{"id":20,"date":"2010-03-18T12:15:15","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T12:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/03\/should-obama-cancel-trip-to-indonesia.html"},"modified":"2010-03-18T12:15:15","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T12:15:15","slug":"should-obama-cancel-trip-to-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/03\/should-obama-cancel-trip-to-indonesia.html","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Obama Postpones Trip to Indonesia, Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATED: The New York Times just reported that President Obama has decided to push back his Indonesia trip for the second time<\/a>. (The rest of my post remains accurate, with the strikethroughs added.)<\/p>\n

President Obama has<\/strike> had already postponed his visit to Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population and where he lived as a child, by a few days while he rallies support for Congress’ upcoming health care reform vote. But The Washington Post reports that some Democrats want him to stay put <\/a>until all the votes are cast and counted, fearing his absence could hurt the bill’s chances.<\/p>\n

The trip is a priority for the Obama administration’s foreign policy efforts, however, especially in terms of building bridges with the Muslim world. Perhaps Obama fears<\/strike>ed that postponing it again would be considered an insult, one that could have unpleasant repercussions in a country trying to balance its young democracy<\/a> with the freedom this system gives “jihadist” groups to express their views<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What do you think? <\/p>\n

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