Former US President Barack Obama offers a bleak portrait of much of the Middle East's leadership in his new memoir which was published on Tuesday.
In quotes from "A Promised Land" published by AFP, Obama reflects on the criticism that he was hypocritical for coaxing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down in the face of 2011 protests while treading lightly as Bahrain, a major base for US forces, suppressed demonstrations.
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