Who Said This?

In the face of these challenges (in the Middle Eastern countries), too many leaders in the region tried to direct their people's grievances elsewhere. The West was blamed as the source of all ills, a half-century after the end of colonialism. Antagonism toward Israel became the only acceptable outlet for political expression. Divisions of tribe, ethnicity and religious sect were manipulated as a means of holding on to power, or taking it away from somebody else.

Answer below the fold.



Answer: Barack Obama in his recent "Middle East speech"