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All Roads Lead to…Cairo?
In case you haven’t heard, Barack Obama has been toying with the idea of “making a major foreign policy speech from an Islamic capital during his first 100 days in office.”
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In case you haven’t heard, Barack Obama has been toying with the idea of “making a major foreign policy speech from an Islamic capital during his first 100 days in office.” One question remains, however, where? Helene Cooper at the New York Times thinks she has the answer: “It’s got to be Cairo. Egypt is perfect. It’s certainly Muslim enough, populous enough and relevant enough. It’s an American ally, but there are enough tensions in the relationship that the choice will feel bold. The country has plenty of democracy problems, so Mr. Obama can speak directly to the need for a better democratic model there. It has got the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist organization that has been embraced by a wide spectrum of the Islamic world, including the disenfranchised and the disaffected.” |
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