Friday, February 11, 2011

Credit for Obama?

"By the way, for those keeping score in the "peacefully removing Arab dictators" game, it's now Obama 2, Bush 0. "  You can't be serious, Marc.  You have to be not serious here.  If anyone wants to argue that Obama deserves credit for what happened in Egypt or in Tunisia, he/she either needs to rewind the TV screen, or take extensive Arabic lessons to follow the coverage of Aljazeera and the Arabic press directly, or even just read the official statements in English put out by White House and State Department during the crisis.  If anything, Obama prolonged the ordeal of the Egyptian people and did everything in his power--just as Bush would have done--to keep the dictators in power. (thanks Sameer)