May have been a suicide. Terribly sad.
Update: Some doubts about suicide. May have been an accident.
Daily Archives: June 4, 2009
The Cairo Speech and Other Stuff
I’m too swamped today to write an original analysis of the Cairo speech. (You can watch the video at Salon.) Reactions:
M.J. Rosenberg: Speech “fair and balanced.”
Alex Koppelman: Speech titled “A New Beginning.” As opposed to an old beginning, I suppose.
Steve Benen: A dramatic success.
Who hated it?
- The Right. You know where they are.
- Hamas and Hezbollah. See various comments at the BBC.
- Iran.
Other stuff: Today also is the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. The link is to a very good account of what went down that day written by the Guide to Asian History at About.com, Kallie Szczepanski.