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SLATE: WHY WORLD LEADERS FIND IT EASY TO say no to Obama. ?It isn?t just that that no one has cut ?

By Glenn Reynolds

SLATE: WHY WORLD LEADERS FIND IT EASY TO say no to Obama. “It isn’t just that that no one has cut Obama any slack. World leaders seem to be taking pleasure in rebuffing him, disappointing him, even, in some cases, mocking him. . . . Praising and admiring Obama are still common, but raising doubts about him, even scoffing at him, is now becoming fashionable. Although he is still popular among Europeans and more popular with Muslims than his despised predecessor, Obama is being tagged with the unflattering label John Quincy Adams earned before he lost the 1828 election: ‘Adams can write, Jackson can fight.’ . . . In fact, no world leader has paid a price for disappointing Obama. With Obama so nice and so conciliatory, risking retaliation by the White House doesn’t seem all that dangerous.”

Now if Obama treated America’s enemies the way he treats people who critize his health care plan, things might be different . . . .

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on December 27, 2009 (boomark / email).