At the same time, I'm glad he's not bending over backwards to please Israel. The policy under Bush was not simply "America Right or Wrong" but "Israel Right or Wrong" too. People can't hold that sort of loyalty to two countries and I don't even think it's healthy to hold it towards one's own. We have a right and a responsibility to be critical of our governments.

I signed the petition.

As regards Obama's foreign policy I have been worried lately.

To undo the damage that the Bush administration had done, Obama maybe going a bit too far and adopting a downright posture of servitude and bending backwards all the way in appeasing the rich oil lords of west Asia.

I was surprised to hear Obama's speech in which he said that the values of the US were on par with the values of Islam; both stood for ""tolerance, justice and brotherhood"" (sic!)

I understand that Obama was being extremely politically correct when he said that, but I still can't help wincing from the thought that he actually made that statement.
Islam doesn't preach tolerance, justice and brotherhood. It preaches violence against the infidel much as Judaism and Christianity do and justice and brotherhood are only offered to the followeres of Islam and not to other monotheists or to pagans. So how does the question of Islam being at par with the values of tolerance, justice and brotherhood enshrined in the US constitution, arise?
The American constitution has been modelled on the democratic principles of ancient Greece.

The Pentagon recently released a report in which it said that investigations had revealed that the Bush administartion had known Pakistan was using US aid for building up its weapon systems for
using against India and the Bush administartion had done nothing to stop this.
Now, inspite of the fact that the Obama administration is in knowledge of the above fact, it had pledged an aid package of $200 million to Pakistan.

I am afraid that India may be revisited by the era of Strobe Talbott. He was the Democrat envoy under President Bill Clinton, who had turned a blind eye to Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme, at the same time berating India for making herself nuclear capable.

I wish President Obama would act responsibly and practically and only be polite with the muslim world as much as it is required, without appearing servile.

What he has already done is slavish and not practical in the least. As far as South Asia is concerned the Obama administration's steps are akin to doublespeak. It wants to keep both India and Pakistan as allies and has conveniently forgotten that the Islamic bomb and the threats of Osama still loom large.