December 26, 2009World Leaders Saying No to Obama
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Barack Obama Saying no to President George W. Bush was easy. It was second nature to foreigners"”and also to many Americans. For most world leaders, saying no to Bush was the obvious course of action. "If we are to make the world politically more secure and economically more stable and prosperous," wrote Joseph Stieglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics, "Europe and the rest of the world will have to do their part. "¦ [T]his entails `Just Saying No' to President Bush." And with the exception of the first year after 9/11"”the era of good will toward America"”it was indeed rather common for international players to follow Stieglitz's advice. "France and Germany dug in for another diplomatic battle when they rejected American proposals for a new... Related Topics: foreign policy RECOMMENDED ARTICLES
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