U.S. President Barack Obama's extraordinary efforts since his first days in office to reassure Muslims in the Greater Middle East about U.S. intentions in the region have suffered a series of setbacks that threaten to reverse whatever gains he has made over the past 10 months in restoring Washington's badly battered image and influence there.
From Pakistan – where Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got an earful of growing anti-U.S. sentiment last week - to the West Bank and East Jerusalem - where Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has successfully defied Washington's demands that he freeze Jewish settlement activity – events appear to have strayed far from the president's original game plan.
As for the vast territory that lies between, the badly tarnished election victory claimed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai raises new questions over the viability of what Obama himself called as recently as...
Obama- Pffft! And Sting thinks Obama is a divine politician. Though we could use some, I do not think divine politicians say kill the babies & let everyone marry everyone. Nor "that's above my pay scale.
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Clarence Sexton | 8/31/2009
