President Obama’s pointless Middle East speech

Published May 19, 2011 4:00am ET



President Obama’s just concluded his long, blathering, Middle East speech in which he tried hard not to offend anybody. But by the end, he sounded a lot like President George W. Bush, talking about the need for the U.S. to stand up for democracy and self-determination abroad.

Obama even went so far as to describe Iraq as a model for a multi-sectarian democracy in the region:

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