]

furball... no offense... but you guys aren't doing that well with yours and..

you giving us advise on how to integrate diverse minorities into society is kinda like a cat teaching a dog to bark.   You are like 97% white and... maybe you noticed... your borders are.... well.... ocean.   Nobody wades on over to your island in the dark holding all their worldly possesions above their head so as to not get wet.

lazs

[Monk]

Originally posted by Furball

(we have a large muslim community here)

Yup, sounds like a PR gig on his part.

[Holden McGroin]

Originally posted by Furball
look at all the yanks get all defensive

the British don't even listen to charles, you dont have to either.  besides, why are you all so against taking advice from pretty much your only ally? (we have a large muslim community here)

The British may not listen to PC, but he sure listens to the British...

 

[Dago]

Maybe we need to get all "beetle" on charles ass,  you know, we get drunk, say nasty things, look all pissed, then knock him to the floor and stamp away for the nearest bottle?