Obama's speech in Cairo: Are Muslims convinced?

Los Angeles Times by Jeffrey Fleishman | Jun. 4, 2009 (News Analysis)

'America, Islam are not exclusive,' Obama says in Cairo

Cairo -- He came. He spoke. But did he convince?

President Obama's long-anticipated speech to the Arab world today sought to dissolve the mistrust between Islam and the West by highlighting his personal appeal as he urged ending intolerance and violence and moving toward a shared future. It was a carefully textured blend of history, the president's personal experience with Islam and the need to quell religious extremism. Full Story »

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by James Canning - Jun. 4, 2009

So-so report on Obama's Cairo speech. Whether Obama can deliver real change in US policy reamins to be seen. He is not getting out of Iraq, and he is enlarging the US military presence in Afghanistan. The Zionist lobby in the US may prevent him from pressuring Israel to end the occupation of the West Bank and the Golan Heights.

Israel will destroy itself if it fails to get out of the West Bank and the Golan Heights. Will Israel grossly injure the interests of the US in pursuing its idiotic attempt to keep most of the West Bank permanently?