tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post6190109939495044705..comments2024-03-24T11:30:08.199-07:00Comments on Can you believe?: Obama's hourJohan Maurerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-66734379219735712162009-06-10T06:34:25.585-07:002009-06-10T06:34:25.585-07:00Well there were some good things about the Cairo s...Well there were some good things about the Cairo speech, but he did not practice honesty. Clearly he does not reject the killing of innocent men, women and children, and he is a strong advocate of violence (there's a whole section of the speech devoted to that, although he doesn't use the <i>word</i> violence to describe what we're doing).<br /><br />It is the gross hypocrisy about violence that most struck me about the speech. See my blog post, <a href="http://billsamuel.net/blog/?p=28" rel="nofollow">Obama's Double Standard</a>. Also the hypocrisy in the stark difference between actual policy, as represented in the budget, for example, and what he said in the speech. This is part of a long tradition of Administrations saying good things about Middle East policy, while what they were actually doing was not so good.Bill Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752443575410023776noreply@blogger.com