By Khaled Elgindy, Special to CNN
January 31, 2011 9:13 a.m. EST
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Khaled Elgindy says U.S. rhetoric for Mideast democracy hasn’t been backed up
- He says majority of Arabs sees U.S. as obstacle, rather than champion of aspirations
- Elgindy: Obama’s 2009 Cairo speech said the right things but he failed to deliver
- He says the U.S. needs to rethink its policy in the Middle East
Editor’s note: Khaled Elgindy advised the Palestinian leadership on negotiations with Israel from 2004-2009 and is a visiting fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.
(CNN) — During the past week, the Middle East has been rocked by two separate political earthquakes that have shaken the foundations of U.S. policy in the region.
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