Obama's wobbly August raises doubts - "Est-il faible? Is he weak"?
Shortly after the G20 summit concluded in London in April, Nicolas Sarkozy blurted out to a small group of advisers a question that weighed on him as he watched U.S. President Barack Obama glad-hand his way through the gathering: "Est-il faible?" (Is he weak?)
Initial doubts about Obama's toughness went on the shelf at the Elysée Palace and elsewhere. But the Sarkozy question has abruptly been dusted off as Obama starts hitting resistance to some of his most ambitious goals, including health-care reform, Middle East peacemaking and engagement with Iran. Is Obama making tactical retreats to gain better position on these hard cases – or is he, well, weak?
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