or, when you've lost Canada ...
Politically, the latest G20 summit confirms what until now had only been whispered:
U.S. President Barack Obama no longer commands the moral authority he was once accorded by the rest of the world. Nor does America.
While controversial at home, Obama has always been viewed outside of the United States as a larger-than-life figure.
In part, this is because he is America’s first black president. But in part, Obama’s electoral successes convinced many that the U.S. was returning to sanity — that the dark malevolence represented by his predecessor George W. Bush (and particularly by Bush sidekick Dick Cheney) had finally passed; that America was preparing to become once again a force for good.
The author isn't a particularly big fan of the US or the Bush Administration but he
really doesn't like Obama. Imagine if this laundry list were to show up in the
Washington Post or the
New York Times or one of the other so-called "papers of record."
The Star.com for the restETA: Sorry to post and run but just realized the time and thinking about the joy of work tomorrow.
