"I was there. In the Tiergarten in Berlin, in July 2008. And the more I think back on it, the more bizarre it was.
The US Democratic Party?s presumptive presidential candidate, Barack Obama, arrived in town to give a speech where he promised to achieve ?a world that stands as one.?
He didn?t come to Berlin because he had some attachment to the city. Nor did he arrive to outline a masterplan to unite the planet. And, as it happened, he didn?t speak a lick of German on the day. Not so much as an ?Ich bin ein Berliner.? Sadly, it probably wasn?t to avoid being accused of comparisons to jelly doughnuts either.
You see, there was no substance to the charade. Obama only wanted to speak in Berlin because it was where John Fitzgerald Kennedy made his most famous address, back in 1963. And he was trying to position himself as a modern JFK ? with an endorsement from the late Ted Kennedy to boot.
But the difference was that Jack Kennedy was a great statesman, who had not only vision, but had implemented his dreams ? and Obama was a fraud. And, eight years hence, I can?t believe Angela Merkel granted him permission to stage the event. Because if his opponent, John McCain, had won the election, the Chancellor would have spent years grovelling like a puppy who had devoured his favorite slippers.
Master Showman
We long ago learned how Obama was a great campaigner. Perhaps one of the most adroit who ever breathed. We?ve also discovered that once in office, however, he gets bored of making tough decisions and finds it difficult to apply himself.
There?s also the fact that he managed to play over 300 rounds of golf during his eight years in the White House, which showed a level of commitment Rory McIlroy would struggle to match.
Half a world away from Berlin, in Chicago, Obama gave his final speech as president last night. And we were treated to more of his trademark waffle. For instance, he has presided over an administration which saw economic inequality in America increase greatly. But rather than acknowledge this fact, he spoke of ?the freedom to chase our individual dreams through our sweat, and toil, and imagination.?
Taking hypocrisy to a new level, the President remarked how ?our nation?s call to citizenship has? (been) what pulled immigrants and refugees across oceans and the Rio Grande.? However, he has admitted under 15,000 Syrian asylum-seekers to the United States in the past two years, while Germany has taken in over one million. This, despite the fact Obama?s government dropped 26,171 bombs in 2016, while Berlin has sent less than half a dozen Tornados with strict orders to only blast ISIS.
In the same passage, Obama doubled down, insisting ?that?s what we mean when we say America is exceptional.? By this logic, Germany must be phenomenal times a hundred or so ? for taking in so many victims largely displaced by US meddling in the Middle East and North Africa. But Germany wasn?t mentioned at all in the address."
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