georgephillip
Diamond Member
"While Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu played out their farce in Washington Obama grovelling as usual the Arabs got on with the serious business of changing their world, demonstrating and fighting and dying for freedoms they have never possessed.
"Obama waffled on about change in the Middle East and about America's new role in the region.
"It was pathetic. 'What is this "role" thing?' an Egyptian friend asked me at the weekend. 'Do they still believe we care about what they think?'"
Do you think the Arab Spring is coming to DC?
Who Cares in the Middle East What Obama Says? | Common Dreams
"Obama waffled on about change in the Middle East and about America's new role in the region.
"It was pathetic. 'What is this "role" thing?' an Egyptian friend asked me at the weekend. 'Do they still believe we care about what they think?'"
Do you think the Arab Spring is coming to DC?
Who Cares in the Middle East What Obama Says? | Common Dreams