Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
Outrage in Pakistan Over Images Taken as US Insult of the President
Zardari is no stranger to the corridors of power in America. Yet, while the few who see prospects of profiting from the enormous flow of American taxpayers' money that is envisaged in the wake of President Zardari's recent US visit -- US "contractors" (mercenaries), America's Pakistan "experts" (in the US and in Pakistan), and local go-betweens -- [...]
Seuddeutsche on the Changes in the US Afghanistan Command
Afghanistan: This is Now Obama's War Das ist non Obama Krieg R. Klüver und P. Blechschmidt (Rough Translation from the German) U.S. President Obama changes the command structure and strategy in Afghanistan -- reminiscent of his predecessors, Lincoln and Truman. With the abrupt dismissal of the supreme commander of the armed [...]
Der Spiegel’s Critical Review of Obama’s 100 Days
Spiegel Online has two articles on Obama's first 100 days on its website -- a critical one in the German edition, in the Politics section, by its Washington correspondent, Gabor Steingart, entitled The Most Expensive President Since 1945; and an insipidly tame one in the International edition, in English, in the World section, without attribution, [...]
Le Monde on Obama’s 100 Days: Speed and Cautious Determination
In an article, "Hundred days at a run, for Barrack Obama" , published on 24 April 2009, Le Monde's New York correspondent leads off by quoting a French cardiologist in New York who is impressed by the speed (as compared to what it would have taken in Europe) with which funds were allocated to a medical research project under the new [...]
Pravda on Obama’s 100 Days
Pravda Online (not to be confused with "the" Pravda, 1912-1991 -- what's the difference?), reviews Obama's first 100 days in office in an article dated 30 April 2009, entitled Russia sees Barrack Obama as Genuine Leader of Big State. The article is generous in its praise of Obama, but makes the following points on issues of interest to Russia [...]
The Hindu on Obama’s 100 Days
The Hindu (International) of 26 April 2009 reproduces (inexplicably, without attribution) Steven Hurst's Op-Ed piece that appeared in the Washington Post of 28 April 2009 (as "Obama initiates sweeping foreign policy changes"), as 100 Days of Obama: Sweeping Changes in Foreign Policy, which is reproduced in full, below. Washington (AP): In just [...]
