(AP photo)President Obama's speech in Egypt has gotten good early returns, but the yays and nays don't really matter, except for media fodder. It's a matter of getting his wordy campaign slogan "Change" to translate into Arabic.
Truth be told, all these trips just look like glad-handing media junkets half the time. Sure, there may be serious concerns and issues discussed beyond the news world's eye, but every country's government -- ally or enemy -- has its own self-serving interests. Shockingly enough, corruption and cronyism can even creep into the mix.
In the end, Obama could hold town-hall meetings with Dr. Phil and the Muslim world for months on end, and it would still take an army of babes in burqas and caramel-flavored Korans to get people to get along.
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