While Muslims were setting fire to Barack Hussein Obama’s image in the streets of Tehran yesterday, Obama vowed to make a new start with the Muslim world in his inauguration address.

“To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect,” he said.

Yesterday, a wave of hysteria swept this Nation like nothing we’ve seen in recent history. Hundreds of thousands danced in the streets and exulted in the Messiah’s rise to power. And as always happens when a narcissistic ruler rises to power, his people totally ignored his words, his actions and the plethora of warning signs.

But the Daily Mail‘s Melanie Phillips raised a cautious eyebrow to the Obama hysteria in America:

The very reason that so many in the west are so entranced by Obama is thus the very reason why our enemies are today rubbing their hands in satisfaction.

Obama stands for ‘soft power’ – the replacement of military action in defense of his nation by talking, negotiation and compromise. But with people who have non-negotiable and unconscionable agendas – such as Iran’s genocidal intention to wipe Israel off the map and destroy the west – such an approach merely plays into their hands while catastrophically undermining more moderate regimes and allies. (LINK)