Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Bad Luck Barack

You know, I'm starting to feel really sorry for Obama.

First there was the Wikileaks cable release. I get the feeling that in his heart of hearts Obama really wanted to congratulate Assange and Wikileaks and support their good work... but, unfortunately, he (or rather "The Obama Administration") has no choice but to denounce the leaks.

Then the surprisingly under-reported "Palestine Papers" were released by Al Jazeera.  They showed, among other things, that even when Palestinian negotiators offered to kiss the ground the Israeli negotiators walked on after licking their shoes clean, Israel said "No dice!". In an ideal world, these papers would be a club to beat the two sides over the head with, to try and force the sides to come up with something they can agree on. However, this is the real world, so he could only say "Shame on you Al Jazeera for leaking these confidential documents".

And now we have Egypt. As the situation stands at the time of writing, Egyptions, be they Muslim, Christian, secular or other, are getting closer and closer to ousting their dictator of 30 years. Normally this would be a no brainer, but Egypt holds a special place in the Middle East as the only Arab nation to have declared peace on Israel, and due to it's friendly relationship with the US. So Obama can't come out and say, "Go you good things! Take democracy if they won't give it to you!" - instead he has to urge the President/Dictator Mubarak to "move towards meaningful change".

There's a reason he looks more tired and sad each time I see him on the teev. Poor guy, he just wanted to save the world from the neo-republicans, and who can blame him?

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