[WilliamofCarmichael]

Maybe Obama surprised the Russians but it appears that Obama's Islamist buddies knew something..

from a 2008 FR thread about a Middle East Media Research Institute article -- that now must be accessed from their archive.

Sunni Cleric: Allah Will Send an 'American Gorbachev' to End the American Empire Soon

A FReeper (not me) coined the word Barrystroika to describe what Obama had in mind to implement his version of perestroika that helped bring down the U.S.S.R.

[vanilla swirl]

“Barrystroika”

I like!