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Uh-Oh, I Blinked and Missed Obama's Mention of Muslim Women
By Melinda Henneberger - Politics DailyTo Jill and Bonnie, who felt that Obama was miserly with his words in Cairo today only when it came to talking plainly about women in the Muslim world, I say: Me, three! I set my alarm early so I could hear the president's speech in real time, and mostly found his rhetoric bracing. (Or was that the cappuccino?) He wasn't shy about coolly ticking off the facts of life on the very real threat of Islamic extremism, or about pushing Hamas to give up violence and recognize Isreal, or about decrying Arab anti-Semitism: "Around the world, the Jewish people were persecuted for centuries, and ...
Meantime, the War Burns Hot
By David Wood - Politics DailyEven as President Obama was finishing his speech in Cairo this morning -- urging everyone in the region to look past their hatreds and take concrete steps toward peace -- three American soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed in Afghanistan. First reports said the convoy struck an IED just north of Kabul and was raked with gunfire, a common insurgent tactic. Obama's rhetoric this morning was sober and thrilling, capturing the hopes of millions that the agony of decades of war, of unspeakable atrocities in the deliberate targeting of civilians, could be ended. The morning's ...
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