How deep will Obama grovel in Egypt?

Ralph Peters:

ONE question remains about President Obama's upcoming schlock-concerts in the Middle East: "How deeply will he grovel?"

With top tour dates in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the political message is clear: President George W. Bush is gone, democracy's an annoyance, human rights apply only to Gitmo inmates and America owes the Middle East confessions, concessions and apologies.

The key contents of the president's ballyhooed speech to "the Muslim world" are discouragingly predictable: Along with blather about working cooperatively for a better, shared future, he'll stress that "Islam's a religion of peace" and that America isn't Islam's enemy.

But what if Islam -- as enforced by the Saudis and their surrogates -- isn't a religion of peace? What if their Islam needs America as an enemy? And what if a crucial core of radicalized Muslims don't want what we have to offer and pray for our destruction?

What if the Saudi version of Islam is the problem?

While all major religions have engaged in horrendous oppression at various points, the Wahhabi counterrevolution that's poisoned Sunni Islam has done its best to kill any hint of tolerance.

The Saudis have funded a once-great faith's grotesque degeneration. And let's not mention terrorism.

Instead of encouraging Middle Easterners to take responsibility for their own failures, to stop discriminating against those of other faiths (including Shia Muslims) and to firmly reject violence in the name of religion, our president will employ his commanding voice to deliver a message of American contrition.

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He can get away with this politically because the Democrats are the party of humiliation. They are humiliated by our victories and they engage in policies that cause real humiliation to the US. Jimmy Carter was the master of this type of foreign policy and Obama appears to be in his shoes. This weakness foreign policy will invite more attacks and less respect for the US.