At home almost one-third of Americans think that he is Muslim and is not even American. Led by the rants of the Tea Party, some Republicans in Congress eg. shouting out that he is lying etc., talk radio, Palin, Cheney Fox etc, much of the disrespect is based on his color. Abroad, he has been given less respect than any other US president. This was exemplified by South Korea on his recent trip, in their refusal to sign an agreed upon free trade agreement and the Korean president at a press conference refusing to give an answer to a question by saying he could not answer because Obama was standing there. On this occasion it came back to bite the South Koreans, because the North Koreans saw this an an opening, and they proceeded to shell a South Korean island.
The cunning North Koreans read the "dissing" of Obama as weakness, and also that the Americans who have 30,000 troops in the South would be less willing to support them, because of this incident.
Do not write off Obama. The next two years will see the American economy improving, jobs created and a more determined and less detached Obama. The Republicans cannot hide anymore. Their control of the House make them accountable, and there are the Palin and Tea Party factors also.
The cunning North Koreans read the "dissing" of Obama as weakness, and also that the Americans who have 30,000 troops in the South would be less willing to support them, because of this incident.
Do not write off Obama. The next two years will see the American economy improving, jobs created and a more determined and less detached Obama. The Republicans cannot hide anymore. Their control of the House make them accountable, and there are the Palin and Tea Party factors also.
