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March 9, 2011

Obama Must Stand for Arab Democracy

Joshua Muravchik, Daily Star

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As revolution has spread from the Maghreb to the Gulf region and back again, President Barack Obama has stuttered and fumbled and sometimes fallen strangely silent. What can explain this from a man whose manner has always been smooth and whose oratorical gifts propelled him from utter obscurity to the White House in just four short years?

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TAGGED: Democracy, Arab, Middle East, Barack Obama

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