President Obama has just given a speech in Egypt. Last year, our then president, George W. Bush, gave a speech in Egypt — at Sharm El Sheikh. I was present for it, and wrote about it for National Review: here. Bush’s remarks were not as warmly received as Obama’s were — except by me.

Although, who’s to say what really resided in the hearts and minds of his hearers? When people such as Bush speak as he does, there is a lot of silent, submerged, sometimes afraid agreement.