In order to restore America’s moral leadership, President Barack Obama must make good on his early rhetoric – exemplified in his speeches in Istanbul and Cairo early in his presidency – which demonstrated genuine regard for the oppressed. In 2007, during his first presidential campaign, he wrote that America “can neither retreat from the world nor try to bully it into submission.
为了重塑美国的道德领导力，总统奥巴马必须兑现他曾经说过的话，真正给受压迫的人民带去曙光——如他在就任总统早期在伊斯坦布尔和开罗说的那样。2007年，在第一次竞选总统期间，他写道，美国“不能从世界中抽身，也不能让世界屈膝于己。我们必须领导世界，用作为和榜样领导世界。”