The American Presidency?

Obama's Mistakes: Chancellor Merkel Visits the Debt President - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International: "The president may have changed, but the excesses of American politics have remained. Barack Obama and George W. Bush, it has become clear, are more similar than they might seem at first glance."

Well, well, Gabor Steingart starts to reach the negativism he demonstrated for George W. Bush. Maybe in a year from now there will be diatribes like the one's he actually wrote for Bush. The mere fact that Steingart compares the two presidents is a highly negative assessment. Can an American president be tolerated in Europe? I for one want Obama to succeed.

For example, I believe President Obama did very well so far in the difficult Iran question. The situation when he began was that of a standoff where the regime in Iran finally displayed their true face to the world. Patience then the verdict.

I believe both North Korea and Iran deserves to be ignored. Their behavior would be much better if China would take responsibility for their partners. Right now one might conclude that what we see from North Korea and Iran now is what we will get from China later. China lets them serve as the sty in the eye of the West.