More on Obama and the Middle East

To do my part to contribute to Obama-mania, Rebecca Frankel at Foreign Policy has an interesting piece up, noting, ” Iran…is holding its own presidential election next June. With Obama — an African-American bearing the middle name Hussein who has spoken openly of his intention to negotiate — in the White House, it will be far more difficult for extremists to demonize the United States, at least at first. This puts incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, already losing his grip on the Iranian parliament, at a clear disadvantage and may “breathe life into Iran’s opposition reform camp,” as former Iranian Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi hopes.”

Additionally, Syria Comment has a spectrum of articles on Obama and the Middle East that should satiate your curiosities, though if you have overdosed by now I understand.