http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20224677
Congratulations Mr Hollande!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20240953
In other news, I was extremely glad to see Obama win his second term
last night. I have heard people talk about disappointment after his
early promise but I think any comparison with Bush shows that he is still the right man to govern the USA.
The last Republican President managed to start two major and unwinnable wars in the Middle East and Asia, which Blair for some reason went along with despite this necessitating lying to the entire British population. Obama, on the other hand, has started to clean up some of Bush's messes. He got most of the US troops out of Iraq and has announced an exit strategy for Afghanistan (which finally removes any remaining reasons for British presence in the country). To those who say that he is leaving the countries unstable I would say that there was little alternative once the (admittedly extremely unpleasant) precursor regimes had been eliminated for fairly inscrutable reasons. The blame should be on those who started the wars rather than those who have had to address their fundamental strategic flaws.
Obama may have been a little gung-ho about the killing of Osama while continuing to support the Saudi ruling classes that he stems from. However, I doubt that any Republican would have acted more consistently. Likewise, while Obama has sometimes seemed over eager to pander to the banks and corporation I have no allusions that the Republicans would have been less than ten times worse.
All in all a good result for America and its (long suffering) allies.
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