Pres. Obama gave a promising interview to the Arab satellite network al-Arabiya and seems to do a good job:
President Obama has launched a determined effort to change the tone, if not yet the substance, of U.S. relations with the Arab and Muslim worlds, saying he is eager to listen to their concerns and acknowledging that Americans "have not been perfect" in their dealings with them. (WaPo)
Al-Arabiya provided a transcript that fleshes this out a bit:
My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect.
That was too much for Sean Hannity, who blasted Pres. Obama on his radio show yesterday by asserting that this statement reflects a "blame America first" mentality.
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