jeudi 5 mai 2011

Who is Obama? Un être complexe selon E.J. Dionne du Washington post


J'aime bien l'approche... Obama peut être à la fois la réflexion et l'action. On me reprochera d'être subjectif, mais les hommes politiques de la trempe d'Obama ne sont pas légion.

"Obama is hard to understand because he is many things and not just one thing. He has now proved that he can be bold at an operational level, even as he remains cautious at a philosophical level. His proclivity to gather facts and weigh alternatives does not lead automatically, in the venerable phrase, to the paralysis of analysis. It can also end in daring action tempered by prudence -- for example, making sure that additional helicopters were available to our Navy SEALs.

The president's rhetoric has often emphasized caring, compassion and community, the language one expects from a moderately liberal politician. Yet as one of his close aides told me long ago, there is inside a very cool, tough, even hard man. Obama is not reluctant to use American military power. He was not at all queasy about authorizing the killing of an American enemy and the disposal of the body at sea to ensure that there would be no memorial to rally bin Laden's followers."

Pour la totalité de l'article: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/05/05/who_is_obama_now_we_know_109758.html

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