In the realm of getting the job done – principle be damned – how is President Obama doing? According to columnist Zbigniew Parafianowicz of Poland’s Dziennik newspaper, the brass tacks deal-making Barack Obama has been pursuing shows that he’s adjusting well to the inevitable compromises of power.
For Poland’s Dziennik, Zbigniew Parafianowicz writes in part:
“Sunday: a meeting with Dimitry Medvedev, reinforcing the reset of U.S.-Russian relations. Monday: a dinner with Chinese leader Hu Jintao and declarations of a strategic relationship with Beijing. … Obama’s progressive supporters will be disappointed. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate not only absolves the sins of his eastern partners, but makes deals with them that would make the odious George W. Bush proud. It is an exemplary Democrat, not a hawkish neocon, who drives the nail into the coffin of the climate agreement. For Obama, the condition of his nation’s industrial capacity is more important than mantras of deadly emissions.”
By Zbigniew Parafianowicz
Translated By Halszka Czarnocka
November 18, 2009
Poland – Dziennik – Original Article (Polish)
Sunday: a meeting with Dimitri Medvedev, reinforcing the reset of U.S.-Russian relations. Monday: a dinner with Chinese leader Hu Jintao and declarations of a strategic relationship with Beijing. Barack Obama’s trip to Asia is definitive proof that the American President, changing from a media-celebrated, idealistic politician who dreams of world peace and harmony, is stepping into shoes firmly planted in the school of political realism.
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