From The New York Times:
WASHINGTON — We’re about to find out what the Obama Factor is worth around the world.
The Factor is all the good will, popular support and considerable charm that Barack Obama brought to the Oval Office nearly four weeks ago.
At home, it’s still potent. But abroad, it’s questionable how far Mr. Obama can travel on promises to act as the anti-Bush, to use diplomacy and “smart power” before blunt force. Some of Mr. Obama’s aides acknowledge that those promises will eventually collide — perhaps first in Pakistan — with necessities to defend American interests.
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My Comment: He is definitely going to be played .... hell .... he is being played now.