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The Cairo speech

June 4, 2009 - 6:04 pm - by Richard Fernandez
MarkJ
2009-06-04 19:56:18

“There is the obvious danger that Obama’s speech will provide a source of legitimacy for various contending parties.”

Precisely. It seems with his speech today that Obama has created, perhaps inadvertently, an intersection over which a traffic signal hangs. Problem is, the traffic signal is now flashing “green” in all four directions.

Need I tell you what the inevitable result will be?