Nope, Obama wasn’t conned at all. But many of the protesters were—at least the ones who hoped for a real Democracy. Instead, they’ll get a Theocracy, just like Iran.
I can almost hear Obama cackling, just like the Emperor in ROTJ: “Everything is going exactly as I’ve forseen....”.
The protestors might have been conned, but the voters got exactly what they wanted. The rise of the portable tent as the most popular fashion among Muslim women around the world is not the result of government coercion - it's a reflection of a deeper societal trend among Muslims that has embraced a Koran-centric view of government and society.