The Atlantic sits down with Hisham Melhem, the Arab journalist who interviewed Obama on Monday.
Moneyquote: “Look, in the long run, he is telling the Muslim world that it’s going to have a difficult time demonizing him. He’s saying, `I’m willing to disagree with the people of the Muslim world respectfully.’ He was miffed and angry by Zawahiri and Bin Laden, the way they speak of him. And he jumped on it and dealt with it.”
