https://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2012/09/27/obama-at-the-un-a-speech/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:14:26 -0400<![CDATA[President Barack Obama’s UN speech is a fascinating document. The theme is this: absolutely nothing can go wrong with political change in the Middle East, and the United States helps moderate forces, defined as anyone who isn&#8217;t actively trying to kill Americans. The fact that some to many of those revolutionary forces favor killing Americans is outside his purview. And the fact that his policy has supported militantly anti-democratic groups far more than the (far weaker) moderate ones is airbrushed away.]]>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:26:40 -0400<![CDATA[Barry Rubin]]>https://pjmedia.com/barry-rubin/2012/09/27/obama-at-the-un-a-speech-n133293