Again, watching CNN, a few times the panelists juxtaposed Obama’s standing ovation with the shoe thrown at Bush in Baghdad (forgetting to mention, the journalist was a Baathist and not representative of Iraqis let alone Arabs).
So let’s juxtapose the legacy: Obama gave a rousing speech and got a standing ovation, but abandonned key U.S. principles and moral clarity. Bush gave a so-so speech but liberated 50 million people. Who should history favor?
