where did he dictate this? please point to specific passages
an honest reading of the transcript reveals four major points:
a) we celebrate the change taking place on the ground, especially as
it is consistent with long-held American values
b) we are not the change agents – they are – but we stand ready to support
c) more change is better (in contrast to those who warn that it is
happening too fast)
d) israel/palestine should not be exempt from the changes taking place
since the 4 points are the literal sections of the speech, i’m not sure what other interpretations there are. But Im happy to be shown otherwise. Show me the excerpts of the text that contradict the above.
It’s all there: from rebuking and attacking the Palestinians, extolling the virtues of non-violence and an open Internet, through to tired old canards about economic liberalisation, universal rights and the evils of Iran. This was far more the “epitome” than a Portuguese-speaking television presenter making a mildly humourous quip on prime time Brazilian television.
But I see no reason to tread old ground. We both know where the other stands.
in other words, NOT “the epitome of the Western urge to dictate to the east and the muslim world how to run their affairs” but rather the end of that era.
thabet and 
thabet 2:28 pm on May 19, 2011 Permalink
“the epitome of the Western urge to dictate to the east and the muslim world how to run their affairs”
aziz 7:32 pm on May 19, 2011 Permalink
where did he dictate this? please point to specific passages
an honest reading of the transcript reveals four major points:
a) we celebrate the change taking place on the ground, especially as
it is consistent with long-held American values
b) we are not the change agents – they are – but we stand ready to support
c) more change is better (in contrast to those who warn that it is
happening too fast)
d) israel/palestine should not be exempt from the changes taking place
thabet 5:08 am on May 20, 2011 Permalink
So, anyone who thinks otherwise is ‘dishonest’?
aziz 5:17 am on May 20, 2011 Permalink
since the 4 points are the literal sections of the speech, i’m not sure what other interpretations there are. But Im happy to be shown otherwise. Show me the excerpts of the text that contradict the above.
thabet 9:17 am on May 20, 2011 Permalink
It’s all there: from rebuking and attacking the Palestinians, extolling the virtues of non-violence and an open Internet, through to tired old canards about economic liberalisation, universal rights and the evils of Iran. This was far more the “epitome” than a Portuguese-speaking television presenter making a mildly humourous quip on prime time Brazilian television.
But I see no reason to tread old ground. We both know where the other stands.
thabet 3:08 pm on May 19, 2011 Permalink
Good find: http://twitpic.com/4zmqut
aziz 7:35 pm on May 19, 2011 Permalink
quite a few along those lines, though I am not sure what if anything the relevance is to the present.
thabet 4:38 am on May 20, 2011 Permalink
aziz 8:18 am on May 20, 2011 Permalink
in other words, NOT “the epitome of the Western urge to dictate to the east and the muslim world how to run their affairs” but rather the end of that era.
thabet 9:18 am on May 20, 2011 Permalink
Read it again: ‘not an acknowledgement of imperialist posturing in the region’. More by accident than by design than an interregnum has appeared.