Obama the smart guy?
Obama is a nice guy. He is a good politician, a brilliant orator and his heart is in the right place.
And it is true that he already did a lot for the United States: He spent a huge sum to save the financial system: Economic stimulus package (787 Mrd. $), saving banks (2 Bil. $), recapitalization of banks (Mio.-$-credits and last resorts). It's the economy, stupid!
But all that glitters is just not gold. He talks big and knows how to grab the audience’s attention. But already there are some details missing.
After the election – hoping that this ‘Obamania’ he caused would continue – he starts to back pedal:
Closing Guantánamo?
yes. ->Good!
But:
Civil Courts?
no. ->court-martials
Taking care of inhabitants?
no. ->deporting / flying them out to Europe
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Closing all the other military prisons (like in Afghanistan / Iraq)?
no. ->but there are also human rights abuses
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Afford transparency (policy)?
no. ->fearing bad reputation
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Publicize torture-pictures from Iraq?
no. ->reason: shelter soldiers
So, where are the details?!
Why doesn’t he do the whole job?
Good start but we anticipated more probably.
Nevertheless Obama has the right ideas and concepts – but where are the detailed actions?
Suddenly he had to realize that there is a difference between getting into politics and doing politics actually.
So – Obama – Please take care of not being started as a lion but ending up as a paper tiger!
Further information:
links: http://www.n-tv.de/1147921.html / http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/video/video482210.html / http://www.tagesschau.de/inland/guantanamo252.html
and: http://www.friedenssicherung-und-sicherheitskonzepte.de/
and: http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/usa220.html / http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/usa222.html / http://www.tagesschau.de/kommentar/kommentarfolterfotos100.html
and: http://www.n-tv.de/1146380.html / http://www.n-tv.de/1145642.html / http://www.n-tv.de/1145252.html / http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/obama1292.html / n-tv: “Barack Obama. Aufstieg ins Weiße Haus.” (reportage) April 29, 2009, 22:05 h.
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ReplyDelete"Suddenly he had to realize that there is a difference between getting into politics and doing politics actually."
That's right. I like this quote from Fidel Castro:
"We expressed the criteria that objective realities in the United States are more powerful than Obama's sincere intentions"
http://www.miscelaneasdecuba.net/media/Web/CubanNewsApril132009.htm
Well, there may be some right aspects in that.
ReplyDeleteBut you have to note that this is Fidel Castro speaking!
He is a brutal dictator who does not care about human rights. He has his own motivations concerning the relationship to Obama. Be aware of his brother Raul's still leading cuba after Fidel. So, it may be a good objection, but we have to see the context as well.