He's trying to appeal to the moderates in the Arab and Muslim world. He's trying to rally them and then isolate Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Qaeda as best he can so that he can overwhelm them politically.
Gergen analyzes Obama's strategy of engaging moderate voices in the Muslim world while isolating extremist groups.
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