Obama’s Middle East Speech: Beware the Arab Fall

Apparently President Barack Obama's speech on U.S. Middle East policy has created quite the uproar among those who are shocked to learn that there is gambling going on in Rick's place. So be it.

For me, I'll limit my textual analysis to the speech's few sentences that might end up having a real-world impact. First place goes to this one, which represents the kind of contractual language against which future U.S. policy should be held accountable:

Our support for these principles is not a secondary interest -- today I am making it clear that it is a top priority that must be translated into concrete actions, and supported by all of the diplomatic, economic and strategic tools at our disposal.

Honorable mention goes to this one, since regional doubt over the U.S. commitment to its security guarantees represents the greatest "counter-revolutionary" threat to the current wave of democratization:

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