Thank You, Mr. Obama. We Hope Our Leaders Got the Message (Editorial) from Kitabat [of Iraq in English]
"The most important point that Obama addressed. The really important issue, ladies and gentlemen, is that he gave pointed advice to the presidents, leaders, kings, and emirs of the Arab countries. His advice was that they pay attention to the concerns of their people who put them in the chairs they sit upon."
Obama's Israel Gamble (Dimitri Simes) from the National Interest
EXCELLENT analysis of the big picture concerning Obama, the US, and Israel.
"America can afford to treat Israel like any other friendly state, supporting Israel when it is in U.S. interests to do so and letting Israel accept responsibility for its actions and their consequences when Israeli conduct does not correspond with U.S. interests. This is exactly how Israel treats the United States."
In Egypt, a Theologian in Chief (Editorial) from USA Today
"The extremists will rage, of course, like al-Qaeda, but this speech goes a long way toward opening up a new dialogue with Islam's sometimes silent majority. According to a recent Gallup survey of global Islam, the most important thing Westerners can do to improve relations is "to change their negative views toward Muslims and respect Islam." Obama did just that in Cairo. It is time for us to go and do likewise."
Pro-West Parties Win in Lebanon with Help from Barack Obama from the Telegraph [of London]
"Lebanon's pro-Western government have held on to power in the country's elections in a victory experts said had been helped by President Barack Obama's attempts to build a new relationship with the Middle East."
Analysts Cite Obama Effect in Lebanese Election from the New York Times
"There were many domestic reasons why voters handed an American-backed coalition a victory in Lebanese parliamentary elections on Sunday — but political analysts also attribute it in part to President Obama's campaign of outreach to the Arab and Muslim world."
Don't Dismiss Obama's Role in Lebanese Elections from the Huffington Post
"This was the first real victory by pro-American groups in the ideological battle that has defined this region in the last 10 years. Every time the US tried to help somebody in the region, it hurt them and they lost."
In Iran, Harsh Talk as Election Nears from the New York Times
This is shaping up to be quite an interesting election in Iran! It actually looks like a REAL election!
"The presidential campaign, now in its final week, has reached a level of passion and acrimony almost unheard-of in Iran."
Requiem for Democratization from the blogs of the National Interest
A conversation around Kevin Drum's statement: “George Bush talked a lot about democracy, but he was in favor of it only when it produced results he liked.” "
Gordon, the Unlucky (Paul Krugman) from the New York Times
"Where America’s conservative movement — better organized and far more ruthless than its British counterpart — managed to claw its way back to power at the beginning of this decade, in Britain, the Labor Party continued to rule right through the bubble years. Mr. Brown eventually became prime minister. And so the Bush bust in America is the Brown bust here."
Learning, Slowly, from History (Michael Tomasky) from the Guardian [of London]
"So I urge Ponnuru to just go the whole nine yards and finally come to terms with the un-debatable historical fact that the US economy has performed better under Democratic presidents than under Republican ones going back to Eisenhower."
Crazy Right-Wing Myths About Obama from Salon
"We present for your inspection, and then debunk, or paw at in desultory fashion, a dozen of the choicest conspiracy theories to gain traction since Jan. 20."
D-DAY NUGGET!
Ode to the Liberators of France: America's GIs (Editorial) from Le Figaro [of France in English]
"They were destined for France, a strange land. They would fight for her, without really knowing what she was like, what her past, her culture, her customs were like.… this immense and anonymous line of Americans without rank, incapable of pronouncing a phrase of French or the name of any village in Normandy."
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