The best observation yet. What is his rationale? What does he expect to accomplish?
I doubt that this move has anything to do with the good of the country -- it is, on its face, stupid. There is nothing in it for the country. Nothing good, that is.
So, what does Obama gain from this surely controversial decision (though probably not nearly as controversial we think it should be)?
This move shows Obama's solidarity with the Arab world. There is no other message that can be gleaned from it.