

http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandid ... SN05297935
Moderators: Moderators, Junior Moderators
“Part of being a good friend is being honest,” Mr. Obama said in an interview with NPR News. “And I think there have been times where we are not as honest as we should be about the fact that the current direction, the current trajectory, in the region is profoundly negative, not only for Israeli interests but also U.S. interests.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/world ... prexy.html
Skeptics in the Muslim world, of course, will withhold approval: in Gaza, where an Israeli blockade prevents even bags of cement from entering to rebuild the ruins left by the recent invasion; or in Pakistan/Afghanistan, where U.S. drones tend to bomb wedding parties rather than al-Qaeda. If they were (non-Muslim) guys in a strip bar, they'd say: Never mind that stuff, Obama, just show us your [boobs]. And they'd be right. It was only a speech. But for a speech, it went about as far as it could go.