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Is Obama a stateman or showoff, interloper or leader?

The controversy over the campaign’s decision to cancel a visit with wounded American troops in Germany didn’t help matters, especially given the photograph that emerged of the candidate heading into the hotel gym at the Berlin Ritz-Carlton. But the bigger problem is that it wasn’t as clear what the final stops were designed to accomplish. Voters understood that Mr. Obama went to Afghanistan and Iraq to show them that he was prepared to be their commander in chief. But his visits to London and Paris didn’t seem quite so urgent. Proving his foreign policy knowledge in the world’s hot spots was necessary: playing diplomat in Western Europe looked premature.

he is a deceiver
a snake oil salesmen

andel’s Hotel Berlin, Germany