Re: Obama's Berlin Speech

Roedy Green schrieb:
> I was a bit annoyed with Obama's Berlin speech. It sounded like sales
> pep rally. He seemed to be saying "We are wonderful, aren't we"
> without any specific information.
> 
> Then I realised what he was doing.  He was reaching into history to a
> time when American was behaving heroically.  His implicit message was
> "We can be that way again. We don't have to be a nation of greedy
> buggers, torturers, cheats and international scofflaws. We can be
> proud of America again."
> 
> That is a message I think Americans are extremely hungry for.

Not only Americans.

When Bush was in Germany, roads were closed as well as schools and even 
some hospital ER's.

No one was cheering, only antiwar demonstrators were on the street.

Compare that to this:
http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/bilder/obamainberlin130_mtb-2_pos-19.html

Greetings from "Old Europe"



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