Once again, this article from Lebanon’s L’Orient Le Jour makes it absolutely clear, that in the Middle East, President Obama’s inaugural address was registered loud and clear, with direct quotes from the speech being wielded by editorial writers as a warning to leaders perceived to be ‘on the wrong side of history.’
For L’Orient Le Jour, Issa Goraie writes in part:
“With him, may we know how to foster the ambition to accomplish what his predecessors could not; that is to say, a just and definitive global solution to the Palestinian riddle: a challenge commensurate with that breaker of barriers who’s already a living legend.
“Failing these miracles, that which Barack Obama can and must do is encourage within the world at large that same quest for change, justice and progress that has swept him to power like a tidal wave. Because what our region needs most, to use the words of the U.S. president, are leaders that build, not destroy.”
“Israel deserted the crime scene in Gaza just in time for yesterday’s inauguration; and at the summit in Kuwait, Arabs were seen once again smothering each other in hugs rather than swearing at each other like cart drivers. The scene is set. “Please … welcome President Obama.”
EDITORIAL By Issa Goraieb
Translated By L. McKenzie Zeiss
January 21, 2008
Lebanon – L’Orient Le Jour – Home Page – (French
Historic. Apart from a few grouches, the entire globe yesterday had only one word in its mouth. For the world is deeply convinced – including the grouches, this time – that near or far, sooner or later and even in its most remote reaches – every nation will find itself affected by the triumphant installation of Barack Hussein Obama in the White House. Whether one accepts him, rejects him, congratulates him or not, he is really the first president of globalization that there has ever been.
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