OBAMA'S DELUSIONAL WORLD - AT 10:48 P.M. ET:  Apparently the Muslim world, which the president will address in his speech from Egypt on Thursday, has a bit of a jolt waiting for him when he touches down.  Mr. Obama's middle name doesn't seem to carry much weight with the militant mullahs and their murderous mentors.  Even The New York Times concedes that:

CAIRO — President Obama starts his much anticipated Middle East tour on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia, where he is expected to press the Arab nations to offer a gesture to the Israelis to entice them to accelerate the peace process.

But when he meets in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, with King Abdullah, he should be prepared for a polite but firm refusal, Saudi officials and political experts say. The Arab countries, they say, believe they have already made their best offer and that it is now up to Israel to make a gesture, perhaps by dismantling settlements in the West Bank or committing to a two-state solution.

And truth-telling isn't part of the president's tour plan:

Before leaving Washington, Mr. Obama signaled that while he would mention American concerns about human rights in Egypt, he would not challenge Mr. Mubarak too sharply, calling him a “force for stability and good” in the Middle East.

In an interview with the BBC released by the White House on Tuesday, Mr. Obama said he did not regard Mr. Mubarak as an authoritarian leader. “No, I tend not to use labels for folks,” Mr. Obama said.

Huh?  He doesn't regard old Hosni as authoritarian?  Does Obambi know what happens to democracy advocates in Egypt? 

I love this:   "No, I tend not to use labels for folks."  No, he leaves that for his aides to do in their leaks to the press.  Count the number of leaks that use "hard line" to describe the Israeli prime minister.

Bottom line:  Mr. Obama is likely to be disappointed by the Arabs.  Given his administration's trendy mentality, that will probably translate into more pressure on Israel.  Let's just get a lot of signatures on a piece of paper and wave it before the public.

Peace in our time, you know.

June 2, 2009