Obama Praises Arab Spring - New Speech

[marshabar1]

Barack Obama, the US president, is making a key speech on the Middle East and North Africa in Washington.

During his address to the US state department, Obama said two leaders in the region had stepped down and that more may follow. The president also said the future of the US was bound to the region.

Addressing the death of Osama bin Laden, the president said the al-Qaeda leader "was a mass murderer, not a martyr, whose ideas were being rejected even before he was killed".

During his speech, which is expected to spell out US policy towards the waves of political changes sweeping the region, it is believed he will announce economic aid for Egypt and Tunisia.

Egypt's finance minister said on Thursday that Obama would pledge $2bn in aid to the country in his speech.

Samir Radwan told a conference in Cairo that US officials told him that Obama "will announce in his speech on the Middle East additional aid worth $1bn to Egypt to support its budget, and another billion to be spent on projects, most importantly small and medium enterprises".

US officials say Obama would use his speech to lay out a major economic initiative in the Middle East to encourage democratic change in the region.

The plan will initially seek to provide several billion dollars in financing, loan guarantees and funding, from US programs and from international financial organisations, to Tunisia and Egypt, the officials said.

english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/05/2011519145837856559.html

Yes, yes it's all wonderful.

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Yeah, I'm trying not to listen too much.. it's fine.. we're good....support for MB takeovers, etc.... all good...

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WOW-- he's defending ISRAEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO, OBAMA!!!!!

but wait.. wait...

[marshabar1]

Obama praising a Democratic uprising?

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1967 borders... support for the Islamic uprisings.... not that it will change anything there.... wonder if he will feed Net this time??

[deziloooooo]

He made it clear..US stands with Israel, we are connected, by history , by our political and beliefs of freedom. It is unshakable have no doubt about that. We, the US, will defend it when it, Israel, is singled out called out specifically in international forums, the UN is what he is talking about.

He said symbolic happenings, September is when they are to attempt it, the recognition of Palestine by nations is NOT going to give them their State, and to not guarantee Israels right to exist will also keep them from achieving their State, and Hamas refusing to accept that fact will keep them from achieving that state.

To Israel, he said, the borders are to be formed by the 1967 boundaries with swaps where necessary due to settlements of territory and to the Israeli's, the status quo, is not sustainable, must end, they have to make a commitment to settle this problem.

He affirmed the support for Israel, no change there, but as a ally, a friend, we will also be honest with them, as to what has to be done from their point.

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He DID defend Israel, Dez... sounded kind of good.. but he also defended her enemies and the uprisings which we can now see are being engineered to unite the enemies of Israel... he is a good speaker, but IMO it was at BEST a worthless speech as to what it will mean in the ME, and at WORST a confirmation of the rise of the MB and other forces that will go against Israel AND the US.

[marshabar1]

Well once again a blahblah fest. Said nothing new. Just trying to gas up the campaign.

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He speaks so well it is hard to not get sucked in when he says nothing.,. charisma he has... when he is not smirking. Notice how you see him clearly trying to control his facial expressions... fascinating how these politicians train.... have you seen Sarah Palin lately?? She is presenting like a DIFFERENT PERSON than 2 years ago. So interesting.. people write their speeches, coach their voices, expressions, body language... you have to watch and listen and READ so closely to catch even half of it...

[marshabar1]

May 19, 2011 12:47:48 GMT -5 @krickitt said:

He speaks so well it is hard to not get sucked in when he says nothing.,. charisma he has... when he is not smirking. Notice how you see him clearly trying to control his facial expressions... fascinating how these politicians train.... have you seen Sarah Palin lately?? She is presenting like a DIFFERENT PERSON than 2 years ago. So interesting.. people write their speeches, coach their voices, expressions, body language... you have to watch and listen and READ so closely to catch even half of it...

Yeah, he almost kept all the arrogance out of his eyes even. Training pays off.

No more Mr. Smartazz. . .


Now if he could just stop waggling his hands when he goes up or down stairs. . .