Steve Clemons: Obama's Wall Speech Should Have Been About Israel, Not Berlin

Friday, July 25, 2008 :Barack Obama spoke before an audience of over 200,000 people in Berlin, Germany on Thursday in the largest rally held by any presidential candidate this year. In his address, Obama discussed the importance of the Berlin Wall being torn down. We speak with Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation, who writes, "Had he given those remarks in Israel, at any of the checkpoints that have been added since the Annapolis process began, or at the large dividing wall Israel has constructed, or just about anywhere frankly in Israel or Palestine -- it would have been a 'game-changing speech.'" We also speak with author and journalist Tim Shorrock about his article, "Hawks Behind the Dove: Who Makes Obama's Foreign Policy?" [includes rush transcript - partial]