"Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire."
Honestly, does it get any better, any true-er than that? I love how in one simple sentence can both accept responsibility and call for the listener's own self-evaluation.
Barack has hit the campaign trail in the Middle East, and I think it's a mighty good thing.
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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/06/02/us/politics/200900604_OBAMA_CAIRO.html
in case anyone wants to see.
a great speech...if this doesn't solidify his staff's and his own speech writing and delivery skills I don't know what will...of course Fox News(let's face it, they don't really do news) will tear him apart for having the gall to recognize Hamas (never mind they were democratically elected) but screw them...I become a bigger Barack fan every day.
Very refreshing approach to this problem. Can't imagine that speech coming from any other American politician right now.
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