Comments on: TradeFlow21 Commentary: Will President Obama finally turn the page in U.S. – Middle East relations? http://tradeflow21.com/2009/06/03/tradeflow21-commentary-will-president-obama-finally-turn-the-page-in-us-middle-east-relations/ Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:51:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Michael Haltman http://tradeflow21.com/2009/06/03/tradeflow21-commentary-will-president-obama-finally-turn-the-page-in-us-middle-east-relations/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Michael Haltman Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:35:09 +0000 http://tradeflow21.com/2009/06/03/tradeflow21-commentary-will-president-obama-finally-turn-the-page-in-us-middle-east-relations/#comment-212 Is the Obama speech really courageous? I listened to it today, and it sounded like what it is I expected it to sound like. Apologies for the behavior of the United States abd promises that we will try and do better in the future. This is the take that I had in my blog pre-speech, and my opinion has not changed much post-speech: "President Obama will be giving his speech on Thursday, with the hope that he will begin to rebuild bridges and mend the fences that are claimed to have been destroyed during the Bush administration years. For the moderates in the region, the speech will no doubt be well received. Unfortunately, this public relations exercise will certainly not carry much sway with anyone in the region to the right of moderate. Those who hate us, want us dead, want us destroyed, want Israel destroyed and basically want anyone with a different ideology then them destroyed will most likely not be very impressed. President Obama will no doubt get rave reviews on the speech from all but the most important constituency. That would be the enemy that will remain our enemy. Just as a small example, this is an excerpt from the Al-Qaeda number two:..." The Political and Financial Markets Commentator Is the Obama speech really courageous? I listened to it today, and it sounded like what it is I expected it to sound like. Apologies for the behavior of the United States abd promises that we will try and do better in the future.

This is the take that I had in my blog pre-speech, and my opinion has not changed much post-speech:

“President Obama will be giving his speech on Thursday, with the hope that he will begin to rebuild bridges and mend the fences that are claimed to have been destroyed during the Bush administration years. For the moderates in the region, the speech will no doubt be well received.

Unfortunately, this public relations exercise will certainly not carry much sway with anyone in the region to the right of moderate. Those who hate us, want us dead, want us destroyed, want Israel destroyed and basically want anyone with a different ideology then them destroyed will most likely not be very impressed.

President Obama will no doubt get rave reviews on the speech from all but the most important constituency. That would be the enemy that will remain our enemy. Just as a small example, this is an excerpt from the Al-Qaeda number two:…”

The Political and Financial Markets Commentator

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