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In August 2007, Barack Obama promised that if he were elected president he would ‘travel to a major Islamic forum and deliver an address to redefine our struggle.’

His impressive speech in Cairo yesterday fulfilled that promise.

Obama is the finest orator in a generation. His national political career was kicked off by a single speech: his keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004.

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  • Mark B says:

    04:56pm | 08/06/09

    This President is determined to fix the middle east problem because the US simply can’t afford the cost anymore. Read this one… http://newmatilda.com/2009/05/26/us-president-just-said-israel and this site… http://zope.gush-shalom.org/index_en.html Read more »

  • Mortie says:

    07:32pm | 07/06/09

    ‘Great orator’ in English. The problem is when it gets translated into Arabic. We in the west are listening to a different speech. Read more »

 

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