For whom the Nobel tolls... Obama isn't helping

Obama isn't helping. At least the world argued with Bush | Naomi Klein | Comment is free | The Guardian:

"After nine months in office, Obama has a clear track record as a global player. Again and again, US negotiators have chosen not to strengthen international laws and protocols but to weaken them, often leading other rich countries in a race to the bottom."

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"Obama has made some good moves on the world stage – like not siding with the Honduras coup government, or supporting a UN women's agency. But a clear pattern has emerged: in areas where other rich nations were teetering between principled action and negligence, US interventions have tilted them toward negligence. If this is the new era of multilateralism, it is no prize."