By: Martina Tamburrino, Rome

Martina Tamburrino, Rome — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:10:17 +0000

Dear Alan,
if your analysis of Obama’s Cairo speech is correct (and the analysis coming from a Person like you, with such insight and moral standing, I’am sure it is)it would raise back my very low sunken spirits about Obama’s intentions. Only those who have been struggling for a Good Cause for an endless time, perhaps, are able to keep an optmistic attitude and to spot the even tiniest of openings when they occur.
I got very angry when I listened to the Cairo speech because I was wandering all the time what would have been in it for any hopeful Palestinian that had tuned in. Do you think that one small – though I admit meaningful – sentence was enough to reassure a Palestian about Obama’s intentions, after the utter silence that came from the newly elect Obama about the 22 day Gaza Massacre. I listened to the speech from the point of view of that smiling and enthusistic Gazan baker: When Obama was on his middle East tour after he secured the nomination, this Gaza baker had baked bred in the shape of the the name O B A M A and had shown it joyfully to the tv crew that was filming him. During the speech I was wandering weather that baker was still alive, and if so, what was he feeling listening to Obama.
I have been watching Obama very closely, day and night, ever since the beginning of his campaign, to this day, and I must say I was appalled by his choice of Biden, H.Clinton and ‘Rambo’ Emanuel, though I supposed he did that to appease and reassure some polititians of his own party and of course all the crazed Zionist lobbyists. So I wonder, being surrounded by such kind of people, is there anyone he, Obama, can turn to for “real advice” about “real and serious politics”? Is he at all free to relate to people of his own personal and private choice or to appoint even one single person of his choice? Do you happen to have any insight in the Chazz Freeman affair?
But back to the Cairo speech: if that one single sentence about the Palestine plight was meant to be an invitation to act, who are these so finely tuned ears that are able to get the message? who was the message meant for? I dout any avarage American or even a mainstream journalists, was able to single out that one sentence as you, Alan, were able to do. So I wonder who was being briefed here.
Let’s hope Obama will take advantage of the ‘window of opportunity’ you discribed concerning the fist 9 months of Presidency. As I have such a great admiration for you and your commitment, I will join you in in your optimism.

With my gratest regards
Martina, Rome

P.S.In case you missed it : PressTv’s Program ‘FACE TO FACE’ is airing a 2 part interview by A.N.S.W.E.R. Coaltion Brian Becker to Film producer Landrum Bollinger – you may find it interesting, Bollinger goes very much along your line in describing the Obama-Israel-Palestine issue)

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