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Turkey derides U.S. handling of war on terror; Chides Obama, too.(PAGE ONE)

Article from: The Washington Times Article date: November 15, 2008

Byline: Barbara Slavin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that the situation in Iraq is not positive at all, contrary to U.S. claims of progress after five years of conflict.

Mr. Erdogan, in Washington to attend the Group of 20 financial summit, said Afghanistan was another disastrous event and that the Bush administration had spent more than $500 billion in Iraq and Afghanistan without stabilizing either country.

Bipartisan in his criticism, the Turkish leader also chided President-elect Barack Obama for openly promising to ...

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Please Kill Our Hopes 'Gently,' Obama

Posted Nov 8, 08 7:40 PM CST in US,  Politics,  Opinion 

Please Kill Our Hopes 'Gently,' Obama
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(Newser) – People the world over are investing their hopes in Barack Obama's warm, intelligent persona, but the president-elect is destined to disappoint, Matthew Parris writes in the London Times. Like any pop star or religious icon, he represents more myth than reality. The turning point will come when "Yes we can" meets the "No you can't" of global politics, a moment when Parris hopes Obama "will let us down gently.”

“Why, when we've been disappointed so often,” Parris writes, “do we fall for it every time with leaders?” Obama’s charm and message of hope could make the international letdown even worse than usual: "A politician who has subtly insinuated himself into the imaginations of millions as a secret friend may find their disappointment the more bitter in the end."

Source: Times (UK)

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • President Obama • United States • internationalist • hope

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