edit on 18-3-2013 by Krazysh0t
because: (no reason given)

Among those Israelis vying for the attention of Barack Obama as he prepares for his visit here next week, one fairly large, yet little-known group can claim a special long-standing connection to the U.S. president: We were his classmates in the Columbia University undergraduate class of 1983.
As of the latest count, there are close to 25 of us living here in Israel, some making the move close to 30 years ago, right after graduation, others pretty fresh off the boat. But on average, most have been here 15-20 years.
But here's the thing: Not one of us remembers Barack Obama - who transferred to Columbia after his sophomore year at Occidental College in California - from our undergrad years, nor do we know anyone else who does.
* Mohammed Hasan Chandoo a wealthy Pakistani friend of Obama when he was a freshmam. He is a now a self-employed financial consultant living in Armonk, New York.
* Wahid Hamid a wealthy Pakistani freind of Obama when he was a freshmam. Hamid and Obama traveled to Karachi, Pakistan after graduation from Occidental and stayed with the family of Mohammed Hasan Chandoo. Hamid is now a vice president at Pepsico in New York City.
* Sohale Siddiqi is identified as "Sadik" in Obama's memoir, Dreams From My Father, and is described as "a short, well-built Pakistani" who smoked marijuana, snorted coc aine and liked to party. Siddiqi was from Karachi, Pakistan, and Obama's roommate when he attended Columbia University. Siddiqi was not a student at Columbia and became an illegal having over stay his tourist visa. [2] Obama knew Saddiqi when he visited Chandoo and Hamid at Occidental. Siddiqi claims Obama stopped using drugs when he arrived at Columbia. Siddiqi is a recovering drug addict and now lives in Seattle working for a community theater.
Originally posted by ignorant_ape
reply to post by POXUSA
please do not lie - there are multiple people who confirm he was at columbia
en this peice which has a definite anti-obama adjenda , accepts he was a columbia student
Originally posted by ignorant_ape
reply to post by POXUSA
please do not lie - there are multiple people who confirm he was at columbia
en this peice which has a definite anti-obama adjenda , accepts he was a columbia student
I still think it is possible for something like
this to happen. I had a basketball player from my high school to go on to become a player in professional basketball, but I can't even recall his
name or face. I never bothered to meet the guy, and this is high school. I remember far more people from high school then college. I have also spoken
to my father about this who hasn't been to school in 30 years and he cannot remember people from college, but can remember people from high school. I
mean maybe, Barack was just an unremarkable person in college? No real reason to remember the guy until BAM 30 years later he becomes President of a
country that you don't reside in. (note: the article does say that most of the former classmates of his now reside in Israel).