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Middle East / Libya / Obama Speech / A Discussion #993929

CNN Evening News for Thursday, May 19, 2011
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) A NATO air strike on Tripoli, Libya, shown; details given about the Libyan criticism of President Obama's speech on the Middle East. [In the speech, OBAMA - states our commitment to Israel is unshakable, but the status quo is unsustainable.]

(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haass and Johns Hopkins University professor Fouad Ajami about Obama's speech. [HAASS - says the Arab upheavals this spring was not about Israel, so the speech made nobody happy; comments on the speech's criticism of the crackdown in Bahrain and the pace of change in Egypt where events will take years to unfold.] [AJAMI - says the speech was a declaration of American victory after Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden†† and on his catching up with the Arab spring; it was not a bad speech; comments on the American position re: Syria as evidenced by this speech; comments on the start of the Arab spring in Egypt, but the way of freedom are difficult.]

Reporter(s):
Cooper, Anderson
Duration:
00:08:10

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