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POLITICAL FUTURES

"US President Barack Obama claims to be a big fan
of telling the truth. In media interviews ahead of his
trip to Saudi Arabia and Egypt and during his big
speech in Cairo on Thursday, he claimed that the
centerpiece of his Middle East policy is his willingness
to tell people hard truths. Indeed, Obama made
three references to the need to tell the truth in his
so-called address to the Muslim world. Unfortunately,
for a speech billed as an exercise in truth
telling, Obama's address fell short. Far from reflecting
hard truths, Obama's speech reflected political
convenience. Obama's so-called hard truths for the
Islamic world included statements about the need to
fight so-called extremists; give equal rights to
women; provide freedom of religion; and foster
democracy. Unfortunately, all of his statements on
these issues were nothing more than abstract, theoretical
declarations devoid of policy prescriptions. ...
In short, Obama's 'straight talk' to the Arab world,
which began with his disingenuous claim that like
America, Islam is committed to 'justice and progress;
tolerance and the dignity of all human beings,'
was consciously and fundamentally fraudulent.
And this fraud was advanced to facilitate his
goal of placing the Islamic world on equal moral
footing with the free world." --columnist, editor and
senior Middle East fellow, Center for Security Policy
Caroline Glick