Which city should Obama choose for his speech to the Middle East? (flag)

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Where Should Obama Give His Great Middle East Speech?
Stop The ACLU — ... stunt will be seen rightly as meaningless. Obama gives great speeches, and this has encouraged an unwarranted faith in the utility of the medium. No matter how dazzling, oratory is the least effective weapon in the counterterrorism arsenal. If anything, a foreign policy speech aimed at resolving the conflict between the West and radical Islam would give enemies hope that the U.S. is shifting to a less proactive stance, and returning to the more symbolic approach of the pre-Bush days. Allahpundit: My own preference, if this simply must be done, is Dubai. No high drama in it, but ...

Imam To Obama: Convert Or Die
Jules Crittenden — ... war” Headsup, NYT: Obama’s already done that. Goldfarb adds that NYT’s “too soon” dismissal of Tehran misses the point. Obama giving it Ahmadinejad on his own turf would be even better than the Columbia president giving it to A’jad in New York. I’m liking the Tehran idea. Imagine the possibilities:“Mr. Ahmadinejad, tear down those nukes! Mr. Ahmadinejad, free those political prisoners! Mr. Ahmadinejad, stop supporting terrorism!” That speech gets my vote. Too bad he won’t make it. Hot Air  with the other ballsy choice. Mumbai. Plenty of Muslims there. But Dubai could use the ...

Obama to Make Foreign Policy Speech in Islamic Capital
Wizbang — ... that Obama is going to make a foreign policy speech in an Islamic capital in his first 100 days. I wanted to write about it then, but with three young kids, bath time came first. Today I see Allahpundit at Hot Air addressed it as well. It seems the question has come down to which city to make this address. The New York Times ' Helene Cooper reports on the possibilities: So where should he do it? The list of Islamic world capitals is long, and includes the obvious --Riyadh, Kuwait City, Islamabad -- and the not-so-obvious -- Male (the Maldives), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), ...