Obama a plusieurs raisons de sourire

Malgré la récente remise en question de sa gestion de la question syrienne, Barack Obama semble se moquer de l'étiquette de "canard boîteux" (lame duck) qu'on accole généralement au président pendant les deux dernières années d'un second mandat. J'avais déjà souligné qu'il est généralement plus détendu et qu'il se porte régulièrement à l'attaque. Les résultats sont intéressants et le bilan essentiellement positif.

 "The Iran deal, in my view, is another remarkable achievement. Beyond the fact that it definitively keeps Tehran from building a nuclear weapon for at least 15 years, the agreement offers Iran’s leaders a path toward renewed membership in the community of nations. The mullahs may decide to remain defiant and isolated, but at least they now have a choice.

Obama’s White House has often been clumsy at inside-the-Beltway politics, but the handling of the Iran deal has been adroit. The drip-drip-drip of announcements from Democratic senators who favor the agreement has created a sense of momentum and inevitability. Now Obama knows that if Congress passes a measure rejecting the deal, he can veto it without fear of being overridden. The question, in fact, is whether a resolution of disapproval can even make it through the Senate. If Obama convinces 41 senators to filibuster the measure, it dies."

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