President Barack Obama has finished his European charm offensive attending the three summits (G20, NATO, EU) and visiting Turkey as a last stop before heading back to the US.
It has been an impressive tour in which he addressed some important topics and how he wants to deal with them, like nuclear weapons and the relationship between the Muslim community and the US.
In a speech to the Turkish parliament Obama stated that "the US is not and will never be at war with Islam." From what I saw he delivered a great, charming performance, as he did in Prague on Sunday in front of mostly young Czechs listening to the President. There, Obama described a 21st century in which nuclear powers agreed to reduce arsenals, countries without nuclear weapons pledged not to acquire them and all countries enjoyed the right to civilian nuclear power.
Earlier in his tour, the President and the First Lady were in London. There was the economic rescue plan, but probably more entertaining were the "Michelle hugging the Queen"-incident and the question if the personalized iPod, a gift by the Obamas to the Queen, was or wasn't violating copyright laws, loading it with around 40 Broadway songs before giving it to the Queen...
The question now is: did Barack reach his goals on his first European tour? Well, time will tell, charming and full of courtesy it was, but isn't he coming from a fantasy world when proposing a nuclear free 21st century with only love, peace and Broadway songs?
06 April 2009
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